Slowly, Red gingerly eased herself into the sweetly perfumed water. Her right leg first and then the other, and finally her whole body. Nice and warm with a sweet scent to the air.
The aromatics combined was almost enough to make her never want to get out of the tub.
She submerged herself and sprawled onto the smooth porcelain bath like a dead fish. When she looked up, the ceiling was a stunning shiny mirror that reflected her movements below.
She reached out towards her reflection and Red saw a woman stretching her arms towards something unreachable.
Suddenly, it had dawned on her the heavy responsibility she had come upon.
She touched her face and stared intently at her reflection above. Pushing stray locks away from her eyes, she saw the mark Raveesh had told her to be both a blessing and a curse.
What did he mean by it?