Chapter 19

Kiara:

“A penny for your thoughts?” Richard asked walking out to the garden. Everyone was inside with the children, watching a movie, or tending to their errands and responsibilities. I needed my space to think, and the garden was the best place to do that right now. With the kids taking their nap, I knew that it was only a matter of time before I had to go back inside to them.

“When have you become an American?” I sassed turning to face Richard who smiled walking toward me. I was sitting down on the swing out in the garden, my thoughts going wild as I thought of every negative thing that a person could think of. Suddenly, the idea of just dying and getting things over with would have been a lot more simple. But thinking of my kids and Nikolay, and how retarded I was being stopped me from mentioning it to Richard. The man would have gone mad on me, he already hated me being in danger, let alone throwing myself to die in the face of danger &ldquo