CHAPTER 116

CHAPTER 116

THERESA'S POV;

I noticed how happy she was to be here. I shared her joy. She didn't care about the stares she was getting. All she did was chatter and I listened to her.

"Do you know it's been months since I came outside? I feel like a bird that has been let out of its cage,"

"If I am going to be honest with you, Onyx really locked you up in there. He really did. You've seen enough. Maybe now is your time to bloom."

"Bloom? That's a fancy word for someone who has experienced what I have experienced, you know?"

I nodded at her and slipped my arms into her. We walked through the market street. "Everyone is staring,"

"I realized," Hazel whispered. "I am trying not to let it get to me. I don't want to care if they're staring at me, you know?"

I nodded at her. "Of course, I do."

We stopped in front of a stall and I bought apples.

"Sometimes, I forget that you have your own home and aren't living in the servant's quarters,"

I smiled