Albert Ashbourned's condition grew better in the days that passed. It was already the second week after Talia used her power to steal away his pain. Everything has finally gone to how it was before. Aside from Lily, who had to follow her husband, Tom, to the piece of land that they received from her parents to farm, Talia's other friends were still the same and they didn't forget to include her on their outings.
The Ashbourne family hasn't been doing well nowadays. Every week, a maid or a male servant would be leaving the front entrance with their severance payment. Their family could no longer afford to keep the many servants and maids in the manor. Albert was unfit to go outside due to his strange condition. His wife and Gilbert forbid him from going out for fear that the affliction would attack him again.
