The Journey to Freedom Volume 1 | Page 14

saved up, and he starts walking. 10 minutes later we get back to walking again with a pack of diapers. We decided to go around the area where we last saw the soldiers to avoid any problems. In about six hours we were finally reaching the electricity fences. I take out the phone and decide to call my sister. Ring, ring, ring. Finally I hear her answer for the first time in five and a half months. “Hye is that you?” my sister said through the phone. “Areum, I thought you were dead! It’s so glad to hear your voice.” I said excited. “So I’m sure you called for a reason,” she said. “Our mom died. We found her in her room already dead. The weird thing is