Commando
“Pai Jose demanded as he halted on the dock next to her. Shah looked guiltily up at the old priest. She stopped packing the canoe and got up off her hands and knees. Rubbing her hands against her trousers, she said, “I can’t stay here, Pai. I’ve caused all of this.” She gestured toward the village. “Hernandez wanted to scare me off.” The priest gave a sorrowful shake of his head, resting a thin hand on Shah’s shoulder. “No, child. Don’t go. You’ve been here three months. The people love you. You... belong here, doing your work on the medical herbs with the shamans.” Shah saw Jake coming down the bank. Had he told Pai Jose she was leaving? Still wrung out from last night’s ordeal, she patted the priest’s hand and captured it between her own. “Pai, I love you and the Tucanos people enough to keep you safe from Hernandez. Please try to understand that.” Pai Jose frowned, his silvery, caterpillarlike eyebrows moving downward. He gripped Shah’s hand. “I can see your mind is made up.MoreLess
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