Accidental Duchess episode 2
🍁🍁 HIS ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS 🍁🍁
🌳🥀{ The Maiden Bride }🌳🥀
Written ✍️: Cisca. H.
CHAPTER TWO: DAPHNE BRIDGERTON.
She dressed up, heading down the stairs to the kitchen where her mother was, making breakfast for the both of them. ” Good morning, mother.” She greeted, pecking her cheek.
” Good morning, darling, how was your night?”
” It was fine, mother. What about yours?” She asked back.
” Very good, dear, very good. ” She respond, ” I made you breakfast. ”
” Oh, mother, I am late for school. I need to be there before 7 o’clock. I will have that when I return. ”
” You keep saying that all the time. Why don’t you have a bite before you leave? ”
She sighed, sitting on one of the chairs. Her mother served her breakfast, and she quickly ate it. Dropping the plate in the kitchen, she k!$sed her mother good-bye, before leaving to school.
” Bye, mom.”
” Bye, sweetheart.”
At the east side of the castle, there was a small village controlled by nerds who taxes everyone every single week. Properties were taken forcefully, and people were instantly made poor. Life at Penn has never been easy to those who dwells there.
Mrs Bridgerton has lot almost everything since her husband passed away. With the nerds visiting every weekend, Mrs Bridgerton has only but few days to settle her taxes with them.
The day had run slow, the day was so hotty that it could light a candle. Daphne decided to spend the rest of her afternoon at Mary’s place, a very good friend of hers.
A knock came at the door, Mrs Bridgerton quicky dried up her w-t hands, heading for the door. ” Gracia?” She called in her amazement.
Gracia was her very best childhood friend. They had gone to the same school together and had lost contact with each other when they graduated. There was a lot of changes in the two women but, they still were able to recognize each other.
” Oh, Gracia, please come in. ” She opened the door wide, letting her in.
” Thank you so much. ” she sat on one of the chairs, beaming a soft smile at Mrs Bridgerton who sat beside her. ” How have you been all these years? I know we hærdly spoke to each other, but I am really surprised you still haven’t changed a lot. ”
She touched her face, smiling. ” And you still haven’t changed either.” She told her. ” Gracia, it really has been a long time since we last saw each other. How did you know I live here? ”
” I asked around about you. ” She scratched the back of her neck, ” is there a problem? ” She asked.
” You know, Gracia, in this village no one knows who or what you are. And no one cares either, I was wondering how they would get to know who I am. ”
” I never told them your name because they said they never know who the name belongs to, so I had to do some little description before I could get someone who knows you. Look, Martha, I understand how isolated you want to be towards this people but… ” She paused, ” I do not know your reasons for being this way, and I will not ask either. ” She continued. ” I heard you have a daughter, is that true? ” She asked, changing the topic.
” Yes, ” she nods, ” her name is Daphne. ”
” Where is she? I have not set my eyes on her since I walked in here. ”
” Daphne is out for school and would be back soon. ” She stood up, ” would you mind for anything? ”
” Yes, just water, please. ”
Martha walked out with a cup of water, offering it to her. ” What about your husband?” She asked.
Gracia stopped dropped the cup halfway from her mouth, shooking. ” I lost him, five months ago. ”
” Oh, Gracia, I am so sorry for your lost.”
” It hurt me so much when I lost him, but now he is gone I do not want to think about it. It is not your fault he is gone, do not be sorry for anything. ” She grinned, ” What about your husband? Gone too? ”
She nodded. ” I lost him four years ago. He was out for a business trip to Europe. He was supposed to be back five days later, a week, he never came back. Two days later, some men dropped his body in here, they said he was assassinated. When the community leaders heard about this, they took everything from me. And till now, they never stop coming. Most times they take our valuable goods in exchange for their money, and sometimes, they have my daughter beaten for it. ”
Gracia felt pity for her dear friend, she asked. ” Have you reported to the king? He has to be aware of this. ”
” Our king is no king at all. ”
” What do you mean? ”
” He is a selfish, greedy and ruthless King. He has never for once brought justice to the weak. This is not the first time such thing has happened, and neither has it been the last to be reported. But our king has done nothing to such cases like this. It is pointless to think of going to the castle. ”
” So you are just going to let this community leaders take everything you have, and hurt your daughter till she is dead? ”
” What can I do, Gracia? Nothing in this village goes right, nothing is right. We have been enduring for years, we can still endure everything. ”
” Martha, I wish I can do something about this. I wish I can help you, but I have no money enough to solve your problems. But I promise you, when I do, I will send you some money, okay? ”
” Thank you, Gracia, I really appreciate your help. ”
” Don’t thank me, you are my friend, I have to help. ”
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Night approached.
Daphne shut the door gently behind her. “Mom, I’m home. Mother!” She called but there was no response. “Mother!” She walked to the kitchen to see no one but her dinner her mother made for her.
She took a spoon, digging it into her plate of porridge. She saw the letter her mother had dropped for her under the flower vase beside the kitchen. She took it, tearing the sheets away.
“ I am out with Gracia, my old time friend. But do not worry, I will be back home soon. I made you dinner, do not wait for me if you feel sleepy. Love you. ” Daphne sighed in relief. For it wasn’t what she was expecting. She had thought her mother was taken by the community leaders.
She left to her room, and the next minute, the door banged open. She rushed to the door only to see them, already invading the house. ” What do you want? We do not owe you anything.”
” Did your mother told you that? Where is she? ” He asked, angrily.
” She is out with a friend, but she will be back soon.” Said she to him, ” It is late already, why not come tomorrow? ”
” Of course we will, guess that will be after I am done with you. Take her. “He commanded the others and they seized her, dragging her out of the house.
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Who knows what they are up to?
To Be Continued…