A gruesome reality confronts seventeen-year-old Willie Saunders when he returns home to Missouri from a summer spent in Montana. His family's cabin has burned to the ground, his mother is dead amidst the ashes, and his father has been shot. Why has this happened and at whose hand?Willie is sure of only one thing: he must find his father's killer.Instead, he discovers a truth he never expected, and through the love of God and friends, he finds the hope to forge ahead.Historical fiction, short story.