C65 Satisfied

A sharp, piercing voice cut through the air.

"Don't you dare look like that, man. Do you have no respect for my son, Ersha, as your husband?"

The outburst startled everyone in the room, jolting Ersha's wife from her reverie.

Before her stood an elderly woman, her advanced years belied by a sturdy frame and an erect posture, her spirit seemingly undiminished.

Yet