GALINA'S POV
Being in a room where people are laughing at a private joke that I must have shared with them but have no recollection of doing so is…syurrealistichnyy. So I decided that I needed to do something else, anything, to get my mind off the fact that my mind was f****d up.
“I will go and see if I can find a key to the shackle. Carmela may have hidden it in the kitchen.” I use the legitimate reason to excuse myself, hoping no one offers to come with me. I turn to leave, and as I am meandering down the hall, Aldric calls out to me. "I had one of my squad ask her. She has the key on her; they are bringing it now."
"Great," I yell back but continue my pursuit down the hallway.
True to his word, Matthew smeared shampoo all over Malik's face, neck, hands, and hair. He looked like h
