Chapter 180

We get back to the hotel, leaving the three security officers outside, and we get inside our room. I breathe out a doughy sigh, and I dedicate it to the starting roller coaster. “Shouldn’t we probably be moving back to Nairobi or something?” My sister speaks for the first time.

I abort the mission to slam down on the couch and turn to her. Even from a distance, you can see how she is uncontrollably wobbling. I clear my voice, making sure that my assurance comes across as persuasively as possible. “We run away? What good will that do? What is even the point of wasting our time trying to hide if the monster broke the chains of death just to find us again?"

She swallows hard. “So we should just stay right here and wait for him to come and get us so that he can finally kill us both? Is that what you are trying to say?” She implores, her words lingering on her trembling lips.

I walk closer and take a stand before her. “Look, anywhere we go from now on, that monster will