to run away.”
“Why?”
“Because everyone is running away from me.”
“I didn’t run away. But not because I was not afraid.
He looked up.
“Were you afraid?”
“Sometimes. Courage is not to be afraid. Courage is not to let fear decide for you.
The guard behind him said they had to continue.
Ivo left.
But this time he didn’t turn to chuckle.
Final
One year after her first day in Block 3, Ralitsa Doneva was walking along the same corridor.
The heavy metal door opened in front of her.
The noise from the cells was familiar.
Her footsteps echoed on the floor.
Some people still looked at her strangely.
Some were still smiling as he passed.
But no one called her “the kindergarten teacher” anymore.
Not because she had hit someone.
Not because she had demonstrated force with violence.
It’s because she’s proven that authority doesn’t come from height,
