As the carriage got closer to Lady Reynod's residence, I got more excited. I was meeting the mother of the man I loved, even if she didn’t know it. I wanted to make a good impression. As my mother always said to me, “ The effect you leave on people the first time you meet is the one they will remember forever.” Those were words I lived by.
I got out of the carriage with a guard's help.
“Thank you,” I said to him with a smile.
We walked into the pretty house through the back. There was a lovely garden of roses and the house was pink. I heard that she had left her husband and had come to Aldrich. Now she was just a strong and independent woman who set a lovely example for every girl in Aldrich. Well at least according to me.
Not everyone appreciated her independence. I had heard what
