Chapter 52: Moving Ahead

Ella’s POV

The goddess was surely smiling down at me that night. After managing to convince Aunt Emily to stay with me, Willow angrily left the cabin and when the nurse did arrive, she didn’t come alone.

She came with Esther.

My eyes lit up from my position on the makeshift bed, Aunt Emily had created for me to lie down on so she could begin cleaning the blood that was starting to clot on my back.

“What exactly happened?” the nurse said as she came to kneel by the bundle of bedsheets I was lying on. She dropped a very large back beside her and then started pulling out her instruments.

“I don’t even know how to explain but… it was an accident with her dress. The bleeding has mostly stopped…” Aunt Emily was saying but I was no longer paying attention to the conversation.

I was busy staring at Esther and wishing I could speak to her in my mind. She was also looking in my direction but to prevent any suspicion, she tried her best to appear as if she was focused on the ongoing conversation