Chapter 71: Chapter 71"It is done. I thought there would be a better feeling after but I feel the same as before. Maybe I will feel different when I wake up tomorrow. If only I could see the brothel become empty," said Rose.

    She did not love fire as Zayne often said but she would like to set the brothel on fire so none of Graham’s relatives could come to take his place and buy more girls to use there. The cycle should end here.

    "I know not to sneak off to go there," Rose added before Zayne could warn her again. She was not that curious. "Your room is already prepared for when you want to go to bed. I can run warm water if you need to bathe."

    "I will not be staying here. There are some things I must urgently do at the camp. I will be back in two days," Zayne answered.

    "Oh, right. You only came to give me my paper. It feels a bit wrong to have you go off without taking something to eat on the trip back. I will cut some fruit for you," Rose offered, first putting out the fire.

    "I don’t want to eat fruit," Zayne replied.

    "You do not like to eat vegetables and now you are saying that you do not like to eat fruits. Excuse what I say but you are no different than a child. Well, some children. I have always eaten what was put before me even if it did not taste well. How are you to stay fit when you do not eat fruits or vegetables,? Rose asked, still moving to cut fruits for him.

    "I do not want to eat fruits now," Zayne clarified. "I already had the apple."

    "Then you can give the cut-up fruit to someone else when you return to camp. I must give you something in exchange for what you have done. I have not broken the habit yet but at least I didn’t ask you for a price. I will only cut a few," Rose said as she didn’t want to hold him back.

    "Have you always been this bossy?" Zayne wondered.

    "Never. I didn’t speak much or stay in groups too long. Since I ran away, this is the most I have ever spoken and I like it. If I have time, I would like to show you my handwriting. It has gotten better and I am good at remembering the words you pointed to," said Rose.

    She could not wait for their next lesson to show Zayne how much she had improved.

    Zayne already anticipated how good she could be in a short time. Rose was smart though she lacked years of schooling. "You are good at remembering."

    "I can remember everything but what my life was before I entered the brothel. I once believed that memory loss was protecting me from something bad in my past," Rose said as it made no sense why she was good at recalling everything else but that. Sёarch* The novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    "When you have the one memory or dream of the field you spoke of, try to draw what you see. There has to be something about it to give a clue of where you came from. Someone might hope that you are dead but there can also be someone who wishes to see you. You will not know unless you try," Zayne said, stealing one of the apple slices afterwards.

    "You cannot ignore your past because you think your family might have been bad. That is only an assumption. What if you have a mother or father longing to see you? It would hurt them to pass without knowing you are free."

    Rose slowed down in cutting the apple. She would not like to miss the opportunity to meet anyone who missed her and wanted to know that she was well.

    The dream of the field had been bothering her for years and she would like the answer to it. Even if her family turned out to be terrible she had to see that field to end it haunting her at times and the fainting that followed.

    "Why must you always be the voice of reason? There are things that I want to ignore but then you come along to make me have to face them. It is not bad as you stop me from running but I am still very much scared. I wonder who is finally on my side to place you in my life," Rose wondered.

    All the people she met over the years had not been like Zayne. Or maybe she missed out on having friends like him inside the brothel because she kept to herself.

    It was obvious that running from others would make her miss out on making good memories but it only hit Rose now how much running she had done.

    "I don’t know how good I will be at drawing but I will try my best to do it. I only need to worry about fainting. I do not know why it happens. I always faint at the same point in the dream," said Rose.

    "If you trust Janice, you should have her near for when you do it or wait until I return. It won’t be long before I must go to the palace to speak to your king. Would you like to join me to see that town? I will escort you back here,’ Zayne offered.

    "You will be safest with us whilst we head to that town," Zayne added to convince her.

    Rose almost cut her finger because of her excitement. "To the palace? I hear that the town is grand. It would take a lot of money for me to go there myself. And what would I do for shelter?"

    Zayne stole another slice of an apple and before he bit into it he said, "You would sleep outside of course."

    "I can do that," Rose answered. Just being in that town would make it worth it. What if she could get a good look at the king or queen?

    "That was a joke, Rose. Can you not tell when I am being funny?" Zayne asked.

    "I do not see you as funny and it is fine. I can sleep wherever as long as I get to see that town. I can be your maid there so it is not like I am going for free. Would Janice be joining you?" Rose asked as she would love the company.

    Zayne’s soldiers did not enjoy her presence so Janice would be a good distraction.

    "No," Zayne answered. It was best he only had to keep an eye on Rose alone. "Someone will need to stay to look after all my things here and the guards shall remain. They will need to be fed, won’t they?"

    Rose’s excitement went away from knowing Janice wouldn’t be there. She couldn’t ask that Zayne would bring along Janice since she wasn’t in any position to tell him what to do. She would need to make it up to Janice by bringing her back a good gift.

    "I know that I should jump at the first chance to join you, but do you mind if I speak to Janice first?" Rose asked as then she would feel less guilty for going alone.

    "Do as you want," Zayne answered, confident she was going to join him. Rose couldn’t hide her interest in travelling so if Janice cared for her, she would let Rose leave.