At noon, Samuel Johnson brought her a photograph and told her that Evan Willow would not come looking for her anymore.
When Amanda Smith learned this answer, she wasn't greatly surprised.
Priocia was the Johnson family's turf, and with her confined here, if Samuel purposely guarded against it, there was no way Evan could get in.
Thinking of that gentle person, she couldn't help feeling a bit sad. She had been taken away by Samuel right in front of him; he must have felt so guilty.
When Samuel said those words, he was actually just probing, wanting to test the extent of the trust between Evan Willow and Amanda Smith. The result didn't surprise him; or rather, it was too close to what he had expected—Amanda did not say it was impossible, but rather she understood it with a sense of resignation.
Their trust in each other meant that Amanda didn't feel abandoned by Evan but knew he was powerless to help.
This trust nearly drove him mad with jealousy.
