D...D...Did You See the Frightened Ones?

Abbie had the car radio playing one afternoon as she was driving the girls home. The news was broadcasting the latest on the Amish schoolgirl shooting, back east. A little time passed after Emma digested the report in her absorbent mind as she began to ask her mother some questions.

"What happened to the girls?"
"Did they die?"
"Where were the girls at when they were shot?"

Abbie answered as vaguely, but as truthfully as she could under the kindergartner's interrogation, attempting to reassure safety to the worrisome girl.

More time passed as Emma prepared her parting question, "Was the shooter a girl or a boy?"

"It was a boy." Abbie answered.

"Figures." Emma muttered in response, gazing out her window.