Chapter 45: "Don't feel scared mummy, i'll protect you."

I take Maya back to our room and find the dresses that have been put out for me. I don’t know what to feel.

I run my hands over the straight fabrics and I see some of them have been in different stages of wear already. I turn to find Maya looking at me guiltily.

“I might have tried some of them on.”

The scent I had caught on her this morning wafts heavily from the dress in my hands and my heart warms up as Maya blushes.

“I fell asleep in that one. I didn’t know you wouldn’t be coming back and it was sparkly, the light from the ceiling made the sparkles look like stars.”

I look at the dress and I will admit that while it is sparkly, it looks really expensive.

Who could have done this?

A frown lines my face as I pick up each dress. My hands are heavy by the time I’m done and I set them back on the bed firmly.

“Did you see who dropped these here, Maya?”

She shakes her head and points to the other side of the bed.

“There are more in some bags there. I met them in the room last night after