"Welcome back, Miss."
Aurora nodded at the young maid, her name was Gwen...or was it Glenn? She couldn't really remember and right now, she didn't want to either. Her legs slowly trudged against the marble tiles, her tired eyes fixed on the stairs ahead.
"Umm...Miss?" She paused, drawing in a sharp breath, "Mrs Rochester, your mother asked for you to see once you came in."
She was tempted to ask why but knowing her mother, it was probably about the engagement ceremony that was fixed to hold tomorrow. She bobbed her head once and swerved in the direction of her mother's room.
Another flaw in her parent's marriage, they slept separately.
"Mom?" She called, knocking lightly on the door. Her mother answered from inside and she pushed the door open, walking inside.
Her mother was seated i
