Chapter 367



Fanny didn't answer me right away, instead, she gazed out the window at Ernest, "How much longer for your Mr. Collins?"

Outside, the man seemed almost ready to kneel before Ernest, who was standing with one hand casually in his pocket. The morning sunlight bathed him, making him look as if he was glowing.

I couldn't take my eyes off him.

A sense of pride and admiration bubbled up inside me, a voice whispering: Felicia, that's your man.

Getting involved with Ernest was something I drifted into by chance.

Initially, it was just a fling to get over the loneliness of breaking up with Conrad.

But now, it felt like I had discovered a treasure, both beautiful to look at and useful.

"You were asked something," Fanny nudged me with her shoulder when I didn't respond.

I blinked, "Should be soon."

If I wasn't mistaken, the man outside was probably begging Ernest to fix his shoulder.

knew how to set dislocated joints, having learned from an old man in the village because Susie used

Susie often, picked up the skill and

why the man followed him so obediently. Now, the man outside was pleading with Ernest, who only intended to punish him before fixing him up. Besides, Ernest had plans to take me for a blood test result; he wouldn't waste too much time on that man. He was waiting for me and Fanny, getting that, I added to Fanny, "Probably as soon as we step out."

the chair, helping me put it on, and filled me

to just let her be, I arranged for her to get checked and prepared for surgery. But after paying, she vanished," Fanny

go through

not wanting to yet

me thrice for it, and always to

hinted.

swho

she wanted Fanny to pass the message to me, and then for me to

knowledge that both

time," Fanny said with

slightly, "She won't give up until she gets what

come back. Why should you clean up his mess?" Fanny always got irked mentioning

"He should be

he give you a heads-up?" Fanny

Herschel's illness, my voice softened, "Herschel's

her silence

a doctor, I understood her

reached the door, and as expected, Ernest turned to the man, once again gripping his

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