Time passed, and Edith started to feel nostalgic. She missed the sunshine, she missed the wind on her skin. She knew she couldn't go back, yet she yearned for it. Kai was already the king, and he was always busy. Edith felt left out, her only distraction being taking care of her children. One day walking around the palace, she overheard two courtesans talking. They were two young ladies of the nobility who had just recently started to attend the sessions.
-You can't be serious, Ixchel!- one of them said.
-Do you think I would joke about something like this, Líadan?
-Well,...- her friend hesitated.
-Believe it or not, I've a relationship with Kai!
-But he already has a queen.
-That woman he brought from the surface will never be enough for him.
Edith was heartbroken, she was suffering and in the meantime her husband was being unfaithful. She ran until she arrived to her room. She then took a decision, she would go back to the surface there was no point in staying under the sea. She made sure no one followed her and swam back to her world, she emerged into a place she had never been. Luckily it was not far from her parents' town. Everything was different, no one seemed to remember her, and it took her some time to find the house were her parents were living. Edith had the hope they would have lived a better life after she left, free of the burden of a daughter, but the truth was that they were still as poor as they had been. Edith's parents had grown very old, and all the sadness of the world was in their stares. She didn't have the strength to tell them she was their daughter, knowing she was the one that had caused so much suffering. There was only one place she could go. The beach, were it all started. Kai was waiting for her there.
-You were told you could never come back.-his voice was a whip.-You will be punished for this.
-Haven't I had enough punishment?
-No. From now on you are condemned at living both in the sea and on earth. Unable to spend all the time on one, unable to stay away from the other. You will eternally wander between the two worlds, without settling. Because you were not able to mantain your decision. Because you didn't consider all the consequences.
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