The Wilted Lily

CHAPTER 7

Morning came and the blues turned into a vibrant glow. Lily was hurdled in a corner with a blanket wrapped around her. There were dark circles under her eyes and was dazed. There was a knock on the door and two maids entered the room.

"Good morning, Miss. I am Ann and this is Bell. We're assigned to you by the butler. We'll be serving you from today onwards".

There was no response. The maids looked at each other. Bell went towards the window and drew the curtains, "it's quite chilly in here. you could've rung the bell and someone would've come and lit the fireplace for you".

"I'll go and draw a bath for you. You have an appointment with the Lord today after breakfast".

Still, no response Bell approached Lily, "Miss is everything alright. Are you not feeling well? Should we call a doctor?", she stretched her hand to remove the blanket when Lily stood up blanket dropping on the floor. There were specks of blood all over her clothes.

"The bath is ready", Ann came out of the bathroom but covered her mouth after seeing Lily. Both of them gasped.

"Miss. What happened? Who did this to you?", Ann hurry and go call the doctor".

"There's no need to call a doctor. I'm fine".

"But still we have to get you checked up".

"There's no need. Please, just....stop".

"Okay. As you wish. Let's get you ready then". Bell complied.

"Y-Yes. We don't want to keep Master waiting. He has quite a short temper", Ann tried to joke to lighten the mood.

"Ann! Don't talk about Master Shax like that. What if someone hears you? You could lose your job".

'So, his name is Shax. He never introduced himself, Lily thought.

They took Lily to the bathroom, "You're such a scaredy-cat".

Both of them kept chatting while bathing Lily but there was no change in her expression. Although she was listening to each and everything that was being said she just didn't know how to respond. She never had any friends when she was alive. Many came to her wanting to be friends but all of it was a prank a joke. No one wanted to befriend a poor orphan girl. And now that she is here in hell, she was not sure whether to trust them or not.

Ann remembered something. " If you don't mind us asking What's your name, Miss?".

Bell was going to scold Ann again when Lily replied, "Lily. My name is Lily".

Lily. It's such a beautiful name".

"I—I don't know".

Lily was sitting in a robe on her bed. There were no clothes for her to wear. Bell sends Ann to find butler Harold and ask him what to do about it.

"It's almost fifteen minutes. Where is that girl?", Bell was anxious because there was not much time.

The door to the room burst open and Ann came running, gasping holding a few dresses in her arms.

"What took you so long? We don't have much time. Hurry and come in".

"I apologize for my poor conduct Miss. The butler said that he will send someone in the afternoon to get you fitted for the new clothes but for now we have to make do with these".

Ann laid the dresses onto the bed. There were only four of them all plain looking.

"Which one do you like Miss?".

"Anything is fine", the maids looked at each other after hearing such an indifferent response. They chose a dress that has a white blouse with a peach color embroidered skirt.