Chapter 10: new town
Rosie
I was growing accustomed to my new home. The cottage Maya rented to me—even though I hadn't completed the payment yet. But it felt like mine.
Mine.
After Maya, God bless her soul, drove me to my little abode that first night, I didn't even change my clothes before I collapsed limply on the bed. My body was heavy, highly exhausted from what life had thrown at me. I slept until mid-afternoon with a groan.
The past days had been a blur. I barely knew how they passed—arranging the cottage to my taste, changing my mobile SIM to start afresh, and trying to get familiar with the new environment.
The town was small and peaceful because practically everyone knew everyone. Sometimes people watched and stared at me as if I were a new entity. Well, I was in this tow
