Chapter 62 Night Discussions 4

• “Zande was with me before Diana came….” A look of fondness has overtaken Laura's face, her eyes glossy as she began to speak about the girl that was no more, the girl I wished I had met.
• Zande had obviously made a significant impact on this family. Even Peter was shaken. His hands were now unclasped, and he was rubbing them softly on his jean clad thighs.
• “She was kind and sweet, with an air of freeness and gentleness around her. The community had been skeptical about her at first, because of the rumors about her using black magic to kill her parents, but with time, she won them over when she came out from coma. She even attracted Queen Aliana’s attention, who later wanted the girl for herself; but Zande had been firm with her decision to stay with me. She had been the daughter that I had been praying to the goddess for. I thought she was the answered prayer, so I took her as one. It wasn’t long after her name got cleared up that she started going out with Aliana's first son. I actually warned her against this; I had thought then that Aliana had set that relationship up to get closer to Zande-I was never sure why, but I knew that she wanted something from the girl. Well, that interest waned when her son successfully slept with Zande. His interest waned too, and it broke her. She was sorry about a lot of things, and got depressed especially since she had lost a couple of friends, whilst following Duke around.”