He ran away from home, further breaking their father’s heart.
If Hannah had ever wished at any point that she could have been older than her eight years, it was then. She reasoned if she was older, she'd know what to say to her father and make him better. If she was older, she would find Samson, bring him home safe.
If she was older, she would gather all the broken pieces of her young life, press them warm against her still-beating heart, and make her shattered family whole again.