"I'm not going to leave until I kill her!"
Reidar stared at Jake. The boy's sudden outburst had caught him off guard. Jake's eyes were fierce, his voice trembling with a mix of anger and despair. Lena turned to face him, her expression shifting from surprise to concern.
"Kill who, Jake?" Lena moved closer, her steps slow and careful like she was approaching a frightened animal.
Jake's tears streamed down his face. "Her," he said. "The spider!"
Reidar exhaled, the tension draining from his shoulders. For a moment, he'd feared the boy meant he wanted to kill a person. "What spider, Jake?"
"The big one," Jake choked out between ragged sobs and trembled as he pointed a shaking finger toward the window, his gaze fixed on some distant horror only he could see. "The one that… that got my mom and dad!"
