The day Rigel was to arrive was pure chaos with a healthy mix of disaster and if Daphne did not know any better, she would have thought they had been cursed.
The prepared food meant to be stored in Rigel's new home went missing, birds kept smashing into walls, windows and roofs, some leaving a gory line of blood that made the children antsy and frightened.
Worst of all, Daphne, who prided herself on being a put-together woman had felt strange from the moment she woke up. It felt like she was walking on air and weighed down by boulders at the same time, a conflicting state that left her disoriented, repeating words or sentences and staring into space for long periods of time.
Everything seemed to be working against her, her body included, but Daphne was a stubborn woman who would not sto
