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Chapter 53 - Getting engaged.

IT HAD BEEN A NIGHTMARE to arrange the extra things now that the next ball was going to be our engagement ball, but everything was done, and as Lesley made sure my new girl got me dressed correctly, I thought back to when Ella was getting ready for her engagement ball and I could understand why she was so nervous.

The first slaves had been set free and had moved into their homes, and I was one of the slaves that had been declared free, which meant nothing stood in our way of getting married. Nothing but the fact that I still felt as if something was holding me back. I couldn’t explain it. I loved Lorenzo. We discussed why he rejected me at length and I understood that he didn’t do it because he didn’t want me. I couldn’t exactly put my finger on it, but I wasn’t ready to take that final step.

At least the engagement ball was enough to placate him at the moment, and it gave me some time to figure out what I was feeling. My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door and as Lesley
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