His Heart Is Now Elsewhere

hapter 13

When the plane landed in Mardale, it was exactly midnight.

The immigration officer looked through the documents and asked some routine questions.

“Ms. Kinsley Reed, may I ask how long you were planning to stay in Swoeburg?”

“Hello, I received an offer from Mardale University and it required two years to complete the

program.”

Upon hearing her fluent Swoeburg language, the immigration officer no longer gave her a hard time and stamped her passport for clearance.

After Maeve, no, it was Kinsley who politely thanked and took the luggage, leaving the airport.

She held her newly bought phone and searched for the location of the hotel, then hailed a taxi.

The driver, an Australian Chinese of Asian descent, saw her face and immediately started chatting

with her.

In a foreign land, Kinsley felt a strong sense of familiarity when he heard his mother tongue.

As they chatted along the way, the driver sister told her a lot of things to pay attention to in Mardale, and she wrote them all down.

When they arrived at the hotel, before parting ways, the two of them exchanged contact

information.

her to put the luggage into the elevator and then left.

the room card and, upon seeing the clean and tidy

went downstairs to have dinner. After coming back, she freshened up

night’s sleep.

next afternoon at two o’clock,

the completely unfamiliar room, she still felt

five minutes to finally realize that she had left Crowmount and arrived in a completely new country.

in Mardale, and the weather

and changed into them. After having some lunch, she hailed a taxi and went to the vicinity of the

time and handed over the keys to

entering the new house, she looked around and made a note of all the things that needed to be

she returned to the apartment with

next few days, Kinsley bought many essential items, and the previously

packing her things while contacting her roommate who would only

to

skills, she smoothly

two neighboring girls.

her out shopping, introduced nearby restaurants to her, and showed her around the

attractions.

few days, her exquisite photography skills were recognized by new friends,

of arriving in Mardale, Kinsley completed the first photography assignment.

newly arrived three hundred dollars,