49. Tanya and Bernita (2.5k)

Although Hewitt had prepared a room for Tanya, she did not choose to stay there. Instead, she left every night and returned before Hela got up.

Tanya's sister, Bernita, was waiting for her at home.

Tanya walked through a dilapidated neighborhood. Although it was not far from the area where Hewitt lived, the housing prices and consumption levels were worlds apart.

Near Hewitt's home, there were high-end cafes, restaurants that could easily consume her monthly salary, and clothing stores filled with beautiful dresses.

Here, however, there were only street stalls selling unhealthy and unappetizing food, tailors with monotonous and easily damaged fabrics, and even newsboys would not appear in this place.

She stopped in front of an old bookstore.

Tanya bent down, rummaging through a pile of tattered books, and finally found her target:

"Boss, how much for this?"

The store owner, an old man with a prominent nose, didn't even look at Tanya's face but glanced at the item in her hand: