The Raid
“All the people greeting them eased their misgivings.Then, something happened that shocked everyone. While Marcus was introducing Connor and Luke, Wynd walked up from the house holding Twig’s hand. As the boys finished shaking hands with Johnnie and Ronnie, they turned to Wynd and Twig. Connor almost fell backwards. He righted himself and dropped to his knees in front of Twig. Marcus could see the total shock on his face. Connor was speechless for what seemed like an hour. In reality it wa...s only a few seconds. He just kept staring at her shaking his head. No one said anything until Twig spoke up.“Hi, Con Con,” she said smiling from ear to ear and acting bashful.Wynd was shocked. She immediately looked down at Twig and said, “What did you say?”Twig smiled, pointed, and said, “That’s Con Con.” Connor was still speechless and not saying anything. Marcus stepped over to Twig and knelt down. “Do you know Connor?” he asked.Twig gave an emphatic nod then brought her hand to her mouth and giggled. Marcus turned to Connor and said, “Connor, do you know this girl?”Connor nodded his head up and down. Marcus could see the tears well up in his eyes and start running down his face. He stuck his arms out and Twig ran into them. He squeezed her tight and the tears poured off his face. Marcus looked over to Wynd and she shrugged her shoulders totally baffled.Finally Connor regained his composure enough to speak. “This is my sister. Her name is Madison. It’s been almost a year and a half since I saw her last. We looked for her for weeks. I thought that a t-rex had gotten her or maybe the same guys that attacked us,”MoreLess
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