A Heart's Thoughts

Day 33-35

Jude heard a loud crash from the room next to the living room. For a second his heart leaped, but he soon heard Anthony's voice.

"Why the hell is she still unconscious!"

He sounded enraged. Desperate, almost. Jude sighed, returning his focus to the money on the table in front of him. It had been two days since Cecilia and Anthony were attacked by people from the Ministry, and Cecilia still hadn't woken up.

Another crash sounded in the other room, causing the doors and windows to shake.

"I'm telling you, Eden, you have to erase her memories. She HAS TO WAKE UP!"

The door opened and an absolutely furious Anthony appeared. His entire face was red and he was panting. He didn't pay attention to Jude as he walked straight out of the front door and slammed it shut behind him.

Jude stood up, looking into the other room. Inside, Eden was staring frustratedly at a broken chair on the ground before hitting his fist on the wall. Jude entered the room, "it's not your fault," he said.

Eden shook his head, looking frustrated, "I want to erase her memories. I want her to wake up as well, but I can't. I've done it before without her consent, and it changed her. She felt it, too. I'm not doing that again. I'll trust her to tell me when it gets too much to handle."

Jude examined his face before looking at Cecilia, "do you know why she hasn't woken up yet?"

Eden shook his head, "all I can think of is fatigue. An outburst like that takes a lot. I'm sure she'll wake up soon."

He sat back down on his chair and grabbed her arm, a soft light emitting from his hand as he did.

Silence filled the room for a while as they both fell deep in thought before a soft knock pulled them back into reality.

"I'll get that," Jude said as he left the room, feeling somewhat relieved to be freed of his thoughts. He looked through the peephole to see who was standing outside and quickly opened the door to let Emma in.

"Emma, great timing," Jude said as he closed the door behind her and entered the living room, closely followed by Emma.

She looked curiously at him, "oh? Did you need me?"

He nodded and sat her down on the couch, in front of the small coffee table covered with money.

"Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about renting a market stall. This is all the money we've collected so far. Do you think that's enough to get approval?" He gave her the note with the total amount of money written on it, and she smiled as she glanced at it and returned it.

"That's definitely enough. You guys sure worked hard to get so much money in such a short time. Well done. I'll make sure to get the approval. You can pay me afterward."

Jude let out a relieved sigh and smiled before standing up, "oh yeah, that's right, Anna and Anthony made dried fruit, do you want to try it? We plan on selling it to the locals."

She nodded with a smile, and Jude hurried to the kitchen to get a bowl filled with various dried fruits. He placed it in front of her and watched her pick up a piece of dried mango, and eat it.

"Well, how is it?"

She smiled, "it tastes great. It's not too sweet either, so I'm sure the elders will like it."

He let out a relieved sigh, "that's great. Food is one of the few things we can sell without raising too much suspicion, so I really hope the people will like it."

"I'm sure they will," she said before looking up to the door of the room Cecilia is in.

"How is she doing?" she asked.