Listless

The twenty-minutes break was over, and they got on the bus. Without the noise from the child, Renee fell asleep very soon. When she woke up, they had already arrived in a small town. Renee asked around with a faded picture in her hand. The house in the picture was very unique, so it would be easy to identify. The house was located in a village near the town. There was no vehicle they could take, and it would take twenty minutes to go there on foot. She found an elder, who recognized the house in the picture and told her that the family used to live inside had moved away a long time ago, and the house was pulled down. There were only a few people left in the village. Renee was very disappointed upon hearing that. "Where did the hostess of the house move to?" "The hostess? She's dead. She was sick and died when she was young. She got sick not long after she was married into our village and needed a lot of money for treatment. Most of her savings were spent, and in the end, her husband to