Going down the stairs, Thea overheard a few conversations from downstairs. It's Nerie's parents. The house has walls with soundproofed materials and is big enough to hear conversations from one room to another. Still, one of the noticeable changes Thea feels recently is having a hearing capability of an owl.
"Mr. Howard is coming again." It's Nerie's father; there's a bit of anxiousness in his voice.
"But Nerie is sick, and she's still amnesic. What shall we do? I'm even scared that this is the reason why she didn't come back to us. I thought she couldn't take it anymore." Much more in Nerie's mom's voice.
"No, she may like it or not; she doesn't have any choice."
"What should we say to her?"
"We're going to tell her then that she's betrothed to Mr. Howard."
