After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

My head felt like it was about to explode.

Reason and emotion were locked in a fierce battle, while the children silently watched our heated argument.

Despair filled their eyes. The youngest huddled together, their small hands tightly clasped, as if awaiting the final verdict of fate.

My heart softened in an instant.

They had already fought with all their might to escape hell-we couldn't send them back.

I took a deep breath, forcing myself to calm down, and said quietly:

"I'll help you.

But I won't just find someone to take them. I'll stay here and see them all safely out myself."

Joseph froze, then immediately shook his head.

"No, it's too dangerous!"

I stared back at him, my tone resolute.

"And what, leave you to face the danger alone?

If you don't agree, I'll go out there right now and tell them you're hiding Hutu children here."

He gritted his teeth and glared at me.

"...You! I should never have come to you!"

"Too late." I shrugged. "You've already dragged me into this."

Joseph turned away angrily, refusing to speak to me. I sighed, stepped closer, and

wrapped my arms around his neck, forcing him to look at me.

least, in the worst-case scenario, we can die

immediately burst out,

jinx it! That's not going

visor of his protective

"Of course not.

you promised me we still have to go

Joseph's plan was almost

would want to touch the garbage bins containing Ebola medical

stop midway, where humanitarian workers would

only the last two children remained-a brother and sister. The boy was named Ray, and his sister,

Joseph was in high

"Thank you, Zoey."

I just held

so close we could almost taste it.

a meal that could almost be called a feast, and I took many

fell, the siblings began putting on

a marker and asked

you write your names

exchanged a glance, surprised, but

thought for a moment and added

you grow

Joseph wrote:

hope you reunite with

I followed with:

hope the war

He added:

meet again in the

their protective suits with blessings, and by the time

siblings threw their arms around us, their muffled voices

remember you forever and

you! You're

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