Chapter 42

~ Rufus’s POV

My stay in the house became so difficult and unbearable since Dolph's death. My family wasn't what it used to be. My mother despised me so much, and my father simply stared at me without saying anything. I had to leave the house when I was sixteen years old and began living my life without my parents.

Seeing Elara pregnant with a little baby boy reminded me of my younger brother, and I had no choice but to give the baby his name. I was so deep in thought that I didn't hear Elara call until she tapped me and asked if I was okay.

"I'm fine,Elara," I said before asking if she was finished with the dishes.

"I finished it a while ago, and I've been calling your name ever since. "Are you certain you are okay?" She inquired, looking concerned.

"I'm fine," I told her curtly. Her next words shocked me. She told me that I had a visitor, and it was an elderly woman.

"What visitor?" I inquired, surprised that I had received no visitors since I began staying in the forest. I m