Chapter 18
Sue smiled sadly and stayed quiet for a while. His description of the beating had actually made her cry and she wanted time to recover.
Matt watched her, then followed her gaze, “Nice and peaceful isn’t it?”
“Very.”
“We’d best get some sleep, we’ve got a big day ahead of us tomorrow.”
And a long night, she thought, and smiled to herself, “Did you ever go back and fight him again?”
“That’s for another time maybe. Good night.”
Sue knew she would get no more from him tonight, so she went to her tent and pulled down the mosquito net. Sue found that sleep didn’t come easily as her mind kept rerunning the fight he had described. She had a lump in her throat again from reliving it, and it was her last thought before sleep washed over her.
Sue was awakened by the familiar aroma
