Never Not Married

The history of the Pollocks.

Helena held on to Alice’s hand.If the so called rules permit,they might be able to see each other again.

Mrs Dougenis only allowed Alice to stay for breakfast before sending her off.

Goodbye had been easy to say to her family but Alice’s case is different.She found it had to accept that she will live without Alice in the’ hell rules house’.

But here she is,sitting on an armchair in the living room,entertained by Mrs Dougenis.

Helena notices the scroll Mrs Dougenis was holding.She assumes it must be the book of rules.

“I needn’t read this out as I presume you are educated and can do that yourself My lady,in case you don’t know,we not only read just for reading sake,we read to understand,absorb and comprehend”Mrs Dougenis handed over the scroll to Helena.

“There’s no objection My Lady”She included.

Helena opened the scroll,she begins to study it one after the other.As she keep going through it,her eyes stopped at a certain rule which seems absurd.It states that The Lord might request for her in his room and she must not disobey him.She became dumbfounded.She knew one day she will become a mother but she hates the processing especially with someone like her mysterious husband.

“When you are done,Iris will take you around the house”Mrs Dougenis said and stands up to leave.

Helena kept her gaze on the scroll she was holding.Another rules stated that she mustn’t go anywhere when it’s night time,if she needed anything she should make a request from her personal maid.Helena scoffs,over her death body would she follow their hell made rules.Alice had encouraged her to stay strong so that’s what she’s planning to do.She will do everything that will make her happy even if she have to die for it.

“This is the kitchen my Lady,you are not allowed in here except the Lord says so and here is the store room”Iris gives directions to the rooms in the house.She had shown her the library,Edward’s study room which had been stated in the book of law she mustn’t visit,Mrs Dougenis quarters,Her own quarters with her daughter,The kitchen and the store room.

“There’s a cottage far behind the house but it is part of the house,come my Lady you would not want to miss this part”Iris urges Helena when she saw her staring at a closed door.

“Whose room is this”Helena asked pointing to the closed door.Iris had shown her the rooms where the elder sons and daughters of the pollock lay but she had failed to give her a lecture on the closed door.

“My apologies for saying this my Lady but this room should be none of your business,I thought it had been written in the book of rules,anyways My young master__I mean Lord pollock would not take it likely to find out you go near this door”Since Iris had deeply warned her,it made her more curious of what lays behind the closed door.Iris whispered shout to her when she finds Helena still longing for the door.

As she had said,Iris took Helena to the cottage behind the house.

“This cottage in the history of the pollocks serves as a symbol to bring love between couples who doesn’t love each other,am not allowed to say this but I will like to brief you on this”Iris opens the door of the cottage to allow their entry.Helena studies everything in the cottage,there is a bed,chair and a cabinet.As she keeps glancing around,her eyes falls on a pot of flowers.It is still very much alive.Helena smiles at it and quickly find her way to meet the flowers staring at her.

“You do not touch that My Lady,that’s for the Lord,he is fond of flowers”Finally Helena finds another thing she and Edward has in common.She smiles since that means she might be able to grow flowers here.

“The Late viscount had a secret lover before he was forced to marry Lady Lydia by the late viscount father’s command,The viscount had no eyes for the Lady since he had his lover whom he truly loves but a night in the cottage together changes everything,though it had been said the carriage brings lovers together but no one believes that because it was in the ancient history”Iris stops there but Helena is curious of what happens to the lover the Late viscount had had so she asked.

“Is the Late viscount’s lover the mother of the Lord,I heard rumors”Iris shush her.

“Yes but you mustn’t talk about that again”Helena couldn’t get the story straight.If the Late viscount’s lover is Edward’s mother,that means she must have given birth to Edward before the other sons and daughters of the late viscount.Never do Helena imagined he was the eldest.Now it explains why Edward was the one to inherit the house.

“There’s a Lake around and you are not permitted to go there so i would not show you,it’s time to go in,I think I had said enough My Lady”Iris leads the way while Helena follows behind.With everything been said,Helena still needs more to know.

Everything Iris had said seems incomplete to her.If she wants to live in the household,she has to know what lays in the household.