At the church where Valerie was still taking refuge, it was time for mass, Valerie sat at the back of the church just as a spectator, confused of the events going on.
She got tired of all the kneeling and standing and couldn't seem to understand a thing they were saying as most of it were not words she was familiar with.
She decided to leave and go to her room, as she stood up to leave the sister Maria sitting close to her stopped her from leaving the mass.
"No! Valerie, you can't just leave like that, you have to wait till the mass is over. Just few minutes to go, we're are at the closing rites now."
Sister Maria said to Valerie trying to hold her back, as she talked, Valerie looked at her, but her eyes caught something across the hall at the other column of pews behind the Reverend s
