Chapter 144

"Oh no! We don't have any clothes for you," Victoria told me apologetically when I went to her and asked her for clothes. She told me to take a bath and even gave me a towel. I was so excited because I could finally take a clean warm bath for the first time. I thought that the water would be warm, so I gasped when cold water touched my tired body and murky skin. I guess, not all people have warm showers like the count. "Wait, did you washed yourself with soap? Did you also used shampoo to your hair?" I shook my head no, because I was afraid that I would stutter again and I was also shy to call her mom. "Why not? How can you take a bath if you don't use soap and shampoo?" She asked and stood up from her chair and went to the bathroom while I followed behind her. "I t-thought I wasn't a-allowed to u-use them," I bit my lip in fear for I thought that she'd be angry at me. "Why not? You're our family now. You can use everything in this house except for the things we told you not to use," s