151 OLD FRIENDS (2)

She went out from the house and walk straight to the harbor. She could see the morning bird just come out from their nest and as she approaches the harbor she could smell the sea

She sees sailors and adventurer around the harbor all in expectation to go into voyage to the unknown

She looks at the world in front of her, a world she did not know. The world that she used to live when she was a child.

She sighed and yet there is an expectation for her life now. She lost everything. She lost her reputation, she lost her home but because she is lost she is emptied.

And an empty thing could be filled.

'Today is a new day. My voyage is about to begin' she muttered to herself and for some reason unknown to her, the smile of her uncle flashed in her mind

The smell of fish and the shouting of fishermen and fishmongers, the whalers and the traders, selling their fish, cockles, shrimps and squids can be heard.