Tension

After making more prayers and watching for signs and saw nothing, I sighed in frustration and released my grip on the jewelry. It was of no use. What had I even expected to happen?

We got to a place where the road forked into two roads and Terah silently asked me what to do with his eyes. There were paw prints on both roads, so it was not an easy decision.

As I stood at a loss for what to do, three leaves suddenly fell from a tree by my right and I squinted, wondering if that was a sign. Nothing else happened so I chose that road.

At the end of that road, there was another fork and just like before, three leaves fell down from the tree next to it. Okay, so this was a sign.

“Follow the leaves,” I told him but he gave me a blank stare.

“What leaves?”

“Can't you see those…”

When I looked again, I didn't find the leaves that had just fallen. My eyes widened. If I had doubted that sign the first time, I was sure of it now.

I swallowed. This was crazy. I still felt like I was losing