Her crystal clear eyes stared at Elisa.

Stacy saw the bag of herbs in Elisa's hand.

"Listen carefully, Stacy. These are all medicinal herbs for your father. You'll need to boil them in water and feed them to your father three times a day. Make sure he drinks it all."

Elisa labeled the herbs carefully and put them somewhere the girl could reach.

"Can you read?"

Stacy nodded.

She carefully memorized the instructions and the names of the herbs.

It was getting late, and darkness was settling in.

Elisa finished writing up the instructions for the herbal concoction and walked out of the house into the alley.

People were bustling about on the main street, but Elisa was heavy with worry. She knew she would have to visit a few more times to ensure everything was going alright with Stacy's father.

Back at the hotel, Elisa organized the herbs she had purchased for herself.

She rubbed her shoulders, thinking about what she could do to make Stacy's life easier.

Stacy's father

have an operation, or

Stacy and her

bother with

man at the market, Gareth called Thomas and returned to

and

to the hotel, so he returned to

was not

considered returning to the medicine market to look for her, but the effects of the drugs in

his teeth

Until she returned…

also curious as to

the type to stick her nose into other people's

reason in particular. I just thought she looked sad." Elisa said

about Stacy and

of it. There was no need for her to explain every single thing she did to

"Is that so?"

he said

I did it? And what do you mean by interrogating me like

that way." Gareth

you did not mean it that way, why did you ask me those things?" Elisa argued. "We were supposed to go to the Medicine Market together, but you left and returned to the hotel without saying a

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