Chapter 9. The Two Ladies

Lil’s POV

It was a sunny day. I occasionally visit our farm or the market to help my parents with their work. I wasn’t a hard-working boy; I was only doing the things I could and wanted to do. Why should I do something I couldn’t? Especially if there was no good reason for doing it?

The life of a sixteen-year-old boy like me was so monotonous. From Monday to Friday, I walked back and forth between home and school. Sometimes, I frown and shrug while sitting on the bench, looking at the blue sky, wondering when I could ride my silver plane and go anywhere around the planet.

Change was inevitable. Everything might change. My dreams, my appearance and identity, my learning, preferences, my beliefs, and many other things had changed. If in the past, I let someone bully me, then I would never let them do that again. I didn’t believe in magic, but without doubt, it existed. Teacher Jayne was right: “You would only believe in something if you had experienced it.”

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