Their plan

Yaritza emerged from her phone call and noticed Zachary, awake and sitting up in bed with the bedside lamp turned on.

"Why did they leave you here?" Zachary asked. "No more nurses? Leaving you to look after me? What kind of situation is this?"

Yaritza smiled and replied, "Consider it an opportunity for me to make amends, okay?"

"You can't be blamed for this," Zachary reassured her.

Yaritza smiled lightly and asked, "Are you hungry? I still have some warm porridge and soup for you."

"I'm hungry," Zachary responded.

As Yaritza went to get the porridge and soup, she asked, "Which one would you like?"

"Porridge," Zachary said, getting out of bed and serving himself at the table. After finishing a bowl of porridge, he looked at Yaritza.

"Tell me what's going on," Zachary said.

Yaritza nodded and mentioned a name, "Hezekiah Head!"

"Who?" Zachary looked confused. "His name isn't on the list of local important figures! Is he just a local troublemaker? But someone like that wouldn't be involve
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