“Oh, it’s you, you pup!” Shauken hissed, her face going pale.
Her lips trembled, she felt sick in the pit of her stomach. Jumping from foot to foot as if the stones he was standing on were burning his bare soles, Rahim cried frantically:
“I’ll tell everything! Everything! You alone will be punished by death. Jaisak isn’t guilty of anything!”
“And what about him traipsing around the woods with girls? Do you think he was just picking strawberries with Kuljan there?” she hissed again, clenching her fists.
“What?! Don’t you dare telling lies about him and my sister! They are young, and they enjoy being together. Ugh, you old hag!” Trembling with rage, he rushed up to his stepmother. “Just you try and lie about my sister. Just you try and chase her to work! She’s no slave of yours! I’ll te
