Mary's POV

The rain is falling heavily, almost everyone passing by the street is either with an umbrella or a raincoat covering their head and face, down to their legs if not their feet. I'm standing by the side of the Linz restaurant with few of my belongings, by the side all soaked. Tears of anger and frustration cloud my eyes, it floods through as the rain droplets fall from the sky all over my body.

My white linen gown which I wear is soaked to the core, pressed hard against my skin such that it's not really obvious I'm wearing something over my nakedness, I can't do anything. I...