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Meredith : 4th Night
It’s dark when we reach Windhoek, but Kempton refuses to go into the city itself.
He takes the ring road, refuels at an isolated petrol station with a sign saying Last fuel before Walvis Bay - 192 miles. We carry on until we hit the turning for Walvis Bay, on the left onto the C26. Here he stops for me to take over the driving again.
I look back at Sukey. She's asleep with her fingers in her mouth. Peaceful for a while. Her dress is stained and crumpled. She's wet her panties twice. The diapers ran out long ago. I only packed enough for the trip to the airport in Cape Town. I’ve washed her panties out as best I could when we stopped at service stations, but she must feel uncomfortable. Her hair is in a tangle. My comb disappeared when Kempton searched my purse f
