Rebirth Into My Second Chance novel Chapter 303

But I couldn't speak it yet. If I was going to live here for a while, I had to try to communicate with them.

I knelt, reaching out to a little girl, but she flinched and pulled her hand back.

“I’m here to help you.”

I didn’t know what I could do to help, but I knew I had to earn their trust first.

They all exchanged uncertain glances before scattering, their bare feet moving quickly.

The people here didn't even have shoes.

I asked the boatman, “Is there anywhere to buy shoes and socks around here? Do people not wear them?”

The boatman looked down at his own bare feet. “If we had shoes, who wouldn’t wear them? There are no shoes for sale here.”

With that, he poled his raft away, a solitary figure on the vast Saltmere River, like a ferryman for hire.

There was a single bridge, but the toll to cross it was about two hundred dollars. The people here might not even earn that much in a year, so everyone relied on the rafts.

Just as I was wondering where to even begin, feeling foolish for my impulsive decision, I realized that in this world, changing anything was next to impossible.

The gate on the other side of the bridge opened. A convoy of cars drove across and stopped right beside me.

Lily stepped out, dressed in black leather from head to toe, her eyes hidden behind sunglasses. I quickly ducked behind a low-lying house, hoping she hadn't seen me.

She had her people go door-to-door, handing out goods.

But the residents only stared at the items Lily’s people offered, too hesitant to take them.

Lily scanned the crowd, then got back in her car without saying a word, carrying herself with the air of a queen demanding fealty.

She was just like Princess Harriet.

After they left, the muddy road was scarred with deep tire tracks.

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