He resolutely squatted down next to her feet, but he saw that her eye sockets were red, with tears sparkling in her eyes, like stars fleeting across the night sky.

Those tears made Shane's heart tremble.

He hated seeing her cry. In a blink of an eye, he asked gently. "What happened to you?"

Bertha pouted and turned away, she didn't even look at him. "You scolded me."

"I do not have."

Bertha felt even more sorry for herself.

Only today did she ...