under new management

PHOEBE

Let you go and the lonely in
To take my heart again

Phoebe smiled a little. Was she really the reason the Halenani existed? She had run it, she had seen it built, she had established its rules and reputation...but could she really take the credit for something that had never been her own conception? Slowly she shook her head. "Frey is the reason you have this place. Never forget that. You and everyone here are near and dear to their heart, and so they saw this home made for you." Phoebe said gently, smile full of warmth. Without Frey, she would never have come to Torchline, or built the brothel. It would still be a ramshackle building used by squatters and ne'er-do-wells for whatever suited their purposes for the day. But now Maeve and the rest had a haven in which to do Frey's work, and Frey needed her elsewhere.

The Nightingale took the key and nodded. "Thank you, Maeve. I'll gather everything up and make sure you have that room back for business soon." she said as she stood. There was a lot of work to be done before she could make her way to...wherever. Stormbreak it seemed. But at least she could rest easy, knowing the Halenani was under new management.

--FIN