Elliot grabbed the piece of bread and took a bite before turning his attention to Ivy and Robert. "It's cold out here. Go inside the tent."

"Dad, we aren't cold. Is Layla on top of that mountain?" Robert gazed up at the rescue team on the mountain.

"Yeah, she's up there," Hayden said. "Robert, take your sister into the tent."

Robert obeyed and grabbed Ivy's hand.

"Hayden, Dad, I'm not cold," Ivy said, wanting to see Layla as soon as she was rescued.

Despite what Ivy said, Robert dragged her into the tent.

"Ivy, have you noticed all the gray hair on Dad's head?" Robert had a clear view when he stood next to Elliot. "He didn't use to have so much gray hair. It's as though his hair turned gray overnight after hearing what happened to Layla."

Ivy had not been paying attention to her father's hair.

"I did notice that they seemed to have aged overnight," she said, tears welling in her eyes. "I used to think that they looked really young, and it felt like they would never age..."

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