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.

allow Stacy's father to continue staying in

to have an operation, or his cough

then could Elisa convince Stacy and her father to fight against

bother with

care of the man at the market, Gareth called

and she wasn't

the hotel, so he returned to wait

was

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

gritted his teeth through the

Until she returned…

also curious as to why Elisa

stick her nose into other

just thought she looked sad." Elisa

tell Gareth about Stacy

of it. There was no need for her to

"Is that so?"

way he said it

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

that way."

to the Medicine Market together, but you left and returned to the hotel without saying a thing to me. You have some

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