"...and then the man grabbed by the collar, like I had thrown his whole family into a river."
Serena nodded slowly to the old man, who she suspected was half blind and hard of hearing. She was seated on a wooden chair opposite him. The man had gone off on a tangent in the story he was telling even now she found it difficult to follow what he was talking about.
She still kept a smile and drew the hood closer to her face. How in the world has she ended up in this place? It was by her own doing of course but she had not expected this to be the outcome.
She had simply asked Livia if she could see Darius. The woman had ignored her and then finally replied to her when she spoke louder. Livia declined her request and told her she would be acting as her proxy.
