Chapter 229

Elara followed the woman who walked and stopped frequently. The woman wouldn't stop sniffing the air. Finally, they arrived at a storage room for trash. The woman pointed at a dusty cabinet deep within the storage room while silently staring at Elara. Elara crouched before the cabinet and noticed a tiny handprint on the dust. "Is it here?" But the woman didn't understand Elara. Elara carefully pulled open the cabinet doors, and her pupils immediately contracted in shock. A boy curled up in the cabinet. He was no longer breathing. Meanwhile, the sea squirt crouched beside Elara, unable to understand what was happening. She gazed at Elara with her misty, clear eyes. Moments later, Elara shook her head at the sea squirt, who still didn't get it. The sea squirt raised her hand in an attempt to show Elara something. Elara noticed a worn-out bandage wrapped around the woman's pinky finger. The adhesive had peeled away, warped from exposure to water. A faded cartoon design was prin