After taking a long dip in the bathtub for an hour, I stepped out and as soon as I had finished drying my hair, Gloriana appeared in the doorway of the bathroom startling me “You performed really well last night,” she smiled.
Taking deep breaths, I calmed my startled heart that was galloping in my chest “Thank you, Gloriana,” I replied. I am a bit shocked to see her standing in my room. She rarely spoke to me or gave me the time of the day unless it was out of necessity or to give me one of her “life’s survival lessons”.
Her lips were turned up in a mocking smile “It was silly of me to ask you to start calling me by my name,” she said lightly shaking her head ‘What is she talking about now?’. She twirled a few strands of her hair with her fingertips.
“Gloriana. That is what you wanted m
