Chapter 28
The company set out after they had eaten a small breakfast of potatoes and fish from the night before.
"Potatoes and fish," Ben muttered to Isika as they walked. She poked him in the ribs.
"Are you really complaining about eating the same thing two days in a row?" she teased.
He grinned at her. "I can't wait to find Kital and get back to Auntie's for more of her food," he said.
She smiled at him, agreeing. Their smiles faded as they looked at each other.
"We'll find him, Isika," he said.
Isika stuck with Ben on the path, their shoulders touching occasionally. She needed to be around someone who believed in her, someone who knew her as she had been; just Isika, a hardworking girl with a sad life, someone who took care of people around her, someone who was tired and frail,
