The price of Walter's life

Walter was in bed when Ji-ho was led to his room. The other villagers hadn't left and were still craning their necks from across the fence. Even more spectators had gathered during the barbed exchange between Anna and Arabella. As they gossiped amongst themselves about the lying girl and the dying patient, all of them concluded that Walter would die and Arabella would get killed by her soon to be deceases patient's parents. 

"He's gotten so much worse since I last saw him," Ji-ho told herself as she stood at the threshold of his room. The curtains were pulled wide open to let fresh air circulate inside the room but Ji-ho could still smell the stench of bitter herbs and a wound that was turning septic. 

Behind her was the figure of the healer's apprentice whose name she had come to find out was Renee.