Chapter 121
"I do not need to-"
"Stay in the water. We promised the man you came with that we would get you all tidied up. We’re going to throw away this dress."
Rose was lost for words as a group of women gathered around her, taking away the dress Janice had bought and fixed up for her. "It could be washed," she said.
Laughter filled the room.
"He said your name was Rose. You cannot enter the madam’s business and think she would let you keep that filthy dress. You are lucky she took you in at this hour but someone threw water with the droppings of an animal in it so, how could she not? Just sit," Charlotte, one of the women helping to clean up Rose said.
Rose worried about where Zayne had brought her as it reminded her of a brothel. Except, there were dresses, shoes, hats, and bags all around. A separate room with a tub and something that reminded Rose of flowers.
"Where is this place?" Rose inquired.
"How do you not know us? Have you been living around a rock? This is where all the young women looking for a husband come to get cleaned and dressed up to meet the man of their dreams. The madam has gone beyond just making dresses. She wants to create art by tending to her customers so carefully," Charlotte explained.
Charlotte placed more petals in Rose’s water to have the scent get rid of the foul stench Rose came in with. "We shall make you look pretty again and send you back to that man. He has paid plenty for us to do this tonight."