Ruth sat quietly while others spoke between themselves. Now the arrangements were a little different than the before. Lester wanted to sit with Elsie, so he exchanged his place with Ruth.
She was brooding due to it and asked Rees to go and sit with Thea and his beloved Master. But Lester stopped him, saying he needed to discuss something important with him.
Ruth was frustrated with all of them. Sometimes she wondered if they all had planned annoying her every chance they got. Nonetheless, she had to agree with Lester and sit along with Thea and Edwin.
Ruth was quite surprised that Thea had managed to make this boulder speak and reply to her every sentence.
After initial few minutes, she tuned out their conversation in which Edwin's contribution was limited to only monosyllable replies. Ruth could feel Edwin's gaze trained on her, burning her face and other times, boring holes in her head.
