"Auntie, why don't you stay here instead of the townhouse?" I asked Aunt Nezja during dinner.
I had been away from Natha a lot after starting this whole mission. But there was a stark difference between sleeping in a camp or an inn with the group and sleeping in a wide bed all by my loneself. Even taking the children to the bed did not make it any fuller.
Haa...when I was away before, I was in the middle of doing something, so it didn't feel so lonely or hard. But this time, it felt like I was waiting for my husband to come back from a faraway business trip.
I wondered if this was how Natha felt while I was away. Or was he too busy calming down our fussy baby? With my presence, Shwa was as calm and gentle as he was at the start, so I didn't have to struggle with him anymore.
Perhaps that was why, the loss of Natha's presence became more prevalent.
