Chapter 16
Lucinda is ill again. Jane feels that she's weaker and falls sick more quickly since Aaron left. More so the past few months. Jane has always taken care of her, attended to her needs. But recently, she seems to be more sick than before. She was constantly coughing, could hardly get out of bed, her eyes are puffy when she wakes up like she has cried the whole night.
Jane has convinced her to go see a doctor, but Lucinda wouldn't have it, saying she just had a lot of work done the night before.
Tonight, she is terribly sick, that Jane already fears for her life. Lucinda takes what energy is left of her to get up and talk to Mr. Walters. Jane sees her handing an envelope to him, crying her heart out. She wonders why Lucinda is so upset. But it doesn't matter now. Her h
