Chapter 107: Adrianna Whiteley

Vera Vernell followed the thin, dark-skinned man step by step to a two-story house on the outskirts of town. The house looked like a traditional landlord's compound, with high walls, green tiles, a bright red door adorned with metal studs. Two stone lions, each over six feet tall, stood at the entrance. In the courtyard, an elderly woman with gray hair reclined in a rocking chair, sunlight filtered through the grape trellis, casting scattered spots of light-a scene that would have felt warm and cozy...