22 ~ Stoked embers
“... I’m no longer qualified to meet her.” “That can’t be true.” “Oh, but it is. I should know.” She looks out of the window again, suddenly wishing she is elsewhere. Anywhere else but here, where she is feeling an overwhelming need to bare her soul to the one person she never wanted to even meet. There is an awkward silence for a few minutes until David clears his throat. “Do you like scary stories?” She frowns, turning to glance at him. “What?” “I think another reason to visit the ruins of the abbey is that there are also tragic stories of how pregnant nuns used to go there to give birth, for it was isolated enough so that no one could hear their screams due to the pains of labor. Those nuns were usually victims of rape or in a forbidden relationship with someone. Their habits help
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