The only thing that mattered to her was that Anne hadn't come to see them for a long time.
Seeing Philip Shaw's face every day, Aldana Candi felt like she was developing an aversion.
However, Philip Shaw seemed to be happy every day, as if he was even more pleased that no one else was coming to disturb him.
This day, at noon, the weather was hot and stifling.
Aldana Candi opened the door, looked up at the blazing sun in the sky, and saw a thick layer of dark clouds moving their way from the far end of the sea.
It was probably going to rain, she thought to herself, when suddenly she heard a woman's screaming voice.
She raised her head in the direction of the sound, and saw the women in the village who had gone to the woods to gather wild vegetables running back frantically. She couldn't tell what they had seen, only that she could sense their bone-deep fear...
