he met the first day she was in the house was the one who came to open the door for her. She

ve already been prepared," the lady said. Cecilia stood up, her legs wobbly as sh

place. The house was too big to find anything. She stopped walking as she waited for the lady, whose

om," Cecilia answered honestly.

ed her, as she was not her main concern. The woman opened the door to a room. Though Cecilia could not rememb

e room and was

d with dark, rich wallpaper; its colour is that of regal burgundy. The bed itself w

penetrate. The furniture was sleek and modern, with touches of leather and polished wood. And there

looked more like a lonely place than an actual bedroom t

ded by the change in Cecilia's room than Cecilia herself, who felt like she had

on the bed," the lady said and left. Cecilia went over to the bed and looked at the dress. It was a long black dinner go

ed. She sat down on the bed, feeling the softness of the bed, which tempte

el that was also hanging in the bathroom. She looked at the dress that they gave her and was about to

l like dressing nice for a dinner party that included a man who had come to be one of the people she hated the

ised shirt. This was her best pick if she wanted to wear something so different from what he wanted her to wear. S

as in front of the door. Another bodyguard of Don Santiago led her to th

nswered. "You know what I mean," Santi

at with no other arguments. Ceilia and Santiago went outside and entered th

their destinat

he nine. There was even a red carpet there. "Be a good girl and beh

ee who he was opening the door for. They were all disappointed when they saw a kid with an oversized s

but not without leaving one o

companions, who went inside, and unlike Cecilia, she look

ed. She had been noticing that everywhere looked different. "Dea

” she e