The days were running fast in a blur. Mrs Payne was content now that Edwin had announced his relationship with Ruth. It was Ruth's first success on the journey of reaching the top, and Mrs Payne couldn't be more happy than that.
Midst of all this, her thoughts kept running to Reznor. Where was he? What was he doing? Why did Darius kidnap him? Was he even still alive?
There were so many questions with no confirmed answers.
The only relief was that the Painite was in the safe hands of Edwin. Mrs Payne had complete trust in that man that he would never misuse it or surrender into the wrong hands.
Now the only thing which kept her on the edge was Ruth's safety. All this time, Mrs Payne was expecting some kind of retaliation from Theodora or Augustus, but there was none. They all acted as if nothing had happened and nothing had changed.
Ruth's training was no secret anymore, and now that the family knew about it, Miss Chang and Mr Welby had intensified it more than before.