Chapter 6, Devin's Way
Chapter 6 By now, the Edmarks and Lemens came to the car. I could hear confusion on the other end. In the distance, I could still hear my beautiful wife sobbing. Each jagged, choked sound was like another stab of the dagger to my own heart. Someone on the other end said they had to get Stephen. He still didn’t know. He was at another part of the park doing a geo cache with Paul Lemens. I could hear some of the younger kids excitedly yelling for my only surviving son. I braced for what would surely come next. Miriam composed herself and took control. “Gary, we will take care of Ruth. Just do what you have to.” A few minutes later, it was Ruth who called me on the phone. She sounded utterly empty, and was now probably experiencing what I felt at Kennywood -- somehow outside her own body, going through the motions. “I’m OK right now,” she said. “I’ve got to ta