(THREE DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING)
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CHAPTER THREE;131Please respect copyright.PENANAV3cbHwxkZI
BITTERSWEET GOODBYE
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- "𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐀 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄, 𝐈 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔." Lilac stumbles back a bit in confusion and panic. Realizing what words have come out of her mouth, Seraphina waves her hands seeing that she caused her maid to be distraught. "I meant I have something important I would like to speak to you about. You're not in trouble, at least not with me," Seraphina smiles sheepishly as she clears up the confusion.
Holding the serving tray close to her chest, Lilac heaves a heavy sigh of ease at her mistress's explanation. "Are you sure I should sit with you, ma'am?" Lilac doesn't want to overstep their boundaries.
"I'm requesting you to make yourself a plate of food and sit to talk with me, is that too much to ask Liliac?" Seraphina raises an eyebrow towards her maid. Seraphina doesn't have a slight clue as to why she is hesitating on her offer.
Frantically swinging her head from side to side Lilac agrees with her mistress's request. Waving Lilac off so she can go retrieve some food for herself, Seraphina smiles at Attor who is too busy devouring his morning meal to notice.
Returning to the dining space, Lilac has a bit of food she picked out in hand as she stands awkwardly in front of her master. Seraphina glances up at her maid who is acting strange just standing in the middle of the room. Tilting her head to the side in slight confusion Seraphina speaks, "What are you doing? You'll need to sit down to eat. I mean unless you'd prefer to eat standing."
"No that's not it- I'm sorry!" Lilac stumbles over her words as she hurries to sit down at her mistress's table. Her poor brain is suffering from her swarming nerves, and she can barely form her normal body functions.
Seraphina shakes her head at the silly woman and begins to dig into the meal. "Delicious as always," Seraphina stops to compliment her maid who was nervously looking at the space around them. Catching the praise, Lilac generously bows her head quickly and begins to start eating.
As the minutes pass by, the nervousness in the pit of Seraphina's stomach grows. The food did nothing but soothe the hunger, not make her feel at ease. So she gently dabs her mouth with the piece of cloth next to her plate and decides it is time. Time for her to explore, try new things, and even maybe find some new companions or love.
"So Lilac," she calls for her maid's attention, "Obviously I didn't call you to sit down with me for no reason." Lilac stops eating to face her mistress with full attention to not miss even the tiniest piece of detail to the new information.
"I plan on leaving the village," Seraphina slowly speaks as she watches her maid's eyes swoop down slowly, "The thought had been on my mind for a while, but I didn't know how to act on it. I hope you forgive me and know that I do wish to return, but I feel as if I deserve the right to explore all the unknown places out there."
Taking a small gulp of the water placed next to her lukewarm food, Seraphina opens her mouth to talk a bit more but Lilac beats her to the punch, "I've suspected this for a while now."
Seraphina looks straight into Lilac's eyes and sends her an apologetic, yet stunned expression.
"I've seen the way your eyes have changed and the way you spend more time on your balcony, instead of going out to the town," Lilac pauses with a long sigh and looks up with slightly teary eyes with a quivering smile, "But I'm not worried about that, I just want you to be happy. It's what you're parents would've wanted."
Seraphina's lips lift into a melancholy smile at the comment about her parents. Swiveling her head towards her maid she dips her head lowly as a sign of respect and thankfulness.
"Thank you very much for your understanding we leave tomorrow morning, also I plan to go to the town to do a bit of shopping and have one last night there before I leave. I may come back late, so don't wait up," Seraphina finishes talking and resumes eating.
Lilac gives her a quick smile but it quickly dissipated and turns into a smirk as she glances down at her plate and begins eating as well.
Finally, Seraphina is leaving and Lilac is going to have her time to shine. Her parents may have gotten in the way once, but now with her leaving, she will have free reign over everything.
She glances up at Seraphina with a smile but her thoughts are the complete opposite.
"Goodbye Seraphina, years of living as your servant are about to be far behind me. Oh goodbye indeed."131Please respect copyright.PENANABconPCR6uE