"Thank you." Valentine Teller smiled gratefully at him. She didn't have the courage to go alone; with him accompanying her, she had the guts to set foot there again.
Bester County isn't far from Rivile City. It takes five hours by bus, but if you drive yourself, it only takes three and a half hours.
At Valentine's insistence, they both left the hospital together after lunch and set off for Bester County.
Valentine sat in the comfortable sedan, her head resting on Mark Reed's arm. Her heart was suddenly filled with mixed emotions.
If she hadn't run away back then, perhaps she would now have fallen into the depths of darkness.
Even so, she wanted to see that woman again, three months had passed, and she wondered if the woman was doing well.
As they got closer to Bester County, Valentine grew increasingly nervous.
She kept telling herself to just take one look at the woman and then leave; just one look, and everything else could be left behind.
