The girls decided to spend the night at Lillian’s and take Aba home the next day. Rami would tell her mom that she was bringing some people around to meet her and then go with Peter and the herbalist first to prepare her mother before Lilian brings Aba in. However, before they dropped Peter at home, Peter suggested that they visit Hormeku’s house so that his wife will know what had happened to her husband. They had Aba cover most …
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Now Lillian quickly drove them back to where Peter and the herbalist were waiting. They were euphoric with the success of their mission. “How did it go?” Peter asked anxiously when the girls got out of …
The ride to Nokalu was mostly quiet, with Rami intermittently repeating the words she was supposed to say at Nokalu and the follow-up responses she was supposed to give when asked. By the time they got …
Aba was nervous. She knew that something was happening, but she didn’t know what. She had been awakened earlier than usual and allowed to walk around the compound of her prison. Her handler, whom she had …
They stared at the herbalist in surprise, and Rami felt a little fearful. The whole situation was creepy. “Have a seat,” the herbalist told them, gesturing at the seats in front of her desk. Her office …
Rami couldn’t help but notice that he hadn’t sounded drunk during most of their conversation. He sounded normal in a way that she had never witnessed since she met him. In fact, she had never thought …
Rami stared at Peter, doubting what her ears had just heard. “Did you just say blood sacrifice?” Lilian asked. Peter gulped more water. “That is the only thing that makes sense. He was acting suspicious after …
Lilian was back in ten minutes, and they both waited anxiously for Peter to arrive. Time was crawling too slowly for Rami. Twenty minutes had never felt so long. They didn’t speak as they monitored the …
“Mom, are you saying that you didn’t identify Aba’s body yourself?” Rami asked her mother. There were a few seconds of silence, and then she responded, “We agreed not to tell anyone. They did it for …
Thirty minutes later, Rami was on her way back home. Nobody had been able to tell her anything new. The only intriguing piece of information was the one Seth had given her. Before she fell asleep …
Rama looked nervous again when she asked Nafisa, “You want to tell her everything, then? All of it?” Nafisa nodded. “I do. The time feels right.” I wondered what other disclosure would have Rama so anxious …