The person was well hidden by an old black cape that covered them from head to toe.
Charlie spoke first. “Here she is, Master, here she is. Just as you requested. Lilly Tulugaq,” and he pushed me so hard that I fell once again to the feet of the stranger.
The fall angered me, and I yelped. It was with great difficulty that I stayed calm.
“Don't you mean Lilly Taylor?”
As she said those words, I felt as if I had been kicked in the stomach. I was winded. I closed my eyes momentarily and then looked up as she removed the cape from her face. I gasped at the sight of Vivian.
This wasn't the woman that I had lived with for thirteen years. This Vivian had thin greying hair and wrinkles. Her shoulders stooped forward, and her back curled over, like a hunchback. This Vivian had become an old h
