(Sad Married Life)

CLAUDIA

It was two hours before my wedding ceremony. It was 6pm, and the wedding ceremony was to start 8pm.

Ma’am Petra had told me that the wedding ceremonies in Jamba Kingdom always took place at night because that was the period the moon goddess had chosen.

The packhouse was busier than usual, it was more than the Moonball party’s evening.

Ma’am Petra finished bathing for me, and she already treated my hair. She let my hair loose and it fell on my shoulders, she told me that was how it was supposed to be for the wedding. She applied the bright red carmine blush on my cheeks, and some other beauty patches on my face. I was wearing my under-bust corset and a linen skirt, I stood in front of my mirror.

Mother walked into the room with two other maids of hers, they carried two dresses in their hands.

“Claudia child, which one would you love to wear?”

“I would love to wear nothing.”

I kept my eyes on the mirror, I kept staring at my puffy eyes. Ma’am Petra tried to cover