Chapter 18
Scent, scent, he thought. He tried to calm down. He could not with people running about and screaming above the roar of the guns. The whole village was in chaos. He looked around. He saw a form next to the bus. Ngozi, he knew. He ran towards her pushing past people running the other way. Only when he was before her did he see the blood. A bullet had gone through her stomach. He could smell the bile. She was dying slowly. He took off his singlet and pressed it against her punctured flesh. She winced and opened her eyes. Her eyes were afraid.
“Chris, I don’t want to die”, she cried. Chris began to cry too. He could not be strong for her knowing she was going to die. She only had minutes left. He held her small hand in his. She was cold.
“I am sorry Ngozi. I should have found yo
