23: Who she is

"Home is where you are loved the most and act the worst."

~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"Anna?" Eli's voice calls to me after I become blank for a moment thinking about what my prison cell would look like and how I would feel about my cell mate while in there because I am sure that's where I was going to find myself in the morning. The stories I heard of prison life weren't nice, at least that was why Ade vowed never to go back there again.

I snap out of my thought, "I meant to say, Hello, it's Anna, still practicing." I try to come up with the fastest lie and pray it would be believable. My hands are shaking, my teeth quivering and in my heart, I am saying a silent prayer to God that he keeps my cover safe. "Thank God you called, Eli, I was beginning to worry. I thought the flight would take seven hours at most?" I ask, trying to change the subject and my voice is still tensed and nervous and