Chapter Forty
Desperate Times
Mari was determined to keep Jae-sun and Ae-jung alive, but they were very ill. Jae-sun suspected cholera. Supplies to the prison camp had virtually dried up; less and less food was being delivered to the prison, and no fuel had come in the last two months. Many of the prisoners had died over the winter, and half of the guards had been re-assigned elsewhere. Not having fuel to boil water or to cook had allowed cholera to sweep through the population. Mari surreptitiously removed wood from the side of the buildings and used it to boil water to keep Jae-sun and Ae-jung hydrated. She also made an antibiotic brew with garlic.
Major Lee Dae-du was in charge of the camp now, so any autonomy they enjoyed under Colonel Ji was gone. A mean and vindictive tyrant, Majo
