Chapter 11: Just like Toeris!
It took the queen about two minutes to get ready. But in this case, and, according to Nefera, two minutes were exactly two minutes too long!
„Stop whining, Honey, I'm ready now," Dedyet said, as she got in the bathtub as well.
Nefera usually didn't care how her mother looked like without her clothes on, but this time she looked different! As blunt as toddlers could be, Nefera didn't bother to say anything within three seconds. „Mummy, you look fat!"
The queen was surprised, suddenly she felt...uncomfortable. „F-fat? Oh, Nefera. Don't be silly."
„No, really, Mother! Just like Toeris!"
Toeris was an Egyptian goddess. The goddess of childbirth! She used to take good care of pregnant women. Nefera had already seen the hippo goddess on paintings in the temple! She had a round belly, just like Nefera's mother! Just that the one of Nefera's mother was a lot smaller than the one of Toeris.
Dedyet gulped. She wondered if it was the right time to tell Nefera that she would get a little sibling someday. Ramses and her had planned not to tell her yet. The risk of a miscarriage was high, and losing her sibling would probably upset Nefera a lot...
„Have you eaten too much?" Nefera asked, trying to find out the reason for her mother's weight gain.
Dedyet couldn't help it – a lip slipped out quickly. „Uh... yes. That must be it."
„You should eat less, Mother."
„Thank you for your advice, Honey. I'll try to comply with it."
It was unusual, but this time, Nefera's bluntless didn't fail to make her mother feel slightly embarrassed. As well as guilty about lying to her daughter...