Chapter 18

He spoke while carefully choosing his words, afraid that saying something too abrupt might scare Tia Brown, or worse, make her think he had intentions he didn’t actually have. Little did he know, Tia Brown was so focused on her conversation with Joseph Brown that she didn’t notice anything else around her. The rainforest had no signal, so this was the first time Tia Brown had spoken to Joseph Brown on the phone in a while. She began by reassuring him, “Don’t worry about me. I made...