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• FREYA
• It had not been easy to get to where we were now. Thank God for Jiel's quick work and the cab driver who had waited as he had said he would. I sat on the motel bed, and watched the kids absentmindedly as they played with each other, their warm laughters filling the room.
• The look on Jiel's face as she hugged the kids hunted me, the way she had turned away to hide the tears that had been threatening to fall down her cheeks. The way she had quickly wiped at it, and turned to give me a obviously grieving smile.