the big news

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hi everyone! ik no one is gonna read this but yeah thank you for coming I guess-  this chapter is safe like as in not gruesome/ its not PG? random ik

Peggy POV:

I walked down the street, heart pounding. Eliza sent me telegram yesterday, she seemed excited so of course, I got the train back towards the large house that was once my home. 

Eliza tried to hide her excitement behind a mask of makeup as she opened the door. 

'what's all this about then' I asked 

the reply I got made me sick to my stomach 

my sweet, caring Eliza, ENGAGED? and to that war hero from the Caribbean

'amazing right!' she said

'uh um yeah of course' I replied

ugh. family drama is way too much. if only angelica hadn't waited until after Eliza had finished her schoolyears to tell her of her lover. perhaps I wouldn't feel so helpless if that were the case

we were ushered inside by hetty, the maid, for a toast to the new couple

I didn't drink, I'm still a 'schoolgirl, unable to fend for myself' 

they are wrong, of course.


Eliza POV:

I look at my sisters. now looking back at it all, I realized my own joy clouded their misery.

I never thought of alexander as a rich war profiteer. I think of him as the scrappy teen I met at the winter ball all those years ago

but the present is the present.

Alex is at home now, probably writing.

I should do the same

I picked up a pencil and I wrote

'my dearest, alexander

not a minute passes that I do not wish for the wedding to be sooner

but for the time being,

betrothed is good enough for me

love,

Elizabeth'

I sat by the window taking in the sights of the city

ill deliver the letter to alex in the morning



I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, might delete, till then it's staying in drafts

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