Chapter 26: All Hope not Lost

Nancy felt nauseated after the meal she had prepared for herself. She knew it was not just her condition acting up but probably because she had stayed for a long time that day without food and had not eaten it easily but had eaten it in a rush.

She took deep breaths be ause she didn't want to throw up. She might feel hungry afterwards and weaker in the bargain.

'Why hadn't I eaten the food slowly knowing it wasn't the best meal to have chosen in the first place but I had chosen it because of the available money?'.

The nauseous feeling finally subsided and she decided to sleep. It had been a long day and she was completely exhausted.

The last thought she had before sleeping was that the Campbell gentleman had found out where she lived. All her effort at concealing it had been in vain.

The next day, she was reluctant to get up early.

'Afterall, I'm not going anywhere today', she thought to herself. Her joints were aching and she just wanted to just lie in and stretch and sleep till she