Nine

"Ladies of these days have no shame, I know I swear not to judge her wrongly but then this attitude of hers is not good at all. She should at least cover up and behave decently at all times whether at home or not,"

Naomi soliloquized in Kristen's absence.

The couch felt so hot for her because to her, being there was kind of associating with the lady Kristen is.

Nothing is holding her from leaving the house, she chooses to be rooted there and in her mind, condemning the poor girl.

Kristen, if gets to know what is running through her neighbor's mind, would not bother because people's opinions don't matter to her anymore.

She is living her life for herself, not for anyone and it entirely gives her peace of mind to know that people talk about her behind her back and when she gets to hear, she pretends as if she doesn't hear.

Not everyone can do this but she does it effortlessly and that makes her a queen of her own world.

Kristen returned with a flat breakable plate and c