Upon Your Return by Lavender Marie

Author:Lavender, Marie [Lavender, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Solstice Publishing
Published: 2013-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Two days later, Pierre came to fetch the valise Rosalie had packed for Fara. It consisted of her best dresses and underclothes. They'd both felt that leaving her older items behind was best. Her aunt would surely provide anything else she might need in the future. The one thing she had not neglected was the heirloom gown from her mother. It was a family possession that had been stored for safekeeping for years. In fact, it was one of the few things she had left of her mother, a wedding dress that had been worn long before her conception and had miraculously been overlooked when packing for that fateful yet terminal journey ten long years ago. A silk and lace garment in natural white with a becoming bodice and long flowing skirt, Fara was fond of the heirloom for its beauty and of course she could not deny the sentimentality of the dress. It seemed fitting that she keep it. If ever she was to marry, it would be her gown as well.

She had also packed the blue velvet gown her mother had worn the night of her season celebration. Fara doubted she'd have an occasion to wear it, but she cherished the dress for other reasons. She could not look at it or touch it without remembering the story of how her mother and father met, or recalling the look on her mother's face as she told it.

Fara picked up the gold necklace on her vanity and opened the locket. It held miniatures of her mother and father. She held it to her chest while a thin sheen of tears clouded her eyes. She closed it and pressed her lips to the locket in reverence. Then she put it on and lifted her chin, determined to be strong.

As Fara watched Pierre tote the valise down the stairs to place it in the carriage outside the house, she turned and looked around her bedchamber. So many years she'd spent in this room, engulfed in a shield that would guard her from the resentment and harsh judgment of her uncle. Here she could be herself. She never had to pretend to be someone else when in this room and she never had to worry about saying or doing the wrong things. It was her solace, her escape from social expectations. The only comfort she'd ever had whilst her uncle was living.

Things were so different now, Fara thought as she pushed back the lace draperies that hung from four posts about her bed and caressed the smooth, dark velvet spread. She would have a new room in Marseille where her aunt lived. She would even have a new life. She would be expected to leave this one behind. Though living with her uncle had been less than perfect, it was still a life. She had built relationships and experiences around her existence in his house. And though he'd never strived to make her life easy, he had, in his way, protected her and provided for her and the idea of leaving all of that behind seemed very odd.

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