Winnie smiled the happiest.

She could finally leave this ghastly place. She could finally stop serving Nicole every day, pouring water, feeding medicine and telling stories, and pretending to be patient and gentle to coax her…

It was okay to pretend for a while, but it was a bit tiring to pretend every day, and Shawn had already fallen to her side, so there was no need for her to make her life hard anymore.

From being a street mouse that everyone shouted and beat to having Shawn and Nicole un