Silence is gold.

I keep my mouth shut. A eerie mood hung upon suddenly.

"I will go to" Dad had volunteered himself.
"No! Honey please! We will need you here" Mom cried.

It didn't take dad a lot of time to convince mom that it was for the best. There was a lot of crying when him and Martin left, but again, it's for the best.

We watched them leave and vanish into the snow.

When we all sat down for dinner there was a black cloud above us all. It all went silently until my mother broke down sobbing;
"Why didn't you volunteer Adora? You're athletic! You have the constitution and-- and-- "