Summary

Part Four is “What Remained Outside.” Chapter Fourteen opens with Sophie weighing her options. She knows the soldiers will eventually discover the electricity is off and that she can't hide from their guns. She knows the soldiers will kill the adult bonobos for food, keep the youngsters to sell, and that her own fate will be horrible.

Sophie decides to leave with Otto. She is upset that she'll have to leave the bonobos behind, but she knows that she has no choice. Songololo makes it clear she's going with Sophie, and Sophie accepts that she'll be attempting to escape with two bonobos rather than one. Sophie, Otto, and Songololo are at the front of the compound when they hear a noise behind them and discover that Anastasia has followed. Mushie is behind Anastasia. Banalia and Ikwa are also following. Sophie is frustrated...