Chapter 97: XCVII. Owed Explanation.

With Cookie having accepted Vanilla's apologies —even if she rewarded her with an itchy slap, both girls walked to the backside of the Red Manor, with Vanilla ready to be honest and tell Cookie what that cultist man truly meant.

Birds sang and a mild wind played amidst the dried grass ahead. The sun shined with the maximum force of a mid-day.

And at a circular area lacking yellow grass, both of them sat in front of each other on the set of wooden chairs and table, with a patron of red and white squares covering the parasol above them and the tablecloth.

Cookie carried with her a jar of lemonade with ice and served both a big glass. She opened the faucet on the right corner of the Manor and filled the drinking fountain below with tap water, so Rowie and Mrs. Porker could hydrate themselves.

The pig laid on the shadows of the parasol. Rowie jumped to one of the seats and joined the girls