Kristie walked into the gathering room led by a maid. She sat down and waited for Barbara or the Baroness to meet her, but neither came. She carried herself and strode upstairs, heading to Barbara's chamber, meeting the Baroness at the door, looking as if she had witnessed a murderer.
"Baroness," she curtsied.
"Barbara, how are you?" Baroness Esme asked, smiling despite the tired look on her face.
"I am alright, but is everything well? The Baroness seemed tired," Kristie asked, sensing something was wrong.
Baroness Esme sighed. "Kristie is ill. After the party, she had a fever, then the day after, she caught a cold and now she fainted. We brought the physician to her but he said it could be the new disease that broke in the north a few years ago," she stated.
