After meeting with Ritchum, Catherine started to ask herself about the types of men who came into her life, and everyone turned out to be a bastard after thorough consideration. She questioned how the other people would perceive her appearance. Did she look cheap? Or was she a bastard herself?

She locked the door as soon as she was inside her bedroom in the boardinghouse, and went straight to bed. Catherine didn’t even bother to turned on the lights. Suddenly, she was tired and she felt drained. Before closing her eyes to sleep, she hoped that something good would happen to her soon. She was still awake when the maindoor...