“How did you leave?” Abby asked. “You must have been terrified.” “I was, but . . . I had Gabi and Nathan. And the confessionals . . . Otis said if we really want to be pure, we should do the private confession sessions with nothing materialistic to weigh us down.” “Like what? Money?” “Like clothing.” Abby’s heart sank with every word. “So I left,” Eden said. “It was hard. Much harder than I thought. I was terrified. And empty. Otis was furious, and warned me we would all die without him. I still did it against his will. It wasn’t like when we were kids, when Moses chose us to leave unharmed.”
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