Chapter 10

VICTORIA

The next morning, I was harshly woken up by one of the maids who poured water on my face. I quickly sprung up from the bed to the amusement of everyone else. Somehow, instead of being upset or feeling humiliated, it also seemed very funny to me, and so I laughed with them.

"You're a lazy one, aren't you?" She asked. I didn't think she needed an answer, so I didn't give her one. I still felt very tired. I had worked tirelessly, late into the night, and had cried most of it, so the tiredness I felt was a deserved one. I would have stayed back in the room if I had a choice but I didn't, so I quickly stood up and went into the bathroom to take my bath.

As I picked up the soap, I heard the maids chattering. They seemed so into the conversation they were having that I paused to hear what exactly they were saying. The bathroom door shielded most of the sound that came through it, so I was barely able to make anything of their conversation. I focused on the task at hand and in a few