Feather After

Chapter 39

Feather After // Chapter 39 // Shopping And Tea

Aria's POV

"Aria, come out!" My mother ordered while I tried the seventh evening gown in a store near the main market and the posh area of Seattle. While my mother showed the same energy and the same enthusiasm, my confidence in finding a good gown for today's Seattle official royal society meet, Ballare, was going down.

The Seattle's official Royal society's meet gala was organized by one of the richest elites in Seattle. It was a ball which was held every year for all the rich people to meet and greet but I think the main purpose of the masquerade was to show off the stocks you owned or the expensive jewelry and dresses that you wore. It was silly and stupid.

"It looks nice but not great," she said the same thing again when her eyes fell on the blue dress I was wearing, it was strapless and made up breast look like watermelon while in real life they were not that big. They were the size of a lemon. She looked at Nanna, shook her head from left to right direction indicating it was a no and then shoved another dress on my hand and myself into the changing room.

The shopkeeper, after realizing that my mum had a good budget and that she was willing to spend a lot on the dress, she changed her color like a chameleon and insisted on giving an opinion on whatever I wore. My mum offered her the best polite smile she could and Nanna just pretended that she wasn't there.

I took a deep breath and tried the red dress mother had given me. It was long and my breast looked normal in it. The red color of the dress made my skin glow and the thin straps of the dress made it look pretty. I picked up the hem of the dress because I didn't want to tear the dress in half with my sports shoes and walked out.

"Ma'am, this dress looks absolutely stunning. You should buy this one. It is also in a discount. You get 3 percent discount!" She raised her voice when she said three percent as if she was giving us the dress for free. Even when I was not looking at my mother, I knew she had just rolled her eyes and crossed her legs. She leaned her head back and pressed her lips. I knew she was trying to be polite and was finding ways to shoo the sales girl away. I know if she would have been alone, she would have sent the sales girl, running, scared out of her wits out of the showroom, of the boutique.

"If we need your assistance, we'll let you know," my mother looked at her and gave her the finest diplomatic smile I had seen. The sales girl still did not get the clue and remained rooted at the place where she was. My mom like owed at her again and I mentally facepalmed. She didn't know but she was playing with fire.

"Come in Aria, let's leave," mother sighed and I panicked. If she hadn't noticed I was still wearing the damn red gown, she threw the other gowns she had selected on the couch she was sitting on and started walking on the other direction, towards the gate.

I quickly ran into the dressing room because I didn't want to be stuck there anymore. I ran and a tumbled. The sales girl looked at me and after realizing the whole situation, she ran in the opposite direction, towards mother because she couldn't see her golden credit card walking off her shop while she left me there, caring less if my mouth turned as red as the dress.

As I ran/ walked towards the cash counter, I heard some fighting more of a pleading going on. "Ma'am we are so very sorry, we really and wholeheartedly apologize for the mistreatment my employee had done towards you."

My mom looked at her and continued listening to her mule and talk about things like for instance what she found wrong with the sales girl who was supposed to it was assisting us five minutes ago, "we're done looking, thank-you."