CHAPTER 51
Hee-Man says he’ll stay with me for the week. I expect he’s probably anxious to go home to his newborn baby, but each time I mention this he just grins. “She cries too much. I sleep better in Pyongyang.”
I remind myself that if I ever visit Hee-Man’s hometown, it might be wise to avoid his wife. She probably hates me for stealing her husband. After a few days, I finally break down and tell Hee-Man how I spent my prison stay talking to him.
“Really?” Thankfully, he looks pleased instead of freaked out. “Tell me, did I come up with any good jokes while we were there together?”
He doesn’t ask me about my time in prison camp, and other than an interview with Eric when I first got to the hospital, most people around here seem happy enough not to mention my time of forced labor.
