Chapter 3
Scarlet walked toward a white building that somebody pointed out was a hospital. She entered a rectangular room that was lighted mainly by sunlight, streaming from the windows and a few lamps and candles were placed to chase away the darkness but shadows stubbornly sprouted around the corners. The room had a few benches and tables on one side of the wall and dirty toys were scattered in front of them. There were a few painting of previews doctor opposite of the benches but the room was sparsely furniture. A woman sitting on the front table facing the entrance looked up with a smile but looked back down quickly when she saw Scarlet. Scarlet looked around the room with disdain at the grey walls and saw a feeble mother trying to comfort a too pale crying baby and an old man coughing into a blood stain handkerchief.
She walked toward a door that was labeled doctor; a man wearing a black coat looked up with an annoyed expression but seeing who it was, stood up cautiously and said to his current patient, "Mr. Gladestone, could you wait outside". The man looked up to the doctor to object but the doctor only motioned him to turn around. He looked behind and nodded resignedly when he glanced at Scarlet. He got from his seat and walk out of the office.
Scarlet sat down in a haughty manner and without a word raised her hands for the doctor's examination. The doctor sat down carefully and gazed at her hand and stood up again to get a roll of bandage and some ointment. He gently rubbed the ointment on her hands and tightly wrapped each of her fingers. "Your hands will heal in two weeks but wait an extra week before you remove the bandages." He said in a neutral voice. Scarlet nodded her thanks and walked out of the room.
She was walking toward the exit when in the corner of her eye she saw a glistering crescent shaped smile from one of the corner's shadows. Scarlet turned around in curiously but the smile was gone. Scarlet closed in on the shadow for further examination but turned up empty in her search.
She left the hospital and walked up toward a fruit stand, slowly reaching for a fruit; the fruit stand owner saw her but only gave Scarlet a thin smile. Scarlet continued to explore the town and took what she needed from the stores and shops she encountered. She got a new dress for herself and discards her old dress on the ground.
Scarlet looked up toward the sky to figured out the time of day it was and noticed strangely she couldn't see the small, gray full moon that had accompanied her to Solea. Scarlet approached a building with a sign showing a sun rising behind an oak tree. She knocked on the door." Let me in, I demand a room" Scarlet commanded, waiting for the door to open. She heard scurrying movement and waited "Let me in now or I'm going to… I'm going to." Scarlet tried to come up with something but finally stomped off in anger and walked toward a man to demand for hospitality. "For tonight I will honor your household by staying at your house and-"Scarlet was cut off as the man brushed past her and continued to walk away.
Scarlet looked at the man with surprise. She started to walk toward him but found it difficult when the crowd around her constantly shove pasted her and knocking her down. She looked around in confusion and spotted a girl her age walking past her. Scarlet grabbed her and demanded, "What's going on? Why are you ignoring me?" The girl only looked at her with a dazed look. Scarlet's arms dropped to her side in dismay and the girl brushed past her to go back to her family. Scarlet screamed and demanded for attention. She kicked pasting people for a reaction Scarlet sat down in an ally in despair and looked at the pasting people, hoping someone would reach out and help her.
