"Good morning, dear! Are you ready to go to the shop?" Mrs Payne watched Ruth locking her door.
Startled by her voice, Ruth fumbled with the key and dropped it on the ground. "Y-Yes. Erm.. g-good morning!"
"Ruth, are you unwell?" Mrs Payne asked in a worried voice.
She had noticed that something was not right with Ruth. Since she had returned from Thea's home, she locked herself in her room. She only went to the shop in the morning and returned in the evening. But didn't talk with anyone.
She didn't smile nor paid attention to her surroundings. Whenever Mrs Payne tried to talk with her, she avoided the topic and looked lost.
Even now after getting ready to leave for work, she looked awful. Her long toffee brown hair had lost its shine as if she hadn't wash them these days. Her face looked pale with bags under her eyes.
