Chapter 28 - Chapter 27

# Chapter 27
AYANDA

It's scary, but I can't stop smiling.

I place the recorder down on the table, shifting it just so, taking care to put it perfectly, more for something to do while I wait than anything else. I'm nervous, but not for the usual reasons. I can't wait to see Vusi for the first time since he ate me out on top of this very table last week. The memory heats my cheeks, and I sink my teeth into my bottom lip so I don't grin like a fool when Vusi walks in.

I'm definitely a fool, falling for a man they're sending to the gallows.

I sigh, glancing out the window to my left. It's another beautiful, still winter's day. The bare, skinny trees sway in the breeze, and the sun sparkles off the snow that covers the recreational spaces outside. Each one is a fenced cage, as if to house its own dangerous, pacing tiger at a circus. It's crazy to think the inmates aren't even allowed to spend time together without bars separating them in a maximum-security place like this.

My eyes scan the small room I'm in. The single table, the empty chair opposite. The bare white walls, and the lone clock above the door.

After so many weeks sitting in this room, the ticking has become a source of comfort, reminding me that Vusi is still alive. He still has time.

We still have time.