CHAPTER 26
She could hardly lift her feet as she shuffled down the corridor. Simon was strong enough to walk on his own now, but she wrapped her arm around his waist anyway. She could feel his whole body sigh, and she sensed the heaviness loaded in that one single breath. Her throat constricted. She bit the inside of her cheek.
Six days. After Chongjin jailors tore him away, after they survived months of separation, the Lord gave her a mere six days. Six days tending to his wounds, soothing his scars, loving him with the healing touch that flowed so readily from her fingertips.
And now it was over. At least with Simon in the general prison cells, she could check on him every few days. But then what? When the National Security agents decided he was strong enough, what would stop them fro
