Chapter Twenty Three

As she walked, Mina put her palm to her forehead to check the temperature. She was feeling the early signs of a headache and she wondered if she was falling into a fever of some sort. She had closed the shop for the day due to the weakness she felt creeping through her body. It was clear that she needed rest and this time, she would be wise and go get it. She just wanted to stop by the shop close to the house which Max managed to have a few words with him before going home. As she approached, she wondered how the young man was holding up with respect to customers. Unlike her father, she hardly checked the records book regularly. She was satisfied, provided they had a little more than enough to eat and save. One of these days, she would look deeper into Max's records to see just how well he was doing, but right now, she could hear laughter coming from the store. She thought it was a customer chatting with Max, but imagine her surprise when she reached the entrance and was present