Laura McLaren: The mother of Diana Cavendish IV

The Cavendish family

POV Narrator:

Laura and Bernadette had returned to the residence of their respective families to spend the winter recess before returning to Luna Nova and with this to firm the relationship that they so wanted to get involved in, that they so hoped for, that they were already with an enormous tension to be together, but for this they would first have to go through the ordeal that was to be away from each other for a month at the residence of their families, besides this time to reflect about the consequences of this decision that could be many times something that would give the first step to a relationship that would last for many years, besides Cavendish's future that was already living a huge tension in her family's residence.

As soon as she came back, she received a scolding about what happened at the ball and even then her mother didn't defend her when the girl tried to explain that she had almost been a victim of abuse, she even heard her mother saying that she shouldn't hit Paul Hanbridge and the other boys and that the right thing to do was not even let them do that, that it was all Cavendish's incompetence in allowing the abuse to happen even though she was the victim. Tracey Hanbridge, Bernadette's godmother, even tried to defend the girl, but to no avail, so that moment just became a huge tension, so much so that Cavendish was ordered by her mother to stay locked in her room until the next day.

Saturday, December 5, 1987

The day dawns in Weddinburgh, Scotland, Bernadette was waking up from another night of sleep, she didn't feel good about going back to her family home, even though her bed was much more spacious than the one she used to sleep in, the sun rays were beating down on her room and she looked out the window as the day was dawning, feeling like nothing, so much so that she went back to sleep, until a few hours later she hears knocking on the door, it was her mother who soon after entered the room, it was 9 o'clock in the morning. She wanted to say good morning to her daughter, but as always being very clueless, leaving entering, without even respecting the privacy of her own daughter.

POV Bernadette:

Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse coming here, I see that I was dead wrong... What the hell... I came back here just to listen to my mother yell at me... Yesterday I couldn't even say anything, I just put my head down and went to my room... Fuck... Where did all that strength of determination go and all that stateliness... Laura... I'm already missing you... If she were here, I would probably send my mother to that place... Hehe... My mother doesn't even respect me, I can't even have my privacy to sleep the way I usually sleep... Well... She doesn't even respect me for that, so much so that when she comes in I wrap myself in the blankets hiding my body.

- Wake up! The day can't wait... And sleeping naked again? I told you more than once that this is not the way a lady should sleep, it is 2 degrees below zero outside and you are sleeping without clothes on, let's see how you like sleeping like this if I turn off the heat... I just don't do that because you might catch a cold and get sick... But anyway, I want to talk to you girl, so get up and come to the room, tell me everything that happened in Luna Nova, because I don't trust the letters that teacher sent to me, they may be fake and also she may have passed a cloth for your juvenile delinquency - She said and then left the room turning her face ... Damn... My mother only knows how to demand and demand... Now it's fucked up, I will have to lie a lot to talk about my time in Luna Nova... Even more if she finds out about Laura.

As soon as she leaves one of the maids closes the door at my request, so I get up, walk naked to my bathroom, from there I do my personal hygiene and take my shower, after everything is ready, I get out of there and go to the closet... All those empty clothes with no personality... I can't even wear the clothes that Laura gave me... All these clothes were so amazing and cool, and easy to put on... I wanted to put on a t-shirt and pants, but I don't want my mom to make a real show of me because I'm not wearing clothes that refer to my class, so I took a dress followed by a cold sweater and from there I left to go to the living room. Until I get there I run into my mom who was having tea... The funny thing about it was that she could wear different clothes, she was wearing the military clothes that she always used to wear, even at home, it was a green camouflage overcoat with the Scottish flag on the chest and her name, a pair of camouflage pants, dark military boots that went down to the shin and her hair was always tied up.