Eighty-Four

ZORA'S POV

Katherine sighed and clapped her hand to her head distractedly as the person on the other end kept talking. Her face was glum, her shoulders slumped; the very attitude of dejection. Finn and Freya were still talking and squirming on my lap, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to listen to what they were saying. All my attention was now riveted on Katherine. When I glanced at Finn and Freya, I saw they did not seem to mind much as they were now talking to each other. After a few grunts in reply to whatever the person on the other end was saying, Katherine ended the call, and continued pacing. She went inside, returned to the living room, as she scrolled through her phone. She kept on muttering to herself. She was obviously in a bad mood.

From what I had deduced from her side of the phone conversation, her business was not doing so good. She had spoken about a shipment of goods that were to be delivered to her store being held up and cancelled. I did not think it was