• Chapter 12

  • 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?

  • face rig

  • 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

  • Ome 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.

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  • worst–case scenario, we can die

  • burst out,

  • not

  • of his protective

  • “Of course not.

  • you promised me–we still have

  • to admit, Joseph’s plan was

  • to touch the garbage bins containing Ebola medical waste, much less suspect they held people inside.

  • The truck would stop midway,

  • a month, only the last two

  • Ray, and his

  • Joseph was in high spirits.

  • sincerely,

  • “Thank you, Zoey.”

  • I just held

  • dance, for us. Joseph prepared a meal

  • called a feast, and I took many

  • siblings began putting on their protective

  • me a marker

  • your

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  • I exchanged a glance, surprised, but we

  • a moment and added beneath my

  • grow up well.”

  • Joseph wrote:

  • hope you reunite with

  • I followed with:

  • hope the war ends

  • He added:

  • meet again in the

  • by the time we finished, everyone was

  • arms around us, their muffled

  • remember you forever

  • You’re our

  • that night, the transport truck arrived at

  • the garbage bins and loaded them

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