“Oh, my darling, Rachel.”
Avery pushed the door open, and rushed into the room where I was lying on the flat mattress like a log of wood, in intense pain. Her eyes were already swollen to show how long she had been crying.
She fell to her knees on seeing my gloomy face. Ever since I stepped my feet into the Silver Crust Pack, all I have ever known was pain and sorrows. Mere looking at me, she could see how miserable I looked.
“What did they do to you, Rachel? How come you look so thin?” She was literally crying her eyes out while asking me these questions.
However, I still wore a faint smile. She’s already in misery, and I don’t want her to fall sick from crying just because of me. “You don’t have to worry, Avery. I’m very tough, you know.”
“Rachel, I’m deeply sorry that I can’t pro
