Chapter 17

My gaze was stuck on them. They were welcomed by the same waiter who had received us before. The truth is there was no other waiter. The tavern was almost complete, yet he was doing just fine on his own.

He led them to a table on the opposite side of the tavern. It seemed to me that I saw the waiter say something in Eric's ear, but I assumed it might have looked that way from the sitting position I was. After all, what could he say to him?

The waiter couldn't have chosen a better table to make them sit down! Not a single ite