Chapter 15

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A surprising amount of the barn’s contents survived its collapse. All the major power tools—despite a few more dings and scratches—made it out, and some of the antiques were astonishingly unscathed. A few bags of animal feed ripped open, as were some containing the seed for spring, but the latter could be salvaged so long as the weather held out. They put Emily on that task. She sat with a new burlap sack and a colander, dumping dirt and seeds into it to separate the two. It would take a few hours, but most of their potential crops would likely still see the light of day.

Eddie and Dakota donned working gloves and set about breaking down all the debris. Most of it could be repurposed to mend the fences, and the interior stuff would make good firewood.