Chapter 27: Flora Makes a Promise

The two women were silent for a few minutes as they both processed in their minds what Flora’s future was going to be. In Perlita’s mind, it was akin to a death sentence based on the stories she had heard about Orsica and its infamous resident. How many stories had she heard over the years about the people and the boats that had gone missing while sailing close to the island? Recently, she heard about a relative of a friend who was supposedly hired by the rich recluse but was not heard from again. Some say that the person was still in Orsica and very much alive, enjoying working in the island while properly cared for by the master. Still, there were others who asserted that the person had not communicated with friends in the mainland and was most probably dead. The body would have been kept hidden or buried somewhere within Orsica, but it was more plausible that it was thrown to the shark-infested waters surrounding the island.

Perlita’s own grandfather was also said to have sailed to