Yes, I was doomed. Jang pulled me by my left arm to get me close enough to her. He made a gesture with her hands and I thought that she was going to slap me, so I closed my eyes but then I suddenly felt her body all over me. She just hugged me. "What---" "Where have you been! I was so worried!" she hissed at me, then she went on scolding like as if she was my parent. "You made me worried sick! I was already contemplating on reporting you as missing!" "What? But why---?" "Why? Really? You are asking me that?" she added with her eyes bulging and accusing me. "After hours of you gone, you are really asking me that?" "Jang, I was out doing the chores that Madame Morris---" "No you were not, Rainha," she said and I immediately felt silent because I knew that it was already pointless argu

