Chapter 17 Valeria Is Coming Back
"Elaine, you don't have to confine yourself to the castle all day," said Sherman, wiping his mouth with a tissue in a graceful manner before rising slowly.
He thought about what Cheryl had once told him-that Elaine needed access to fresh air and sunlight for her health.
"You mean I can go out at ordinary times?" Elaine asked, a little incredulous.
After all, she had resigned herself to being a beeder, and perhaps more humbly, a slave.
She often sat by the window, yearning to fly out like a bird from the noisy cage, even if it was just to wander in the forest. She longed for freedom.
"Sure," Sherman shrugged, seeming a bit confused by Elaine's question.
His motive for giving her this newfound freedom wasn't so much because he wan
