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He played with his straw. “What’s the right way to run away?”

“I’m just trying not to think about it. And they keep bringing it up to me! Why are they doing this?!”

Mommy, I tried to be there. Please tell Abba that 500 miles and quarantine is nothing for a Bivhilu

“I know others who have also wanted to give up, but I want you to know they made it out”

“I can’t do it,” he said. “I’m too embarrassed.” He was staring at me defiantly

“I can’t tell him,” he said, lowering his voice. “Because then I have to tell him everything”