My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

We talked from night until dawn. When early morning came, Pollard went to look for a phone from the villagers.

At about noon, he returned, forlorn and empty handed. He told us, "It seems some police officers are coming up here. You can see for yourselves."

Everyone was enthusiastic at the news, but Naomi immediately became wary. "Why the sudden visit?"

Momentarily stunned, Pollard replied, "Rumor has it that they came to look for some people, but I don't know the details. Why don't you have a look?"

They were looking for people?

We all shared a look, suddenly suspicious of this turn of events. Would they come this far to look for us?

Taking into account the many mountains we'd climbed and the many paths we'd walked the past few days, we were so far off from where we started. Weren't they wary of ringing any alarm bells if they made it too obvious that they were really trying to find us?

"What's wrong?" Pollard asked, confused, sensing how anxious we were.

trouble for

After a pause, she said, "Whatever it is, we still have to be careful. Worst case scenario, we can still keep going. We could still meet people from town who can help.

this, everyone nodded in agreement. It was the only way

goodbyes to Pollard

we could leave, however, we heard the sounds of

on the hem of my clothes

as I glanced at Naomi, and walked out

house was so small and cramped that it was almost impossible for him to hide all of us in

was looking for us found out that Pollard had taken us in, they would

standing in the yard, all wearing black police uniforms with badges on

darkened when she

us, however, he seemed more taken aback than anything, as he spoke

finished, the police chief looked at us and said

realized that we didn't speak his language. He turned to look at another man behind him and said something to