Leah ran back to the dining room, saying, "Mommy, did Aunt Zen go to work already? She is not in her room."
"She left..." Wendy replied to Leah's question in a low voice.
"Where did she go?" Leah asked innocently.
Wendy hesitated before she answered, "She... She went somewhere she should be.
She won't be coming back anymore."
Wendy had no idea where Zen had gone either.
She wasn't sure if Zen would have returned to Christian or if she would have left Rheinsville, Lake City, and Christian with the intention to protect the child in her belly.
She might look for a place where no one could find her and give birth to the child alone.
So, Wendy really didn't know how to answer Leah.
Leah frowned, asking confusedly, "Somewhere she should be? Is it Lake City?"
Wendy hung her head low while she scooped Jake and Leah each a bowl of porridge.
