All Chapters of The choices we make: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

“She’s not here alone” Tenac objected. “She’s here with me, I am to teach her about the city”. Mary nodded as to confirm what he said.“Man, you get all the nice assignments” Jontak whined, earning a disapproving look from Tenac.“I wouldn’t mind tagging along on your next trip” Sinhera said. “I can show you some great places, I still owe you for helping me.”“That would be nice, but you don’t owe me. I was just happy to help” Mary told her.“Tenac, let me know when you are taking Mary out next time and I will see if I can’t come along” the female rider said. Tenac didn’t seem too happy about it but he nodded.“I need to get Mary home; her parents will be worried if she isn’t home by supper” he said.“Bye” Mary said as she felt him tugging her arm to move toward the booth to get her knife.“Bye Mary, it was nice meeting you” Jontak said.“Bye Mary, see you soon” Sinhera added. Mary got her knife back and hung it at its proper place. Before them leaving.“Do you want to take the same w

“Doctor, could you please tell me if the symptoms Mrs. Waske experienced are the usual symptoms of, migraine?” Mary asked, hesitating on the name of the disease. She was surprised she had been able to follow along the conversation during the day as it had been in Salamis.“Yes, it’s the classical symptoms, easy to diagnose in this case,” he responded.“I have a friend with similar symptoms where several doctors diagnosed it as woman’s issues” it wasn’t a question, Mary just wanted to take the focus of Bettina. “Your friend must live in one of the remote villages, the doctors out there can be more traditional in their thinking” Dr Genict said with a condescending snort. “No doctor worth their name would ever diagnose anyone with woman’s issues” he added. Mary tried to continue to ask him questions and when she saw the bridge, she was quite relived. She had run out of ideas on what to ask him. Bettina and Mary said goodbye to the doctor and continued their walk home.“Thank you for you

“Did someone hurt you?” he asked.“No, nobody hurt me, or Marry, or tried to hurt any of us. Just listen will you” she said with a smile, putting her hand hon his arm. He nodded. “We went on a consultant case with Dr Genict” Bettina started and Kopa huffed when she said the name. This time Mary agreed with him, huff indeed. “Yes, so, Dr Genict were a bit overfriendly towards me. Mary noticed and was smart enough to divert his attention”“Did he put his hands on you?” Kopa asked angerly.“Nothing like that, he just flirted with her Kopa. Bettina needs your help to make sure Dr Genict understand the boundaries, so he doesn’t make her uneasy” Mary cut in, placing one of her hands on his other arm.“He flirted? With my wife?” Kopa asked, looking between the two women. They nodded.“I’m going to make him realise that you are my wife” he then said, beginning to stand.“No Kopa, not like that” Bettina tried.“Kopa, Bettina still need to work with him. We need to do this in a good way” Mary a

“It smells like the meat skewers they have at the market in Dermes” she replied and tried to home in on the scent. She turned a little to the left and a couple of stalls further away she saw a stand that looked to be from Dermes. They even had a small grill set up with the skewers going. Mary let out an exciting squeak and grabbed Tenacs hand without realising it. She started dragging him in the direction of the stall in question. She loved the meat skewers at the market, they tasted divine, and she hadn’t had any for over a year.“My treat this time” she told Tenac that looked at her as if she was going crazy.“Four please” she told the woman manning the grill. She hadn’t realised she still spoke Salamis until the women asked if she could repeat it in Common. Soon Mary had paid for and received four delicious looking skewers and was handing two to Tenac. Now they only needed someplace a bit quieter to eat them. Tenac seemed to know what she was thinking.“This way” he told her and wa

The next afternoon, Mary and Bettina was cooking for the dinner. They had invited Dr Genict to come over. Kopa had promised to be on his best behaviour but both Mary and Bettina were a bit worried. Mary was hoping their plan to get Dr Genetic to back off would work. Bettina had asked if Mary would like to be responsible for the dessert, she thought it would be nice to try something from Dermes. Mary was happy to do it. While she helped Bettina to cook every day, she had been occupied with learning the local cuisine, she hadn’t made anything from Dermes yet. Mary had, after some thinking, chosen to make one of her personal favourite desserts. It was made with a soft cake that was layered with vanilla cream, whipped cream, and lingonberry jam. To her dismay lingonberries wasn’t something they used in Salmis. After some thinking she replaced it by using a gooseberry jam that Bettina had made the previous year. They had set the table in the dining room, it was the first time since Mary’s