Wheeling Gull Isle sparrows

“Mom,” he slips from his concealed place where he had been led to secrete by strange shouts. A shaking paw touches her arm. “I love you.”

He didn't understand what was going on. But once, Judah had been a very scared little boy, and it was his father who had refused to give up on him. It was Judah’s turn to do the same.

“I’m staying.”