** Celestina’s POV **
“Go to Rain’s,” my father told her when we were at the door “She lives behind her shop. It is in the same place. She is a friend”.
Anemone pulled a black hood up over her head, concealing her face. “I will.” And then she was gone just as quickly as she appeared.
“I don’t think I can face Gloriana,” I told my father “I hate to do this to you, but I am going to be holed up in my room for the rest of the evening”.
“It is probably the best idea,” my father agreed. “Keep your distance from her. I will busy myself with some work. She usually tries not to interact with me very much anyway. I am here as a fixture for her, the obligatory husband figure. We have not acted like a husband and wife since you were born. Gloriana does not want intimacy from me. She wants a hands
