"You....." Eden hesitated with his words as though thinking about how he was going to phrase it.
His eyes on the campfire. "You said something about knowing how it feels to be misunderstood.."
They were silent for a while as Helen nodded "Mmhmm"
"What's it about?" Eden asked.
Helen hesitated as though thinking if she was going to tell him or not. Her eyes were on the meat that was being roasted.
"When I lost my parents, everyone said I was the person who killed them" Helen started.
"They said I was the reason they died. They all believed I was, and called me names" She said.
Eden now had his eyes on Helen. Partially surprised and also confused. He didn't know about this plotline at all.
The book had mentioned that she was an orphan. And that she had started living with her uncle in another city after the death of her parents.
But it never mentioned that she was being bullied in her previous city and accused of being the reason her parents died.
