Chapter 97 Double Shuffle

Melissa woke up with hunger churning her stomach. She rolled out of her bed and angrily shut the window blinds. The morning sun was merciless and hot. For some reason the weather was clear today. It was so clear that strangers would never believe it was mostly always swampy here.
Today was the day she was going to meet the woman named Margaret and they were leaving the castle grounds. She needed to be quick with dressing up or she'd delay the others. She walked into the bathroom and took her bath and before she would even finish with that, Candice and Vanessa were already in the room with a tray of food and the cloth she would wear. She glanced at Richard's bedside and she noticed he didn't even sleep there today.
She'd fallen asleep faster the other day to even register if he came back, she didn't even eat before sleeping. She remembered she just wanted to lie for a bit. She chuckled to herself when she remembered this.