Grown-ups were conditioned to mask all crumbles and rumbles with insouciance.
When I got back to the bedroom, I went on with my routine—I took a shower, brushed my teeth, blew my hair, and went to bed.
However, I was just tossing and turning.
This very night, Ashton didn’t come to bed.
Both of us had our own emotions to deal with. To talk it out would only cut deeper into our wounds.
As I finally started to zone out a bit in the wee hours of the night, a man opened the door. “Scarlett.” In a deep soft tone, he called out my name.
He walked up to my bedside and murmured my name a few more times but eventually stopped. I wasn’t responding
“I’m sorry.” His voice whispered contrition.
I couldn’t be bothered, and let my self sink deep into my sleep.
By the time I batted my eyelids open, it was already late afternoon.
I got up and went down to Summer’s bedroom. That was when I saw a middle-aged lady in the living room.
Her name was Flora, the new caregiver Ashton hired. She greeted me affably and went back to her task.
Ashton had hired her to take care of Summer.
was playing
back to my room, Flora called out. “Madam, lunch is ready. Would
down.” And I trod
sat at my dresser, and only then did I notice how long my hair had grown.
once made a joke about it, saying that I could use my short hair to turn down love confessions. All I had to do was tell the
the message
chuckled from the thought of the past. What might seem silly for that instance had turned into a
lives took, what was yours would always fall into your hands. On the contrary, despite persistent efforts, you’d eventually lose
tap… That must be
my hair. To my surprise, it wasn’t her but
swiveled back, and
we quarrel last
could see his gentle eyes observing my every braid through the mirror. There
meet his, and kept on with my business. But there’s
silence, and so did
Huh!
my question, Ashton put out his. “We’re
totally slipped my mind! We spoke about
since he’d been treated like a
drawer as I took out the hairband, and
you still have to go to the company?” I rubbed my
forwent the idea of putting on make-up as I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Plus, it’d take time
so pretty!” He tried to butter me up in a childlike
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