The Forbidden

Chapter 3 - The unexpected

I waited for my whole entire family to arrive because apparently my mother invited them all to see the proposal of William. Really I just accepted fate when my mother opened the door only to see all of aunts, cousins and even my godmother to burst in like a bunch of pigeons being set free. The moment I hear many steps accelerating each second towards my room I knew what was going to happen and yet again I couldn't escape from them.

BOOM!!

The door opened wide as my aunts runs in to my room and quickly checked everything about me, the outfit, the hairstyle and even my face to see any sweat running down my face. My cousins offered me for some water or some snacks before the propose, but then I see one of them missing which is my eldest cousin who is around the same age as me glaring at me across the room with her depressing eyes as if she had cried many nights. Looking at her in the eyes as she tried looking away so nobody will see her eyes as the river rolled down in her face.

I couldn't believe what was happening, she was like my sister when we were just small birds, I stood up and told everyone to leave the room this instant except for her. Everyone left without a word and my aunt just told me that she will wait down stairs with my parents, at first Claire (that is my cousin's name) thou she didn't know what was going to happen, I only approached her and offered her to sit down and tell me what was going on.

Claire only looked at me but tried so hard not to cry, I opened my arms wide to give her a hug and she did hug me and told me that she wanted to tell me something secretive. I was quite concerned about it all though if she wanted me to hear about her secret then I will keep it.

"Alice...forgive me for what I am about to say here but I feel far more than jealousy of the propose that you are going to receive."
I didn't quite understand why was she so jealous but when I heard those words it reminded me of all of the times when she will always ramble about how I got the attention while she was in my shadow.

When Claire was young, everybody treated her as if she wasn't a no one, an out cast to be exact and would always fell in love with the man only for her to be rejected or that they already found their loves because of her lack of beauty standards and lack of personally. Now in her adult years, she fell deeply in love with William, the man who is going to marry me ever since she was almost a teenager, it's been 4 years thou I feel bad deeply bad for her because she never got the marriage she wishes. She even couldn't have children because of her used to be "lover" it wasn't possible and she would always have bad luck.

I felted the sorrows only surrounded by me caused by Claire, I was trying to tell her of why I didn't wanted to marry the man I was forced to take away my youth. The sudden foot steps of my mother entered the scene as I was trying to comfort her but only she was there to inform me that the carriages are now to accept my "fate". I pack up my bags and the " extra" bag for this important mission to escape this nightmare.