Chapter 26: What A Nice Surprise

Third person POV Alice knew there was something off when she woke up. First, she got a feeling that there was a devastating change on her body. Second, the man named Santino and introduced himself as Sev’s father was there sitting with her, sharing a magnanimous breakfast. She was feeling better or so that was what she wanted to believe. “Eat your meal, child. It is not good to ignore the food on table”, the note he had given was giving off some weird vibe. It was not fatherly as he claimed to be. She wanted to ask a lot of things but seeing the old man enjoyed his eating, she knew her questions should wait. For all her life, one of the things she learned was timing. Everything was about timing. It time did not permit to give you timing, create your own timing. But she chose to wait for the correct schedule for now. Her instinct was telling her to do so. She began eating her food. It went and ended peacefully and terribly quiet. “Come. Let me invite you in the garden. You will sur