“Emmett, do the damn world a favor and shut the hell up,” Matthias whisper-shouted. “You act like you and Eli got the monopoly on running away. Like nobody else done had it rough as you. Of course I believe him, ’cause I know a survivor when I see one. And if I was you, I’d take a long look at my pale-ass face in the mirror and think about how that Caribbean kid crossed an ocean for a slice of freedom America ain’t never gonna give him.”
