Chapter 308: Homebound, Hearts Falter

Jaunville lay on the fringe of Toburgh, a plain, forgettable little town. Decades earlier, when Toburgh had been reclassified and expanded, a dozen or so villages and townships around it were stitched together to form what became the Old District. Back then, being in the Old District was considered lucky. In those lean years, getting urban residency status was a dream most people never realized. Later, as the economy surged, Toburgh developed a New District, and the Old District gradually declined....