Renie rushed into her apartment with a frenzy of madness. She really had to put her mind to work here, else there will be no way out of it. He will be executed by sunset on the day you turn him in. She almost screamed out loud but instead, she blocked her ears and dashed to the bar. She found herself staring at the bottle of cognac but suddenly having no appetite for it. Everything within her now fought to remain sober. She couldn't believe it but she was soon wiping tears that were streaming down her face.
She went up to her room and sprawled out on the bed, wishing all her folly to go away, to never have happened. She finally agreed to herself that going to see Lord Duncan was probably the poorest decision she had made recently. Clarissa's image formed before her eyes and she almost
