Chapter nineteen

Alerted by this cry of Ndeye's, in light sleep, Aras awoke at once to see her eyes open but still captive of her nightmare.

_ Coumba! No! I must find her! I must save her! I must! I must! she shouted at once as she tried to leave the bed.

Aras, whose one leg was resting on her belly, tightened his grip on her, preventing her from getting up because of the pain.

_ I'm sorry, but I can't let you do that. You're too upset, he apologized.

_ No! I have to save her! I have to stop him from hurting her! I have to stop him from killing her!

_ Ndeye! Calm down! It's just a nightmare! Pull yourself together!

_ Let me go, please! I have to save her!

_ Look at me! You are here with me in Rwanda! You're not in Senegal and nobody's going to kill anybody! I understand!

Only then did Ndeye come to her senses and realize that she had just been having a horrible nightmare and immediately burst into tears.

_ Calm down! It's all right, Aras comforted her.

_ ... I... Thank you.