C403 Chapter 403

Pretty soon, nine months had passed, and she was just a month from giving birth. The women in town couldn’t help feeling sorry for the widow, so they often brought her food and clothes. The men mostly looked the other way. After all, she was one of us.

The mayor seemed drunk—his face flushed, his eyes unfocused.

“One day, the widow slipped and fell, and her water broke. The baby came early