Chapter 29

• I ran and ran away from that horrendous hut. I did not stop until I reached a clearing. That's where I realized that I was standing on a cliff overlooking the city.
• Sweats beaded my forehead and some even trailed down my cheeks. With labored breathe, I tried to stand upright and look at the blue expanse of the sky. Then, without thinking, I shouted in the top of my lungs.
• I did not just shout, I wailed. Tears brimmed in my eyes and after a while, they ran on my check like a flowing river. My body shook. Fervent. Like a rattling of roof during a heavy rain.