Chapter 12: Sir Aldrich

Selma Payne's POV:

I found a grass patch not far from them and laid down. The people around me were talking and laughing, and many of my peers were telling meaningless jokes. It was a very ordinary scene, but I felt I was about to cry.

I was so happy. I didn't have to be repeatedly tortured by my inner pain. I won't drag anyone down. I was even lying not far from the palace now. If only my parents and Rhode knew about this. I wondered if they would be sad when they found out I was missing. I was too impulsive. At least I should have left some messages for them to be at ease.