Chapter 199
"How long are you going to keep up this... thing?" The woman's voice rang out the moment she stepped into the room. Her eyes scanned the place, nose scrunched in irritation and annoyance.
When she had heard that the man had gone out on the same day his daughter was being executed, she was ecstatic. Thinking the man would finally have a pain deeper than that of losing his wealth. The kind of pain to trigger a man's hatred, but now, she was left wondering if she'd been wrong about it all.
"Say something for God's sake!" She snapped irritably, unable to keep still.
Carter didn't look at her. He sat by the window, elbows resting on his knees, fingers loosely clasped together. The city had already moved on as if nothing had happened. As if a life hadn't been snuffed out hours earlier.
