Love And Decay
“The backpack I took from Colombia was packed with only the most essential supplies. Two changes of clothes, socks, underwear, soap and tools for my weapons and needles and thread for my clothes. We’d packed as much food as we could, but on this side of the trip, the food was mostly gone.
And I’d brought a couple of my favorite books, the letters Luke had written to me and a hairbrush.
This was the sum total of my possessions. I remembered living like this when I was a child, but since we’d arrived in Bogotá, I hadn’t had to face the meagerness of this world in a long time.
My family was waiting for us when we arrived.
They weren’t happy with our irrational decision to join Diego without telling them, but we were filthy enough for them to let it drop for now.
Reagan and Haley showed me where I could bathe and change in private. Someone had brought water into a small, sparse room and filled an elegant bathtub that had been transferred from a different room in the house. The tub sat in t...he middle of the room with useless plumbing still attached to it.MoreLess
And I’d brought a couple of my favorite books, the letters Luke had written to me and a hairbrush.
This was the sum total of my possessions. I remembered living like this when I was a child, but since we’d arrived in Bogotá, I hadn’t had to face the meagerness of this world in a long time.
My family was waiting for us when we arrived.
They weren’t happy with our irrational decision to join Diego without telling them, but we were filthy enough for them to let it drop for now.
Reagan and Haley showed me where I could bathe and change in private. Someone had brought water into a small, sparse room and filled an elegant bathtub that had been transferred from a different room in the house. The tub sat in t...he middle of the room with useless plumbing still attached to it.MoreLess
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