Summary

In Chapter 29, Lela awakens to find Malachi sleeping beside her cot and she notices how hollow his cheeks are becoming, making her realize he is ready to get out. When he wakes, he tells her that he caught Nadia just as she was about to jump off a building. He says she was getting better and had more energy, which sometimes causes depressed people to do stupid things. Lela wants to take her before the judge immediately, certain that she will be given mercy because of all she has been through, but Malachi explains that mercy is not a right that can be earned, but rather a gift from one person to another. He tells her about his past. His father died on the train to Auschwitz and his mother was taken away upon arrival. His brother Heshel was optimistic that they would...