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Chapter 30: The Prodigal Brother (A)
A few minutes later, I studied myself in the full-length mirror and knew I was ready to meet my husband.
"Oh, you look better than the last time. You are no longer the helpless daughter of the town's drunk who wasn't sure of herself, you are the Duchess of Arana." At that, I paled.
"What is wrong?"
"A Duchess? Hailey, I know nothing about being a Duchess. What if I can't do it and I embarrass Julien, then he will regret having me as his wife."
"Don't you worry about that, he knows everything about you and he still chose to marry you. If he even mentions anything about regrets, tell me and I will plant him a facer." We shared a laugh and all my fears subsided. Forget about being the Duchess, I'm not even sure if he wouldn't give me divorce papers.
I lazily looked out the window at an approaching carriage. Even as Hailey nudged me to go to Julien, I still found myself staring until the couple got down. First it was the man, and as he helped his wife
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The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 31: The Prodigal Brother (B)
"My lady?" Eliza's voice jolted me out of my thoughts."I will be there shortly." She left."I know what you're thinking." Hailey began. "You can easily go to the garden and ask him yourself, rather than giving yourself a headache thinking about it." I straightened, she was right."I need to fix my look." I said hastily, looking on the dressing table for a hairbrush."Uhm, Gwen...? You should change your dress, it's ripped at the back." I turned my back to the mirror to see for myself; it was indeed ripped, not much but enough to make sure I wasn't seen in it again if I'm to be a proper Duchess. Poor dress, that rapist ripped it and I got it mended, now Julien has ripped it too.Hailey helped me change my dress, brush my hair and made sure I looked presentable. Then I headed out in search of the garden. It wasn't that hard to find since it was the same place Julien and I got married; I couldn't forget such a place.Robert was sitting on a be
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 32: Who Albert really is
We returned to my room, ate, bathe and got ready for bed. It was when we were about to start a new round of lovemaking that I remembered telling Arthur I'd tuck him in bed."Oh, my! Arthur!" Julien stopped kissing my neck to look at my face."Did you just call me Arthur?""No. I promised Arthur I'll tuck him. He must be waiting for me." I hurried off the bed and straightened my night garment."Eliza must have done that. It's very late now, there's no way he would still be awake, waiting.""I know my son, Julien. And even if he's already asleep, I have to make sure and give him a kiss. I won't take long, I promise." I left the room and found my way to the nursery. I was right, Arthur was wide awake, counting his fingers with no trace of sleep on his face, while Eliza sat next to his bed, waiting."Arthur." I whispered, so I wouldn't wake up the other children. They both looked up and beamed. I put a finger to my lips to stop him from shouting
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 33: Real or Adopted
The week that followed after that was bliss. I was reintroduced to my brother-in-law who looked a lot like Julien but was a little more childish, yet he was a father of three children? I liked him immediately I met him. Of course, Martha and I made up and I spent more time in the ladies' company. Hailey, Martha, Erica and I went into the town to look around and order dresses and jewelry; we attended tea parties with Martha and I was introduced as Julien's wife which wasn't necessary as most of the ladies were present on the night we got married.After three days, Robert left with his family and Hailey left soon after as the letters from her beloved Lord Roland were almost flooding her out of the mansion.I finally met my mother-in-law for the first time and liked her instantly; she was a quiet woman who preferred being locked up in her room, lost in the world of books. She was funny and kind whenever she could take her eyes off her books and she gave me her full blessi
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 34: Party Crasher
I stayed in bed for the rest of the night. When the doctor came to examine me, she only spoke to Julien, so I couldn't tell why I felt more nauseous than feverish; and Julien wouldn't tell me anything.The fever was gone by morning, though I was still throwing up, but Julien didn't let me out of bed. When I asked him if I had a disease? He just shrugged and said: "something of the sort", and that was all I got. No one even bothered to check up on me.I was fed up and was ready to bust out of the room when Hailey suddenly opened the door, looking worried."Hailey? What is wrong? Did something happen?" I was right in front of her, searching her face for a clue. Why was she back? Did something bad happen with her lover? Or did Penny send her away?"I'm sorry Gwen, but Arthur is gone." Gone?!"What do you mean? G-Gone where?""No one knows, we've been searching for him all night!" My heart sank."That can't be possible, he was asleep the
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 35: Who's Your Mama?
"What are you doing here?" Martha was the first one to speak up. Everyone else, including myself was just staring at her. I wondered why she was back, but more importantly, I wondered if Julien still loved her. Trying to distract myself, I looked past Lola to the fray old woman in a habit, standing behind her. Who was she? "Don't flatter yourself, Martha, I'm not here for you." Lola said in a calm voice, looking directly at Julien. "If you're thinking you can salvage whatever remained of your relationship with Julien, it's too late now; he's married to a far better woman than you will ever be." At that, Lola's eyes rested on me and she frowned for a moment, but then her eyes darted back to Julien. "I think I understand your kind of love now, it was so easy for you to replace me and with a younger woman." "Replace you?!" Martha was getting angry and everyone knew that, but she bit her tongue and turned to Eden. "Honey, please take the other children to
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 36: An Accident
Being pregnant was an excuse for everyone to dote on me; Julien, Frederick, Martha and even Arthur were all around me, making sure I was sitting comfortably and even breathing fresh air. It was a little tiring because they didn't let me lift a pin and it wasn't like I was due any time soon, I was just in my seventh month.But I did enjoy the attention...Hailey left the day after my birthday celebration but soon after, she sent me a letter, telling me that Penny was with child again. Of course I wanted to visit her and congratulate her in person but Julien wouldn't hear of it. Bandits weren't even his reason for refusing, he just thinks the carriage ride would be bad for the baby; which mother-in-law and Martha have tried to no avail to convince him otherwise.I had to beg Martha to come with me if it'll make Julien agree and to my delight, he accepted.It would have just been me and Martha but Arthur was crying nonstop about wanting to come along; Of cou
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 37: Abducted!
I woke up in an unfamiliar room, the walls and the furniture were nothing like the ones in Arana, so I knew for certain I wasn't home.The first thing I did was to feel my stomach, scared to find it flat and my baby gone; it was still big, yet I was scared the accident may have affected the baby.If I wasn't at Arana or at Penny's house? Where was I? And where's Martha and Arthur? Did the bandits harm them?I tried sitting up but I felt so weak! Why wasn't anyone around? Was I kidnapped?"Gwen!" I looked towards the door immediately, expecting to see Martha but I was staring at a beautiful redhead. How did she know my name? And she looked so worried for me."Don't worry, you're alright." She came over to sit next to me on the bed, rubbing the back of my palm affectionately. I kept staring at her, she looked so familiar but I couldn't remember how I knew her."Are you in pain? Do you need anything?""My baby?" I choked out. "Is m
The Maidens (Crutoe Sisters) Chapter 38: Dear Jane
After a whole month and still no sign of Julien, I knew Albert wasn't lying, I was stuck with him. I decided to take my mind off escaping and rather focus on my health and baby. After a few days, my baby kicked, making me sure that he was okay and my initial fears subsided.Albert made me sit with him at the dinner table each day like we were a couple and he'd often ask me how my baby was doing. I was bitter because I didn't want to be like that with him, I longed to hear Julien's voice again, I wanted him to ask me those questions. And Arthur... He must be so sad. I wanted to get back to my family, but I had no way of doing so.I spent nearly every minute of everyday in Albert's library, reading different books as they helped me escape from my reality. When I wasn't reading and I wasn't sleeping, I was talking to Alexa; she was really sweet and kind and she treated me like a sister.One of such evenings when we talked, she told me she would do anything fo
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