Whom was the letter from?
"Here you go," Mitchel said, handing her a glass of water.
The moment he noticed how Leila was trembling, he quickly roused Royce from his sleep, asking him to fetch them something that could calm her down. Unfortunately, the boy did not know what exactly would, so all he got was a glass of water and a small plate of mashed potatoes, which his mother had just finished cooking.
She smiled grimly. "Thank you. Please don't worry about me too much. I was only… surprised that they've written to me after so long. I didn't think that it would be them who would answer. I mean, I've only sent one letter to my mother."
"You were a governess?"
It was odd how West was amongst the crowd who were confused. And there Evelina was, thinking that he had a hobby of prying onto others' secrets as well.
