"Well, to many it's the time of the year when they put their daughters out for suitors. Everyone dresses to outshine the others, it's like a competition. Noble young ladies who wear the most expensive and trending dresses and jewelry are treated like princesses, and the ones who wear the least are treated like maids, as if they are nothing, with no feelings, just pushovers. All the years after I came of age to attend the ball, I have been in that position. So, you see why I don't look forward to it?"
Belle said with a dry laugh before picking up her son and going to put him into the cold water in the tub behind the wooden divider for his bath, with Evenly following behind.
