CHAPTER 71

  Lavana took a gown and threw it on. Then she walked to Beatrix and sat beside her.

  "Humph!" the little girl looked away, this time crossing her legs.

  "Rixie..."

  Beatrix still didn't look at her and she sighed.

  "Beatrix, I'm sorry."

  At this, Beatrix turned to look at her big sis.

  "You know how worried I was? I couldn't sleep all night!" she lashed out. Lavana felt even more guilty. She even robbed her little sister of sleep!

  "Rixie, I'm sorry. I wasn't on purpose. I didn't mean to stay out this long."

  "But you did!"

  "This wasn't my plan. If I knew I'd make you worry like this, I shouldn't have gone out at all."

  "You went out to blow off some steam?"

  "Eh?"

  "Pixie in the story, was it you? You made up a different ending for me?"

  Lavana did not reply but her expression revealed the fact.

  "Big sis..."

  "It's a happy story and it got you to sleep, at least."

  "But it was at the expense of making your emotions unstable."