TST, 2020
SJ rested her chin on her palm. “Leo’s disappearance is officially scaring me.”
Patrice exhaled. “Do you think he has got him?”
“I don’t want to think that.”
“He’s always been two steps ahead of us.”
“If he has Leo, that’s very perilous.”
“I warned you.”
“It was a do or die.”
“There is one and half a month to a general election. He’ll do anything to annihilate us.”
“We’re not sure if he has Leo.”
“What if he has him?”
“He’ll need our cards.”
“If he found Leo that means he knows about us too.”
“Worrying will never change the outcome.”
“We had a new life.”
“You call this a life?”
“At least we are living.”
“Have you forgotten our promise?”
“We have kids. We can’t put them in danger.”
“You can’t run from your past. You will end up running in circles.”
“We can forget our past, forgive ourselves and begin again right now.”
SJ shook her head. “That’s too selfish. It won’t help us and it won’t make our country a better place.”
“You know what?” Patrice chuckled. “Sometimes it is foolish to fight if you cannot hope to win.”