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3. Sam has to watch his family fight and cannot do anything about it. While they argue, he thinks about what he can do to stop the arguing. The argument ends violently as his father tells Sam to go away, only to cry later in a safe area.

5. After Sam finds out, he makes an excuse to his father and rushes to talk to Sam. He also finds Sam’s girlfriend Betsy Read holding hands in the hut. The three have a nice conversation and first, Betsy admits that she is on Sam’s side. They ask Tim to eavesdrop in on the conversations in the tavern. They then ask him not to tell anyone about anything that happened in the conversation

7. The conversations can get out of hand at times. Father had to kick a man out because he was being disrespectful. Betsy catches up with Tim and asks him again if he told his parents about the conversation. He says no, and anxiously waits for word about Sam’s return.

9. Tim finds his mother held at gunpoint and father in a struggle. The soldiers just want the gun, but Father doesn’t have it. Father tells them that Sam has it. As soon as a soldier slashes Father’s face, Tim goes into panicking. He goes to take the gun from Sam but fails to return successfully.

11. Father does not agree to this errand and does not want to lose his other son. Tim decides to go otherwise.