***
Kee brings us lunch that we eat in the hut. Having starved myself for so many days, I’m famished again, but I eat lightly, not letting Llewellyn think I’ve given in to him, because I haven’t. If left alone for a minute, I’d slip away and run for safety.
“What was Lydia going to tell our father about my disappearance?” I ask my captor as we eat the bread and fruit.
“She was planning to make up a story. That you’d become despondent over your boyfriend not returning, and suddenly smitten with one of the other sailors that came to Kiachi, you simply left. I believe she planned to forge a note.”
I cringe at my sister’s cunning. It pains me how she set me up for this with her false friendliness. It hurts every time I think of her treachery. How could I be so stupid? She called me stupid
