She wrapped her arms tightly around her young cousin. A faint temperature was transmitted through the clothes to her body. Stella felt her nose sore, staring at the dust on the ground lit by the dim yellow light. She recalled what Grandma had said to her, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

"Grandma was right." She murmured.

The first time she took Renz back home, her Grandma asked several questions about the details of their relationship. Smart and wise as she was, her questions, ...