Jacqueline Spann sighed, a bitter smile on her face. "You think I want to deceive people? I really don't have any money, but I'm just so desperate to know more about the outside world. Clayton, I... I know what I did was wrong, but I didn't have any other choice. I only delayed him for a little while; it's not like it was a major loss."
"But you shouldn't have stopped me from paying them. It's not easy for them, carrying their wares on shoulder poles over mountains," Clayton Xavier said, his handsome face still showing his displeasure.
