"Why are you here?" Aileen took a few steps back after coming out of the daze. She couldn't believe he would come after her. Shouldn't he say he never wanted her? Shouldn't he say she meant nothing to him? She freed him from his curse and also her. He should be glad that she left his land forever.
"Why won't I be here?" He asked back to her.
He gazed at her small frame, saw her in a faded old-fashioned Coburg. It has muddied water in some places which she got to make potteries and dolls. He looked at her face, saw she got bags in her eyes.
Her eyes were dull and she looked way too pale and thinner than the last time he saw her a week or two ago. He saw it right. Aileen indeed was getting thinner due to stress. She felt drained every time she lose control of herself, just like she los
