Chapter 13
Rose stumbled as she could not see much of what was before her in the dark forest. The trees blocked any light the moon could offer her so she had to be slow with her steps until there would be light again.
Rose never once looked back since she saw Mathias and ran toward the fields. She didn’t hear the sounds of anyone chasing her so she was safe for now. She would keep moving all night even when her feet grew tired so there would be some distance between her and anyone who would look for her.
"Where is the next town?" Rose wondered, trying to plan her next move.
She was without any of the money she had saved as her escape happened in the spur of the moment. Rose was without extra clothes, food, or water, but she would rather do without all of those things than turn back and apologise to Graham for running.
"Just keep going," Rose pushed herself.
Somewhere out there had to be a place for her to stay. Somewhere to start anew and forget about everything else. If she was lucky for once, she might find the field that kept appearing in her dreams.
There wasn’t a relative that came to mind when Rose thought of where to go. Not a single face appeared as her memories were all gone. There was nothing in her head to give her an idea of which way to go to find the field so she could get the answers to why it kept showing up from time to time.
Rose stopped to catch her breath, touching a tree to help hold herself up. For the first time, she looked back to see how far away she had gotten and far down below the mountain, Rose saw the brothel.
She had been so focused on running that Rose had not realised how she could not hear the music anymore.