Chapter 36

Time was running fast. Claire Oxford still hadn't gotten any form of news from Gabriel Manifold. Was Ordinaz Rodrigo that hard to find? She thought as the pointed head of her shoe dug into the ground. In the past, things were different. Ordinaz was easy to find. Rodrigo Ordinaz used to be a man that took pleasure in showing off his not-so-attractive self in public even if it disgusted more than half of the people on the street. While she was his wife, he had forced her to go on tours with him, as he would call it, and she recalled how he had bared his hairy chest for all to see. It seemed he found joy in such acts. But, the moment that she needed him to be in public had arrived and he was nowhere to be seen. The bastard hid himself pretty well. But then, was the world so large that a rich man like him wouldn't be found? Certainly, no matter where he was, with the right methods being used, he can be hunted down. As she sat down and stared at nothing, Mrs. Oxford had to wonder if