Tessa
Slowly I open the door of my room and go down the stairs. Immediately I see that almost all the guests are here and are staring at me. I would love to disappear again immediately, but that is no longer possible. I have already been seen.
So I lift my chin a bit, let my shoulders hang so far that I just look confident enough and then climb down the stairs.
I can feel people staring at me from all sides. And strangely enough, it's pretty unpleasant for me right now.
I let my gaze wander through what you could call a crowd. I've never seen most of them before. So they definitely don't belong to the family. I can memorize faces quite well and I simply don't assume that someone new has married into the family lately.
When they arrive at the bottom, most of them fortunately turn away
