"What happened Neriah, how could you run away like that? You have no idea how worried we've been about you." Rakavi says as they sit Neriah down on a rickety wooden chair just beside where Barak was laid.
"How could you do that to us, my child?" says Bashan who had been stricken with worry after the news of her disappearance reached his ears. "After all we talked about. After all I told you. Does that mean my words meant nothing to you?"
Neriah instantly shook her head vehemently, tears welling up in her eyes all over again. "Please do not say that. Please, I beg you. You must believe me when I tell you that I have come to love and respect you both as much as I respect the ones or birthed me. The goddess bears me witness when I say I take you both as my own parents." She confessed the truth that came from the depth of her heart.
