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Sean’s expression changes.
Like he knows who I mean.
We haven't had time to talk about him.
We haven't had time to talk about anything.
“We'll find out what happened with Price,” Sean says.
“Later.”
“Yes.”
Later.
That word again.
So many things waiting for later.
I look toward the mine entrance.
Girls wrapped in blankets sit beside ambulances.
Twenty-one.
Twenty-one girls who are alive because law enforcement arrived before Navarro could get them onto that plane.
Some are talking to officers.
Some are crying.
Some haven't said a word.
Lily sees me looking.
She's sitting inside an ambulance with Jasmine.
She raises one hand.
I lift mine.
The paramedics are taking them to a hospital together.
Good.
They shouldn't be separated yet.
I understand too well what it feels like to have someone ripped out of your life and you are left all alone.
“Hayley.”
I turn back to Sean.
“Are you ready?”
Ready.
No.
