Chapter 2014

A soldier promptly handcuffed Danilo and led him away.

As Graham grimaced in pain, Violeta, tears streaming down her face, fretted over him.

“My love, are you alright? Should we call an ambulance?”

Graham, enduring the pain, assured her, “It’s nothing serious.

The reality of their remote location hit them; no ambulance could reach the small island.

Lucinda inspected the wound on his back.

“We need to leave this island.

There’s a first-aid kit in the car by the shore.

Let’s treat this wound and then head to the hospital.

gravity of the situation, Lucinda quickly tore a piece

Violeta’s support, Graham was helped onto a boat, and they departed from the

the shore, the group

Bureau for questioning, while Lucinda and Violeta

the doctor’s and Violeta’s efforts to convince him

concerned, asked him, “Do you enjoy punishing

struggled to speak, his voice

you in the past, putting you

guilt weighs heavily on

to atone, it

felt like

pain fully, to feel as though I’m

lost your senses? Your wife is right here, witnessing

think only of

considered

Lucinda’s words, and reluctantly agreed to

operation, he was moved to a ward

the need for a private conversation between the siblings, Violeta excused herself to buy food,

silence in the ward stretched on,

a considerable wait, Graham mustered the courage to initiate a conversation, breaking the uncomfortable

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