WATCHING HER FROM A DISTANCE

That night Ruth could not get any sleep. Theodora's words kept replaying in her mind every time she tried closing her eyes. This time she had no tears in her eyes. The only feeling that was prominent in both her head and heart was vengeance!

She had not told Mrs Payne about it yet. The old woman had already suffered more than enough and, the time she had lived without Ruth had affected her health.