But of course, there was still no action between the two. And even more frustrating was the fact that she had to keep all of her observations a secret from everyone in the house. Skori would most certainly scold her for volunteering to help just to spy on her sister when other jobs needed to be done. And Sedriil, being loyal to Meri, would blab the information to her anyway.
Information was such a lonely burden, and information not needed was especially unbearable. So at last, Alaema decided to give up. The first day of the next week, she signed on with Sedriil on a data gathering assignment for a private security agency, leaving her sister to have fun with her new friend.