Chapter 45: Highs and Lows
Earlier that day…
Orchid
I could not stand to wait around for Orion to find something with which to placate me. I wasn’t used to this. To being a kept woman. It sounded glamorous on paper but in reality I was like some exotic caged bird. Does it matter to a bird if her cage is made of gold or iron and if the hand that feeds her belongs to a haggard beggar or a handsome billionaire? A cage is a cage. I was having a panic attack over these disappointing results and I needed to know my cage door was open to stay. Suddenly, I felt alone again so I wanted to be alone and feel self-reliant instead of just lonely.
“I’m going out,” I decided, getting out of bed.
I would not wallow in this.
“What?!” Squeaked Rose, jumping up.
She had been sitting at my bedside with
