Chapter 328: Return to Lockwood (3)
"I’m not thrilled that you are leaving so soon, but I am going to pretend that I am. You cannot just pack one dress and many pants, Annalise. Luckily, I am here to help you," Celine said, standing up from the bed to go to Annalise’s closet to get her dresses. "You don’t know how long you will be staying there so you might need more clothes."
"I’m sorry I don’t have any money you can use over there. Would they take jewels? I have a few saved you can exchange for money-"
"It is fine, mother. I still have some money left over from when I was working as a maid and if I need more money, I can just get another job. Not as a maid at the manor since Rafael has fired me," Annalise replied, still not believing this was how she ended up fired.
She wasn’t concerned about money since she could find a way to get some. There were always jobs in towns.
Celine took out a black dress from Annalise’s clothes and started to fold it. "Since he has fired you, doesn’t that mean he plans to take care of you? Give you money to spend?"
"For doing what? I don’t want to rely on Rafael’s money. I am capable of working to make my own. Besides, it is not like I need to make a lot of money. I will be fine," Annalise assured her mother. The most she needed money for was for little things that caught her eye. She would eat with the knights and she wasn’t going to buy a lot of dresses.
"The truce will make you busy. Some men like to work hard so the women they care for do not need to. Over there, the women of a certain class wouldn’t do chores like I do, right?" Celine asked.
"You are like a queen, so no you would not be doing chores over there," Annalise answered. That was normal for noblewomen to not lift a finger since there were maids around, but Annalise wasn’t used to that. Especially with growing up watching her parents do the chores.
The men in the Castro kingdom might lose their minds if they were to know that Phillip took part in cleaning. Annalise often thought her father was better at it than her mother. It showed that it wasn’t something only women were capable of doing.