Chapter 46

"Please, give me more time. I don't have a job and I will need to calculate and raise such an amount of money.” Clara tried to plead with Elizabeth because one week was a short period for the amount they were talking about.

“There is no extra time, Clara.” After that reply, Elizabeth left her in the middle of nowhere and disappeared.

Recollecting herself, Clara reassured herself that whenever it came to her mum, she would do whatever it was to give her a good burial.

When Clara got home that day, Alex was already home. He had been waiting for her and wondered where she went.

“Did you take a stroll?”

There was a bit of delay in Clara’s reply. She had been warned not to tell Alex anything if not her mum’s corpse would be thrown.

“No.” she gently replied, shaking her head and avoiding eye contact.

Alex waited for her to say something else, where she was coming from or what she went to do, but Clara remained mute.

He let that slide and gave her brief details about his day in the o