บท 51: Rooms - I go both ways.

I was still in mid-sentence before Tatiana straightened her posture and looked me straight in the eye. I faintly smiled when I saw her attentive look but then I continued to finish my sentence.

"Umm, the first order of the day is for you to come eat with us! You must be really tired from your trip. Come on, I'll introduce you to everybody!"

As soon as I said that, Tatiana's body relaxed as she faintly smiled and showed her tired expression. She must've been driving and fending off the dead by herself for quite some time and the fatigue was just starting to set in. When I turned around and started guiding her to the pool area, I thought we were walking side by side but she was exactly walking with an arm's length behind me.

"Tatiana?"

"Sir?"

"Why are y-you?"

"Oh, protocol."

"Sure..."

'Great… a chaperone...'