Andre was laughing when I let him go so I could twist onto my good side. That boy was going to drive me insane. I was surprised to realize that the only laughter I heard was my son’s—Sasha wasn’t crying. Andre went to her, set the bags he was carrying in a corner, and fussed over his sister for a moment. Soon enough, he had her laughing too.
The sky grew completely dark when we left the station and the train turned onto a secondary track, moving farther away from the town.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I had been scared half to death, and that kid…
“What were you doing?” I barked, annoyed. “Andre, I told you not to get distracted!”
He sat beside his sister with confidence. My eyes adjusted to the dim light, and I noticed him eating from a bag resting on his lap. The smell of fr
