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.

not allow Stacy's father

have an operation, or

and her father

with that

the market, Gareth called Thomas and

and she wasn't picking

returned to the

she was not

medicine market to look for her,

gritted his teeth

Until she returned…

as to why

to stick her nose into other

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

not tell Gareth about Stacy and her father's connection with

in the middle of it. There was no need for

"Is that so?"

he said it

you think I did it? And what do you mean by

way."

it that way, why did you ask me those things?" Elisa argued. "We were supposed to go to the

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