[ WP ] The United States loses the revolutionary war against Great Britain in a parallel timeline .

It's been weeks since anyone has heard any gun shots. Mother has been going frantic for days now with no sign of our father anywhere. Not a single person has seen him since a few days before the final battle. Mathew, Tom and I want to go out looking for him. Our sisters, Elizabeth and Alison beg us not too. I'm the man of the house now, that's what father told me when he left for the war. `` I heard more men talking about the resistance in town today'' shouted Tom. `` I know father is alive!'' I saw the look in Mathews eyes after hearing the same thing three of the last five days. `` That's where he'd be, and he'd want us to fight for our home as well. I just know it!'' Trying not to allow time for Mathew to say anything, I screamed `` You dont know what father would want! And we ca n't run off to join the resistance with dad or without!'' I had scolded without hesitation but had something else in mind. I just had to figure out how to tell the girls. I told them in a hushed voice `` We could be killed for such talk.''
