Chapter 116

Aurelia's POV

THREE DAYS LATER

"Thank you, come again!" I called after the nice gentleman that stormed out of the bar, making sure to slam the door on his way out. The sounds made the other customers jerk, sneering at the door with murderous intent. He had disrupted their silent murmurs and they hated it.

"Why are you being so cheerful?" Mrs. Anna asked, a little frightened as she stared at me in front of the counter. "That man did nothing but growl at you," she reminded me. "You still called him a gentleman?"

"Oh," I noticed that. How could I not? He was practically in my face with a sneer and with the stench of booze slamming me from different angles. "Well he seemed like a gentleman. He didn't do anything rash."

My smile, however, still frightened the old woman. She had her scarf in her hands and under her chin, "My dear, I am worried for you. You have such a poor sense of judgement. You're like a child with nothing but innocence. How can you still stay in a place as gloomy as this