Ally rush towards the Bridal room. There are two guards outside the room. Both of them are shamelessly armed. Ally slows her pace as she nears the door. Both of the guards watch her intently. She comes to stand still in front of the bridal room door.“I am here to help the bride get dressed.” Ally tells the one guard. His eyes are cold and he gives her a piercing stare. The one corner of his mouth lifts slightly into somewhat of a sneer. He turns slightly and opens the door for Ally to go in.Ally enters the room, not taking her eyes off the security guard. When she is inside, he smirks fully and pulls the door closed. The whole encounter leaves Ally restless. She turns around to find Meg sitting in a chair. She has a night slip on.“Hey, Meg.” Ally greats softly. She walks to Meg and sits next to her. “How do we get you out of here?”“I think…” Meg starts but then pauses to look at the door. “I think I could ask them if I can go get something and then we can take off.” Meg seems nerv

Ally forces herself to remain calm and collected throughout dinner. When Eric finished eating, he excuses himself and leaves the room. If Ally did not know he was blind she would not have guessed it. Ally looks at Eric’s father. He stares at her with his cold disapproving eyes. Ally feels uncomfortable and excuses herself. As she pushes her chair out to get up a smile spreads slowly on the old mans face.“They usually die,” he says, rubbing a finger over his lips, “one disappeared, the rest died.”Ally looks at him with a shocked expression. His smile broadens.Is Meg the one that disappeared? Eunice died. Were there more women that did not make it out of this family safely? He sure as hell made it sound as if there were more deaths than disappearances. The whole thought leaves Ally anxious. She needs someone who she can talk to, but she thinks the only person who she would have been able to talk to, may have been Eunice.Ally quickly leaves the room and head to the room where she was

Ally wakes the next morning with less anxiety. She gets up and gets ready to do the rest of the dinner planning. She didn’t think she would enjoy it this much.When she gets to her office, she finds a package on her table. It is the invitations she sent yesterday to get printed. Ally is impressed with the printer’s turnaround time. She didn’t expect it to be with her so soon.She puts the invitations in envelopes as Eunice described at the bottom of the guest list. She seals each envelope with a wax bead after writing the name of the guest on the front of the envelope.Ally then attends to the menu and heads to the kitchen to discuss the menu with the staff. The head chef in the kitchen is one of the friendliest people Ally has ever met. It was wonderful talking to him.Dirk checked the menu Ally gave him and asked questions about how the meals should be prepared and plated. Ally is so grateful for her experience as head chef at the restaurant. She is not sure that she would have been

Ally pretends to be interested in the herb garden a little longer after the girl left. She is genuinely impressed with the garden though. All her favourite herbs are being grown here. There is nothing that makes a dish stand out as much as fresh herbs. She rubs some of the leaves between her fingers and smells the fresh scent of the herbs on her skin. She longs to get back into a kitchen. She would love to cook a meal and bring people happiness. Ally decides to head back into the house. When she lifts her gaze to the kitchen door, she finds that Agatha is still standing there watching her intently. Ally smiles and raises a hand to wave at Agatha. As expected, Agatha does not even return as little as a smile. Agatha seems to have no facial expressions either. She always has the same expression on her face. Ally cannot even think what Agatha would look like if she smiled. She is sure it would look very awkward.Ally walks to the back entrance of the home and steps inside. It is too ea

For the next hour Ally sits in the dining room testing dishes Dirk prepared. Every time he brings one out, he quickly explains how he prepared it and asked if she would like to make any changes. Ally was impressed with every dish. She did not dare to give Dirk as much as a knowing look, for Agatha was patiently standing in the corner of the room, watching them intently.Ally feels irritated with Agatha. Being watched like this is unnecessary.After Ally made her selection of the dishes for the dinner party, Dirk clears up the table and leaves the room.Ally excuses herself from Agatha and leaves also. She tried so many dishes, she is not sure if she will be hungry by dinner.As Ally moves through the doorway, she notices that Eric’s home office door is closed. She goes to it and hears him speaking inside. Ally stands in the hallway listening for a second. She cannot hear a second voice in the room. She assumes that Eric is on a phone call.She knocks on the door softly. The conversa