Chapter 20: MalakiWe have a long night ahead of us. During an hour of rest, I tell my moms and Akasha everything that happened to me when I was captured—I hadn’t wanted to tell them all the details on video. It seems harder for them to hear it than it is for me to tell it. For the first time ever, I see a look of violence on Akasha’s face, and she leers when I tell her that the man who r***d me is dead.
The refugees all have satchels of supplies: food, water, and in the case of Akasha and other medics, medicine. I see Destiny and Ajay in the distance, keeping to themselves but glancing our way once in a while. I’m glad they’re okay. I feel pangs of sadness about everything that happened between us all, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to be able to be friends after this. But I do have
