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Chapter 14

The journey was going good so far. They had come across two road blocks since leaving Kitwe, none of which had caused any problems, and were now heading past Ndola. They had used a road that passed around Ndola so that they didn't have to go through the city. At first Amina had been nervous about their disguises. She thought the officers at the road blocks would demand her and Salma to reveal their faces but they had only peeped into the car and waved them through. She supposed they didn't expect her to travel in plain sight after being missing for so long. By the time they reached the next town Salma was fast asleep and Amina was bored to death. When they stopped to refuel and buy some snacks Andrew asked Amina to join him in the front of the car so that they could talk without disturbing Salma.

"Apart from all of the things I've heard about you and the story you told us at the camp I really don't know much about you" said Andrew as soon as they were back on the road.

"What do you want to know?" asked Amina watching the never ending road ahead of them.

"Why did you want to be a doctor?" asked Andrew

"I suppose I've always been fascinated by the workings of the human body; why it breaks down and how it heals. The human anatomy and so on."

"You could still be a doctor after all of this" said Andrew

"I don't know anymore, I want to do more now. I want to be a voice for the voiceless. I want to help girls who have suffered like me recover from their trauma and build a life for themselves. I want to make this a better Africa especially for the female gender" explained Amina

"Those are some very inspiring thoughts Amina and I think you're already a voice for the voiceless" said Andrew to which Amina smiled.

"I don't know much about you either. What do you want to do with your future?"

"My future has always been set in stone from as long as I can remember. I've always known that I would carry on with my father's work"

"What if you didn't have to follow in your father's footsteps? What would you do then?"

"Something in music, I can play the guitar and I even sing a little"

"Really? Then you must sing a song for me one day"

"I'd love to. And you what do you like outside of all of this"

"There was time when my brother and I used to get along. We would run around the yard dancing until our mother yelled for us to stop being silly" Amina smiled as she remembered barely being older than a toddler and trying to dance better than Isah.

"So what I'm hearing is that you are a dancer"

Amina laughed then "Let me not mislead you I'm not a very good dancer but I like the feeling of just letting go and not caring what anyone thinks"

"We should dance together sometime" said Andrew

"Hello, love birds!" said Salma from the back seat now wide awake. Amina felt her face grow hot from Salma's greeting. She could be so blunt sometimes.

"Hello, sleepyhead" said Andrew

"Wetin dey?" asked Salma

"Hmm?" said Andrew in confusion

"It's pidgin English, it means how far?" explained Amina

"I'd say we have about two hours and forty-five minutes before we reach Lusaka. Once there it's an hour's drive to the airport provided we beat the rush hour" says Andrew

"Do we have any snacks?" asked Salma to which Amina replied by handing her a packet of biltong knowing how much she loved dried meat. "Thanks.

Salma opened the packet of biltong and had a taste. It was good. "Hmm!! Sorry to interrupt, Andrew do you mind telling me how your people came about this biltong or whatever you call it" she said.