Wilhelmina and the other girls whose names I still hadn’t learnt watched me as I paced. Bedridden for two days, the doctor finally declared me 'fit to walk.’ A bunch of bull if you ask me. The ankle hadn’t even sprained but these people made a fuss of the smallest things.
After two days with nothing but my thoughts as company, people dropping in sometimes, I had a lot of things on my mind. Three days later, the thoughts hadn’t cleared.
On one hand, I was happy I hadn't ruined the Princess' engagement. On another, I felt myself coming down with anxiety. The Princess would marry her Prince and they would live happily ever after. Except I was the princess and I didn’t want to get married! But I couldn’t ruin this for Ariana.
The ball was in two days. The wedding in five weeks. Would
