Chapter 26In hushed undertones, I told Kyer everything the Overseer had said. I didn’t leave anything out—he had to know our relationship was no longer a secret, even if it was only the Overseer who knew about it. I didn’t think anyone knew Kyer wasn’t taking his pill, but I wanted him to be more careful about it, just the same.
“I’ll stop the white one tonight,” Kyer told me again. He held me so close, I never wanted him to let go. “That way when we leave, I’ll be able to deal with not having them anymore.”
When we leave. So it was decided, then, even though neither of us had talked about the specifics. He just assumed we would be going, because I wanted us to be together. He trusted me to lead him somewhere we could be alone.
As much as I wanted to rush out now and leave tonight, thou
