Chapter 48

• Maija
• “The British empire dismantled China through the use of opium.” I yawn as Professor Stewart drones on in my history class. I look at the clock the millionth time waiting for four o'clock so I can leave and get home to my baby, who's home alone because he doesn’t have class today.   We made plans to lay in bed all day, and I am really looking forward to it since I have not seen him in a day, having spent last night with the girls. Okay, it hasn’t been long, but a day feels like a lifetime, and I can’t live without my honey’s kisses.
• “Why did Britain choose this method, Maija?”