Cedric turned to me and raised his eyebrows, as I held the pouch of money in my hand. It was dark but I could see a little smile on his face, but maybe I was wrong. I turned my face towards the old man and showed him the pouch.
The old man wasn't looking happy at all with a disgruntled look on his face. His gaze traveled from the pouch to me and then to Cedric. But I was ready to put my word forth if Cedric said no for taking money from me just because I was a girl. There was already a speech going in my mind on how I would tell him that I won't stay here if he doesn't let me pay full or at least half of it. And that is how I have been feeling uncomfortable since he had been paying all this time.
"How much is it?" I learned a little towards Cedric and whispered hoping the old man hadn't
