Bundles of Scales (Part 1)
"Now that I think about it, you never told us how our grandparents died." Solus stopped pushing Raaz away and returned the embrace.
"Because it's painful, sweetie. My father died while going to the village to barter crops for something nice for Elina. He was killed by bandits while he was buying us a belated wedding gift!" A tinge of anger made his voice deeper.
"As for my mother, she died of overwork and heartache. After what happened to my father and with Elina pregnant with twins, your grandmother buried her grief in work until the pain stopped her heart.
"Elina is even more unlucky. Her parents died of a bad flu because they didn't have the money to pay Nana."
"And she let them die?" Solus' eyes went wide in shock.
"And what was the alternative?" Raaz lowered his eyes in sadness. "Heal for free all those who don't have or claim not to have money? Nana wasn't a bad person but not a good one either.