5 THE DEVELOPMENT
He had been staring at his phone for almost an hour now since he returned from walking Anza to her room. He had been trying to decide what to report to Edrigu. Why he put himself up to the goal of convincing Anza to go home was beyond him.
A call-in for his progress for the day was due, and he didn’t want to lie. If he told Edrigu that he found Anza already, he might wonder why he had not told Anza's father about it. He could use Manuu Soledad's own desire to have Anza come home at her own choice as the reason, but Edrigu might point out that Manuu would want to do the convincing himself. All he had to do was let Manuu know Anza's location.
With Manuu, he could pretend that he misunderstood his instruction, but with Edrigu, there wouldn’t be any ambiguity. If his mento
