Division by Denise Kawaii

Author:Denise Kawaii [Kawaii, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dystopian Sci-Fi Fiction
Publisher: KawaiiTimes.com
Published: 2019-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

The next two days went by in a flurry of activity. There were cooking lessons, seeds planted, instructions on how to take care of minor injuries, and Parker even taught the Boys how to do a better job with the laundry. All this took place under Sunny’s silent gaze as she hovered in the background. Parker did his best to seem enthusiastic about each project they handled, but 62 could see the lines of worry deepening on his face, and the anxious glances he was constantly casting in Sunny’s direction.

Sunny’s room had been moved once more, down to the same floor as 62, Blue, and their visitors. When she wasn’t lurking in the dark corners of the jailhouse, she locked herself up in her room to sleep. Occasionally, Rain or Hazel would ask her to go for a walk, around the building to talk to her out of earshot of the Boys. Sunny didn’t seem to have any desire to participate in her roommates’ educations, or in the adults’ preparations for their impending trip back home.

There was a debate going between the three Boys on whether they should push Sunny to go back to Hanford with the others, or not. Even though Rain and Hazel had told them not to, 62 knew he wasn’t equipped to help her if she tried to hurt herself again. Although he and his brothers had proven themselves resilient and capable of doing much more than anyone expected, caring for someone so sick seemed to be a task beyond their reach. And then, there was the problem of finding a way to let the Women of Hanford know what the Oosa had done. If she didn’t go, Parker and the others would have no proof of their story.

Rain, Hazel and Parker decided to extend their stay an extra day, which was a relief to everyone. Even Sunny seemed to relax a little knowing her friends wouldn’t be leaving right away. They couldn’t extend their stay any longer than that, though. The two doctors had to get back to the hospital, and Parker still had students to teach, but the added time meant some of the pressure had been taken off of making big decisions.

Blue volunteered 62 to use his “brain powers” to let Hanford know of the delay, and after a long, drawn-out explanation to the doctors about 62’s strange ability to connect his dreams to Mattie’s, 62 went to bed. Now, he lay in his room at mid-day, trying to force himself to sleep even though he was anything but sleepy. Tired, yes; he’d been physically and emotionally exhausted for days. But his eyes refused to stay shut and his mind kept poring over everything that had happened. He didn’t want to let the others down though, even if they did look at him sideways whenever the topic of dreaming came up.

62 thought back to some of the books Mattie had shared with him about dreaming and the importance of quieting the mind.

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