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She took my hand and guided me towards her grandmother that was busy combing the hair of Desmond.
“Can you read her palm?” the little girl asked her grandmother. Petra’s eyes grew wide and she looked at everyone in the prison wagon, wary if anyone else heard what Celeste said.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to,” I told her but she took my hand gently and opened up my palm.
“Just promise me you won’t tell anyone,” she whispered and I could hear the fear in her voice.
“Why? I don’t see anything bad with it.”
“They would think I’m a witch when I’m not,” she carefully said, “an old woman who read palms could easily be accused of witchcraft. The captives wouldn’t be happy knowing that they have a w
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