Chapter7: Memory of white dress

" It's scary, isn't it?". Ken made an awful expression to scare William..

" Awhite dress with red spots?"

" Yeah! To be exact it was like someone spilled blood...."

A chill ran down through Williams' spine.

He suddenly remembered a day exactly one year after their wedding . It was raining outside heavily and their colony was almost submerged. He and Marie was alone and they both caught a cold and Marie also got a fever alongside.

'I remembered, I suddenly started coughing heavily, she ran to the kitchen and made some tomato soup with honey. Well ,the taste was disgusting.and I was also in a nasty temper that day. So I threw the bowl and some soup spilled on her white dress. '

To be honest, he had no intention of letting her hurt neither he wanted to throw the bowl. Actually he just wanted to stop her from feeding him the soup and he accidentally slapped her hand which she was holding the bowl.

Any third person will see it as if he threw the bowl but he didn't. The soul spilled over the floor and was all over her white dress. It was looking like blood . When he looked at her expecting to show some anger, but no emotion was felt. Hurriedly,he left the place saying,

" I told you not to do anything for me earlier. It's better if you only look after yourself. There's no need to be concerned about me."

He just looked at her pale face , slowly looked at him and nodded her head. She then took a piece of cloth and started to clear the mess. He felt guilty for his behaviour but his pride stopped him to apologise to her. She didn't make a fuss and cleaned the place .

William just stood there and watched her. He even wanted to help her but he couldn't bring himself to do so.

'A CEO will clean the floor?' his inner voice told.

Marie then went to the bathroom to change her clothes and he heard her weeping.

' Tsk, again crying over something silly. She didn't even have self consciousness?? She will fall more sick at this rate. '

He also couldn't understand why she was trying so hard to remove the stain from a cheap dress . But little did he know how important that dress was to her.

He later came to know that it was the only dress that her father brought for her mother. He always knew that her mother married her father who was actually a daily wager against her family. It lead to cut ties with her family. To preserve her honour her father brought this dress with everything he had on their first anniversary.

William regretted his action and he searched for the same dress almost everywhere but that brand was no more.

He still remember Marie's pale face looking at that dress. She wore it on their first anniversary hoping for love same as her parents.

But how could Ken came to know about it? William never mentioned about it nor they both had ever seen each other.

" Ken " he spoke with a serious tone.

"Where from you heard it?"

" Oh seriously!! Did you think it was real? My god brother, it's not even 1st April...." Ken laughed jokingly.

If it was a situation earlier, he might have kicked him out of his office but today he suddenly felt a relief.

' No, Marie is not dead. She is still alive. I know I can reach her and beg on my knees for my forgiveness ' a small sound of relief came out.