“I’m sure he does still get sick?” Lucinda had replied.

“Well, it seems he has a true friend in you at least,” Raven had teased, even though Lucinda knew that he understood what she was trying to say to him.

“Well, we are friends who somehow come from the same background. He’s a sort of older brother to me, you know? So, I know how much Crescia means to him and how she’s like a mentor to him,” Lucinda had explained.

“I only wish you could have gone ...