At this rate, we"ll never make our rendezvous. Instead, we"ll probably end up like Jeremy, battered and bruised to within an inch of our lives. He says he was caught outside the fence and that"s why this is happening to him. Weren"t we also caught outside the fence? I daftly assumed they"d just throw us in the slave camp.
“You look familiar,” Jeremy says after a while. Every time he speaks, his voice is strained. “What did you say your name was?”
Up until now, Lee had done all the talking but, this time, Jeremy is speaking directly to me.
“Dawn,” I say quietly.
“Dawn.” He mulls that over for a minute. Then there"s recognition in his eyes. “Are you Gabby"s sister?” he whispers as if he"s afraid of anyone else hearing this. His eyes widen, astonished.
I snap my head up. “You know Gabby?
