ALMOST DIED
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"We are here to see my lady" Leah announced to the maid guarding the door as they both hoped in happiness of visiting one of the respected concubines
"Did she call for you?" The maid said with disdain
"This brown castle uniform must be a disease everyone don’t want to move near or associate with" Abigail muttered and rolled her eyes
"Go inform her Lady "she motioned to the other maid
"You can follow me" she coughed still giving the belittling look
"Morning my Lady" they both chorused and bowed
"Oh you were the ones I told to visit my chamber today right?" She beamed with a smile
"Yes My Lady" they chorused
"And your names?"
“Leah” and “Abigail” they answered
"Ok, I see you are hardworking, would you like to be working in my chambers only?"
Is this some kind of lottery or trap? Abigail thought biting her lips
"Yes my lady" Leah blurts out without hesitation
"Good, meet the maid outside to brief you on your jobs" she said before dismissing them.
"We will only work till 2pm" Leah smiled as they go back to their castle to report the order to the chief maid
"But don’t you think we will be working under Sharon or whatever her name is? And isn’t that more dangerous? I think that 2pm will be as tough as hell?" Abigail sighed
"You always doubt everything, were you lied to all your life?"
"Well I just said what I felt" Abigail shrugged.
It’s been two weeks they started working at Lady Cecilia’s chamber and everything has been working smoothly and fine. They wake up as early as 5:00am to bring her cleaning water and neat towel because she’s not a late sleeper, she believes a lady must be awake to duties by 7:00am, she makes sure her maids get adequate foods at the right time. They are in charge of arranging her bed, chambers and mopping it, these don’t take them much time as they have gotten accustomed to it.
"I need you to help scrub my feet today" Lady Cecelia said to Abigail as they report for the day’s duty
"At your service my lady" she responded unsure of what to do though
She hasn’t washed feet all her life, how is she supposed to scrub cleanly, is this some kind of trap? Her life has been running smoothly for two weeks and she feels like she’s enjoying all she can to prepare for her sufferings and it seems this will be the starting point.
"Go get some brush and water you will need them" Lady Cecilia said to wake her up from her thoughts
“Yes my Lady” she responded and dash to the door
"Get some feet oils too" Lady Cecilia added just before she opened the door, she nodded to let her know she heard her and went in search of all requirements.
She started with the under of her foot not sure of how to go but she scrubbed everywhere scrub able with the brush and proceed to her toes, still unsure of what to do she grabbed a toe and dragged it with full force with her small hands, the toe gave a sound and Lady Cecelia squirm in pain making the witch by the door run in as if she’s been waiting for her to get in trouble.
"My Lady! What’s wrong?" She asked with her eyes brighter than 400 watts light bulb
"I was trying to wash her feet and accidentally dragged her toe" Abigail explained and dropped her gaze to the ground
"What? Do you want to remove her toes? Why draw it?" The witch shouted making me shudder
"Don’t yell at her, she probably hasn’t done this before, we just have to teach her "Lady Cecelia smiled
Oh what a sweet angel, not a witch that’s ready to devour at any slight mistake Abigail thought to herself with her eyes still fixed to the floor
"Continue what you were doing Abigail and you can go back to your post" she said motioning to the little witch
“Yes my Lady” we both chorused and bowed before resuming our various duties
"Leah?" She asked looking around
"She went to help in the soap making" Abigail answered gently pulling her toes
"That’s good, finish this and go get some food"
"What a nice lady" Abigail thought with a smile.
Abigail finished her chores, ate and went in search of her friend Leah at the soap factory because she was getting bored and missing her, she also felt bad that her friend is seriously busy while she didn’t get to do so much work, she thought about going to help her out with whatever she could. She was admiring the beautiful flowers at the lake side, they were so beautiful and she was fascinated so much that she decided to stop and check them out, she had bent to smell them and play with the delicate petals to enjoy the texture more.
She has always went to see flowers with her sister before she got married and since then she had stopped going to see them because they only remind her of her sister and she can’t help but cry every time she remembers her. She was engrossed in her flower smelling that she didn’t know she had company at her back, before she could turn to see who it was, “Whoosh” she was already in the water, and series of evil laughter came rolling as she was struggling for her dear life
"Oh wow, our little wench seems to be struggling with the water" Sharon mocked and her minions burst into evil laugh
Oh it was this senior witch? I was wondering why I haven’t crossed path with her for the past two weeks but I guess she was waiting for the right time to deal with me, and are these people kidding me? I’m here dying and they are kekeing, laughing? What kind of hearts is inside their rigid body? I’m dying here Abigail thought as she struggles to stay afloat
"She must have been busy talking back at people when she was supposed to learn swimming" one snake said and they all burst into another laughter party
"Just let me survive this, I won’t forgive you" Abigail bites her lip as she continues to struggle with the water
Will she even survive this? What if they go dump her corpse somewhere? Will anyone even find her? Is this how she’s going to die without seeing her sister? Oh Margaret your little bean is dying, if I’m going to die like this, I don’t want you to blame yourself, just live happily and remember me deep down in your heart, Abigail was already leaving behind her last will as she was getting tired of struggling and already drowning when she felt a hand grip her waist and push her up to the surface before dragging her to the shore, she had already gulped so much water that she passed out immediately without checking out who her savior was.
"Are you trying to murder her?" The voice yelled so hard that she could hear in her subconscious state
"Who could that be?" She wondered before finally passing out.
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