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.

stir up any trouble for him, so our replies were instantaneous. "It's all

the most vigilant among us, and she didn't trust easily. After a pause, she said, "Whatever it is, we still have to be careful. Worst case scenario, we

in agreement.

to Pollard and Yannie and left in a

however, we heard the sounds of trampling

should we do?" Rainie pulled on the hem of my clothes tightly,

I said, as I glanced

was almost impossible for him

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

the yard, all wearing black police uniforms with badges on

darkened when she

as the policeman saw us, however, he seemed more taken aback than anything, as

the police chief looked at us and said something.

language. He turned to look at another man behind him and said something to