Here's the next chapter, and I did add talking in this one, so please mind the accents, THANKS! Enjoy!
Mary walked to Colin's door and knocked. She heard a muffled 'come in', and opened the door. Colin was laying in bed, with a empty pile of dishes beside his bed, along with a large cup of tea and some books. He was writing something down, and looked up when Mary came in.
Colin smiled. "Ah, Mary, I'm glad you're here, I want to show you something. Come here" he said motioning with his hand. Mary walked over to him, and he pointed to a large box on the floor beside his bed.
"Open it" he said. Mary did as she was told, and pulled the lid off, and saw a large bunch of red silk fabric in the box. She pulled it out and saw that it was a dress, and a very beautiful dress at that. It was a deep red, with gold colored lace and trim. Mary was stunned. Colin never gave her gifts anymore.
Colin pointed to a changing screen. "Put it on, I want to see what it looks like on you".
Mary nodded and walked behind the screen to change. When she was done, she looked at herself in the full-length mirror. She had to say, she looked quite good in this dress. The sleeves showed her shoulders, while they reached her elbow. Mary always thought that dresses that showed shoulders looked horrible, but this dress made her look elegant, without looking trashy.
Mary walked out to show Colin, and he motioned for her to come closer and turn around. She did, and he looked her over and nodded with approval. Mary was expecting him to say something, but he just went back to his writing.
Mary was disappointed, but had a question that needed to be answered. "Colin?" she said
Colin murmured something, so Mary said "Why did you buy me this dress?".
Colin looked up at her, with a look of puzzlement. "You don't remember?" he asked, "The harvest time ball is next week, and I need you to go to it, to make certain that the Carver name is held high, and that no one is making jokes at our family." Colin went back to his writing, leaving a very puzzled Mary before him.
So that was what he was up to. Colin didn't buy Mary the dress just for her, he wanted to make her a spy at the ball, and to show off the Carver status. Mary was upset, but not quite as surprised as she thought she would be. This was how Colin had been acting for six months, no affection or love anywhere, so why would he suddenly buy her a dress for no reason except to show her off to the other high ranking family's in the area.
Mary stared at Colin for a few moments, silently shouting at him in her mind. He looked at up at her. "What do you want? You have your dress".
Mary shook her head. " No I don't need anything, and I don't expect you to do anything nice or thoughtful anymore."
Mary turned and ran from the room, tears running down her cheeks. Mary burst into her bedroom, and collapsed onto her bed, sobbing. Colin only seemed to think of her as a item to show off to people, not his wife. Mary didn't leave her bedroom all day, not wanting to deal with anyone right now, until someone knocked on her door.
Okay, not much of a cliffhanger, but I just thought that I would try to leave a little suspense. Again, I AM NOT BASHING COLIN! Everything turns out in the end, just after some interesting things and events. PLEASE REVIEW!
Till the next chapter, Li Li