Millie, appreciating the old woman’s warm-heartedness, agreed without hesitation. The elderly lady’s kindness reminded her of her own grandmother and Marcus’s grandmother.

“I’ll help you with the cooking.”

As Millie and the old woman chatted and cooked in the kitchen, they shared stories. Millie learned that the old woman’s son, aged 35, worked as a doctor in a town 20 kilometers away. He only returned occasionally and mostly lived in the town. Her husband had passed away.

She also had a loyal companion, a dog named Waldo.

“The fish is cooked!”

Millie opened the pot which released a mouthwatering aroma that filled the air.

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harmonious atmosphere inside the house was

arrived and encircled the

aware of the situation, returned

them for dinner, she noticed her companions

that something was amiss. Glancing out the glass window, she spotted figures in the

whispered, “Take her to hide in

will.” Millie composed

bullets pierced through the window into the hall. Marcus and Trenton took cover on both sides of

Stay down,” Millie urgently instructed the elderly woman, pulling her

woman was completely bewildered, inquiring, “What’s

cause of

I’m sorry to involve you in this. Please trust that we mean no harm and will protect you,” Millie reassured

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