@@@@@I can't go in with my face like this I
@@@@@I can't go in with my face like this I pointed to the long, jagged scar across my skin
“No soul would have a scar like thisThey would have had it treatedThey'll wonder where I've
beenThey'll ask questions
His eyes widened and then narrowed“Maybe you should have thought of this before I snuck
you outIf we go back now, they'll think it was a ploy for you to learn the way out
“We're not going back without medicine for Jamie My voice was harder than his
His got harder to match it“What do you propose we do, then, Wanda?”
“I'll need a rock“You're going to have to hit me
CHAPTER 44
Healed
Wanda…”
“We don't have timeI'd do it myself, but I can't get the angle rightThere's no other way
“I don't think I can… do it
“For Jamie, even?” I pushed the good side of my face as hard as I could against the headrest of
the passenger seat and closed my eyes
Jared was holding the rough fist-sized stone I'd foundHe'd been weighing it in his hand for
five minutes
“You just have to get the first few layers of skin offJust hide the scar, that's allC'mon, Jared,
we have to hurryJamie…”
Tell him I said to do it