116 - Invitation

Christmas...

For many, it was probably the most wonderful time of the year, the jolly season that brings the feeling of joy, warmth, and nostalgia. But for Bianca Sanders and the occupants of the Sanders family estate, it was merely another month, another ordinary day with no festive excitement in the air.

A long scream echoed through the hallways past the busy maids and household servants as Bianca Sanders yelled down fire and brimstone, threatening to break the room’s door down or simply put an end to her rather miserable life.

The Sander family’s housekeeper, held on to the fabric of her gown tightly as she ran past the rooms, stopping and panting right in front of the door. Then she knocked hastily on the bedroom door.

“Madam?. Madam??.”

The door locked clicked from behind and Charlotte Sander’s sleepy figure emerged in a silky night dress to see the nervous-looking housekeeper.

“What’s this disturbance so early in the morning Martha? Keep the servants under control. Will you..”