Julietta saw a woman with waist-long, curly black hair standing on the opposite side of the stream. She wore an ankle-length, flowing blue dress and stood there smiling at Julietta in a friendly manner.

“Hello, do you come here often?” Julietta asked curiously.

“You can say so,” the woman replied. Her smile revealed glittering white teeth.

Julietta was not so sure about whether the woman was truly alone and innocent. She could not see anyone else behind her, ...