บท 64: Tell Him The Truth

Clara quickly picked a coat from the closet and wore it then went out of the room.

" Mum, where's Dad?" She asked while skipping to her mother who was knitting in the corridor with other two women. " Mrs. Mary, Mrs. Jane..." She greeted cheerfully then turned to her mother again.

" He went to the river dear, and where are you going dressed like this, " her mother asked softly with a tiny frown as her gaze was fixed on the large coat she was wearing.

" Oh, I want to go and see how Maya's doing.... Hehe, you know, about the marriage thing, " Clara replied then hurriedly sat down beside the woman who had suddenly sneezed twice.

" Mum, did you catch a cold?... you should go back inside the house?" She placed a hand on her mother's forehead with knitted brows.

" You know, your mother always catches a cold in this season."

" Yes, and can't you and your sister stay home for once and help out your mother?"