chapter 14(2)

“How much time?” I ask as tears slowly fill my eyes. This is no time to break down, but I feel so close to that very verge, that I might. “I don’t know,” he says, running his fingers through his hair. I am shaking in anger, and in fear for him. Andrei gets up, walking out of the room. I follow him, and he stops before walking into the living room. Despite how tired Jonah is, he instantly sits up, a big smile on his face when Andrei sits beside him. “Jonah, do you know how to use a phone?” Andrei asks him. I lean on the doorframe, watching them with curiosity. Derrick jumps off the couch, walking away. He returns with his phone, it is an older button model which would be simple for a kid to use, with no passwords. “No,” Jonah tells him. “Give him mine,” Derrick says, going through it and erasing everything on it. “He still needs to know the number in case he loses this,” Derrick tells Andrei, who nods. “Jonah, I need you to listen, okay? We will show you how to use the phone so that you