Ty
An hour before
“I’ll go get some water.” Ahmad held up the empty bucket. “Be back soon, my friend.”
I stood up and nodded at him then wiped the sweat from my eyes. Amina’s brother had gone to check on her an hour ago and hadn’t come back. He wasn’t happy about being asked to help dig up a body. Back on task, I carefully dug about a foot away all around where I thought he was. I didn’t want to hit my friend with the blade. It made the job that much harder. I tried to ignore the smell and the knowledge it brought.
“You know,” I said to Brown, “for a little woman, Amina sure dug a good way down to send you off.” I tossed more dirt over my shoulder. “Maybe you could get off your ass and help?” I froze as his hand suddenly slid out of the dirt. I’d seen enough dead bodies to shift gears
