The Woman From Hell novel (Wanda and Theo) novel Chapter 2076

The sky outside was very blue. I was wandering in the yard. I had no idea what Matthew was thinking now. I should have been shaken by what he said to me after how his aunt had tried persuading him yesterday, but I put on a calm appearance this morning with the thought of provoking him.

Could it be that he was still testing me?

It seemed that I would still have to settle down.

At this moment, a sound came from the door.

Matthew could not have come back at this time. Could it be a thief?

I picked up a stick next to me and aimed it at the door as I walked toward it with small steps. Except for the sound of the door opening, the person outside the door did not speak.

If it was Matthew, why was there not the sound of keys jingling?

While I was pondering this, the door opened.

Just as I was about to swing the stick down, I heard a familiar voice. "Don't, don't! It’s Aunt Nessa."

Aunt?

I took a closer look, and it was really her.

The weight in my heart eased, and I put the stick back in place. "Aunt Nessa, why are you here?"

"Matthew said he locked the door before he went out because you were afraid. Looks like he was telling the truth. He came to my place before going to work today. He told me to accompany you and take you out for walks,” said Aunt Nessa as she came forward to help me.

Sure enough, whatever I did had worked.

This was my first time going out the main door ever since getting here.

Although we were living in a remote place, we reached the town after walking a few hundred meters. There were two rows of shops along the side of the road where one could get everything. The people here looked unpretentious. It was a good place.

I also bought a lot of ingredients with Aunt Nessa before returning home. She helped me clean them up and put them in the refrigerator.

"It's good to have you now. Matthew seldom comes back. He came back once a long time ago. Back then, he would talk to us. He didn’t say much when he came back this time. You have to give him a lecture. We’re all neighbors. How can we not interact with one another? Don’t you think so?" Aunt Nessa loved to talk, but this was a good thing. She might reveal some important information during her rambles.

"Yes, I'll tell him that," I echoed her words.

"By the way, our village will be having a temple fair in a few days. Things will get very lively then. You can go and have a look around with Matthew."

A temple fair?

I felt a little refreshed. "What’s a temple fair?"

"That's right, you people in the city probably don’t have this sort of event. It’s a traditional event here. We hold a grand temple fair every year during the gods’ birthdays. There’ll be a lot of stalls and traditional dances and the like. It’s particularly grand."