Chapter 72: Tragedy (A)

Cecilia couldn't stop crying.

As soon as Christopher got on his horse and rode away, Papa Benjamin must have seen him leave and sensed something was wrong because he came running out of his house to find Cecilia in my arms, crying.

Of course he had a few words to say about Christopher after I explained what had happened, but the truth was that there was nothing any of us could do. Cecilia wasn't his real daughter, I was barely even his wife; he had no real bond in Durnca and now he has left for his real home.

Fate had a way of giving me the worst all the time. I was barely above a toddler when my mother left me, my father just had to abandon me too and just when I was finally opening up my heart to love someone... he leaves me too.

But I had to be strong, for the little girl that needed me.

Yet, she wouldn't stop crying. Not even papa could distract her; she just hugged herself and cried even more.

I sat by her bed, begging her to stop crying and eat something at least, but she wouldn