It had been a week since I had been doing punishments for going out with Verbena's potential husband. Father's words, not mine.
I had been spending my time in the garden, working there with my bare hands. To be honest, as a beautician by profession, I could have cried buckets every single day of the whole week, but tear was energy as well.
At least I was given two meals a day, fair enough.
Also I got to try out mother's dance at Calix's ball back there. Too bad we had to end it early for various reasons, the funniest ones being that the ladies and I didn't know the same moves. The most important one was that I had to get home early before I was found out.
But who would, I dyed my red hair.
That's the frickin reason why I couldn't let my hair down for the whole week. But atleast the dye is dying down. Atleast the lower half of my hair regained its state.
I had no reason to do that dance at Calix's ball. I got a kick for it suddenly. I didn't even get to meet him since I promised to give him an answer. Him not showing up a week after his ball means he must be angry that I couldn't make it. I had clearly told him I couldn't promise.
Besides, he seemed to have enjoyed my indeliberate gift for him. He couldn't even take his eyes off me. Just like most people there.
For someone who promised to stay away from troubles, I think am not loyal. But I am not being deliberate, I am just trying to do things as I want. My past life, I was hell bent on one thing, revenge. And look at where it got me.
But at least I enjoyed myself that night.
"You are smiling alot today," Verbena's high-pitched voice brought me back. Kneeling as I picked, I looked up at her smirking face and shook my head, looking back at my work.
"That's because I just drew a conclusion," I shrug nonchalantly. I then look up at her when she was silent, she looked like she wanted to ask but still not wanting to ask. I ignored her and returned my attention to my work.
"What?" she asks, irritated with my attitude.
"I might get married soon, big sizzy," I joke.
"Who would marry a hideous monster such as of yourself?" she hissed, making me chuckle with a shake of my head.
"Who else? Why it's the man you failed to attract!" I whispered to myself with a wide grin under my veil.
"You liar!" she exclaimed as if she was fighting off demons. She turned to run away when I stopped her by pulling her dress from below, since I was still kneeling. She fell face first in the mud of my hardwork. I now believe hardwork pays because an art just fell in my art, how heartwarming.
"Where are you going? I got a gift for you," I chuckle as she yelled in frustration, her face still down. She is cute.
"Just wait and see!"
"Take my gift first, and give me a shout-out as well, don't post it without tagging me," I went on, ignoring her remarks and threats. I knew she understood nothing apart from the first sentence.
"You lost it!" she yelled at are was unable to shake me off her dress. She turned to me sharply, looking like a mud Queen, I am honored. And for once, her eyes fell on the gift I was giving her. She screamed and I took that chance to shove the gift in her mouth.
"I knew you would love it, you are of the same species," I laugh.
"What's a specie?" she shouted, coughing out my gift, she looked disgusted, really.
"It means you and that earthworm you just swallowed are of the same type, you both have no backbone, and you both crawl. You seem to like to crawl into troubles with me," I explain. In made no sense maybe, but I was having a bit of fun from making fun of her.
"Shame on you!" she yelled and finally I let go of her dress, giving her the time to run away. I was left laughing loudly behind her. My laugh immediately disappeared after she disappeared as well.
When will leave this place? Just when will I get what I want?
After my day of working without a pay or something, I retired back into my room and threw myself on the bed. I had just ate the leftover they sent me.
My attention was taken away by something that just flew through my window. Something was thrown into my room, I walked towards it, looking surprised. There was something that seemed to have been thrown through my window. Someone had the guts to throw things in my room, then again, everyone had that same guts in this house.
It was a note wrapped in red article. Huh?
'Will you marry me?'
Oh, how traditionally romantic of Calix. So he had it in him. I'll just pretend I didn't see his lustful eyes the other night. But to be honest, I don't have any thoughts when it comes to Calix Barriston.
He is just there.
I replied to the note with a simple okay and threw it back down. I saw nothing or no one taking the red article that wrapped my answer, maybe Calix left after throwing the thing to my room. And I could not risk it, so I decided to jump down the window to retrieve it.
But when I was down my window, I saw nothing. Was I hallucinating about the note and article? I was certainly not, I was sure of that. I look around for it until I was tired and decided to go back to my room, maybe Calix or one of the people in this house took it. I wouldn't be sure but I just hope it won't be the snakes in this house.
Well, that was something... I guess?