She gazed at her hands, which had toiled on the land alongside her parents’. They were coarse and sallow, and the sight of them made her temper flare.

How is Charlotte that fortunate to have been adopted by the Field family?

Her anger and jealousy grew the more she thought about it.

Amidst her resentment, she drifted off to sleep.

At the first light of dawn, the rain, having poured unceasingly for the past couple of days, finally showed signs of stopping. As the downpour slowed to a drizzle, the pattering gave way to a steady, discordant drip.

Some of the early risers in the camp had already begun their morning drills when Ashlyn and Lucas returned.

When they passed the stove, Lucas saw several familiar faces.

Upon closer inspection, he frowned.

“Are those the chefs from the Imperial Hotel?”

the pan,

“Go easy with the

with boisterous laughter. “Don’t worry, Ms. Berry. I’m a

others chefs joined in the

discovered more familiar faces as they ventured deeper. A few servers of the Imperial Hotel were

they waiters?

know how to use the instruments. Very adeptly

Usually, they would fool around in the Imperial Hotel and head to work when it was time for

tracks and gazed at her in disbelief. “Your staff

merely dabble in geology,” Ashlyn replied, still in the same

in a heated debate with several of

is to build buildings with steel frames. In the meantime, we’ll put up some temporary shelters that

adjusted his glasses with a solemn expression. “Indeed. Winston is right. We must first build such structures before planning the reconstruction. Reconstruction is crucial

be done if we all work

guard became an

it? Let’s go. I’m sleepy. I

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