“I’m fine. Really. I just want a little bit of alcohol tonight.” Zala tried to give Anne a reassuring smile but it didn’t seem to work.
“You had a whole bottle by yourself last night.”
“That was because it was too sweet not to drink it. I promise. I just want to drink something tonight. We can go back to normal in the morning. Hmm, why don’t you do that for me?” Her plea must have worked when Anne merely sighed and nodded her head without asking much. She came back in a few minutes with the same sweet wine she had last night. She wasn’t lieing when she said it was too sweet and good to pass it off.
The way Anne’s eyes wrinkled with concern was disheartening, but it couldn’t be helped, “How should I send the reply to Blaize? Is there anything you want to include specifically in the let
