Chapter 70 - From rags to riches
"If you are worried about the trash we left outside, don't be. My men will make sure to clean up." Being invited into the only extra room in the small groceries store, which was mostly used to check-in for the shifts and on the incredibly rare occasions when the owner would be available, as his office.
Now, however, it was hastily remade as a makeshift meeting room. Offering the sole chair in the room for the lady, Lucien and Jack sat down on the floor with their backs leaned against the walls.
Even then, seeing the worried, concerned look on the young Jack's face, his quick glances towards the back area where more than two dozen burly men were left in the dirt, Sera smiled at him and offered a few words to calm him.
Her words did hit the mark, his worries slowly eased up, replaced by a contemplative look instead.