Married But Alone

Chapter 7

Mary and her servants have just begun packing when her mother came in.

“Mary, what are you doing?” her mother said clearly confused

“I’m packing my things mother, I’ll go back to France next week”

“I thought that you already received a letter from Francis, I’m sure he already assured you that he’s alright” her mother said

“he did, but I’m not convinced, he’s hiding something from me and I’m going to find out what it is” Mary said while helping her servant organize her things

“sit down for a while Mary, let the servants do their jobs, you’re pregnant, you shouldn’t be tiring yourself”

Mary sits down near the fireplace and continued talking

“I’ve been here for four months mother, it’s time to go back to France, I’m sure you can handle the affairs here yourself now that the uprisings have stopped and all the things are under control, and besides I need to be with my husband when I give birth, and if he can’t come to me, I’ll go to him”

“and why can’t he come here? We’ve already discussed that it’s dangerous for you to travel, and still you insist, what is so important in France that your husband can’t even get himself board a ship and be with you? Does he even know that you’re pregnant?”

“I haven’t told him yet mother, I was planning to surprise him but it turns out the chain of events are the ones that surprised me, when sees me, he’ll immediately know, there won’t be any surprises left”

“you haven’t answered my question yet, why can’t he come here instead, what’s keeping him from coming to you?”

“I don’t know mother, he mentioned that Queen Catherine wouldn’t allow him to go here, he refused to tell me her reasons of doing so, but if I must go to France, I must go know, before the baby gets bigger and it would be harder for me to move let alone travel”

“very well Mary, it seems that I can convince you no more, just make sure that you and my grandchild will be safe”

“we will be mother, I promise you” her mother kissed her forehead and left the room.

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Three days have passed, Mary and her servants have finished packing and she’ll just need to attend a few more ceremonies before she can go to France.

“little sweetheart we’ll see your father soon, are you excited?” she said while caressing her belly, she does this very often and she’s always delighted by the fact that a person is growing inside her, she’s so excited to see her child, although she knows that giving birth would be extremely painful.

“your father will be delighted when he sees us, I’m very sure that he’ll love you as much as he loves me, we’ve been waiting for you for so long” Mary can’t help but smile, she’s pregnant and she’ll see Francis and her friends soon, for the first time in a long time, she felt that she’s genuinely happy.

However, all her fantasies ended when she received a letter from Francis, after reading it, she can’t help but to feel angry. And now she reads it again, hoping that the content of the letter will change this time.

 

My dear Mary,

 

I’m afraid that I can’t allow you to go to France now, I know that I’ve let you down for not coming there as soon as I can but we both know that I should come there in person, I’m devoted to you and your country and that’s why your countrymen need to see us together there. I haven’t proven to them yet that I’m their ally, that Scotland and France are allies. You said it yourself that your advisers are expecting me there, and that’s why I’ll go there instead, just not now, things are complicated here in France. I know that I promised so many times that I will come to you, and yet here I am still, I’m sorry for not telling you the reason why I can’t leave France now but I assure you, there is nothing to be worried about.

 

I love you Mary, please don’t make this any harder

Just trust me.

 

Love,

Francis

 

Mary still can’t believe that Francis was the one hindering her to go back to France. She thought that he would be delighted when she informed her that they will be together soon, but apparently he’s not. Mary was so angry that she didn’t bother writing a response to her husband.