By the time they arrived in the countryside, Pearl was well on her way to starving. And, coupled with her anxiety about Leonard having seen her and being in a car for hours, nauseous.
Grassy fields that stretched out as far as the eyes could see surrounded them and the air smelt fresh and crisp.
It was an environment Pearl could see herself living in but in Aurora only the wealthy or those lucky enough to have inherited property from their grandparents lived in the countryside.
Her meagre salary would have been swallowed up by the transportation used to get back into the city as the limited employment opportunities in the countryside were all occupied by those desperate to get away from the violence in the city.
There was an unspoken rule that no fights were to take place in these gras
