Chapter 150 150. Preparation Is Completed, Part IX
Julietta's Dressup
Translator: Khan
Editor: Aelryinth
"This is Phoebe. Thank you very much for saving me."
Julietta nodded as if she understood that kind of mind. "Iâm Jul-, Iris. Itâs nice to meet you."
At Juliettaâs greeting, Phoebe once again bowed her head and said, "Thank you very much for your help. Iâd appreciate it if you could drop me off somewhere. If you tell me where you live, Iâll make sure to pay you back."
Phoebe planned to return to her quarters for now. In most cases, the hostel would have cleared Phoebeâs luggage after she did not pay the bill. She hoped they hadnât thrown it all away. The lady in front of her spoke kindly, as if she were soothing her, when she saw her indisputable look of sadness.
"I think something hard happened to you. Itâs probably going to be hard to forget for a long time." Julietta said sadly, recalling the surprising situation earlier. If she had been unlucky, that could have been her. Something could happen whenever there was no one to take care of things in this unequal society. She felt so happy and about to fly away until yesterday, but suddenly she felt like she was thrown back into cold reality.
"I donât know where Phoebe used to live, but if itâs not close enough, why donât you lean on me until you get well? Even though we donât know each other, we can lend each other shoulders and comfort each other. Whatâs more, we know each other now?"
Phoebe looked at the talking angel with a bright smile with a touched face. "Would I be beholden to you like that?"...." She tried to refuse in a trembling voice, but she desperately wanted to hold the hand that the angel had given her.
âIt will be okay if I count on others for once? Wouldnât it be better this time?â
Julietta added her words to Phoebeâs conflict-ridden face. "I run a dressing shop. Iâm really busy these days. Iâd appreciate you if you could help me out as soon as you recover, but would it be too much of a favor?"
Phoebe wanted to do what she wanted just this once, only because of the good lady who asked in a slightly sweet voice. "I beg of you, lady."
"You donât have to say âlady.â Just call me by name."
"No, let me call you lady. You are the first person Iâve ever wanted to call lady."
Julietta laughed at Phoebeâs toughness, who seemed as if she didnât let her call her that, sheâd get off the wagon right away.
"Calling is not important, each otherâs mind is important. If thatâs convenient for you, call me that."
When Julietta answered, the carriage arrived at the dressing shop. As soon as the carriage stopped in the coach house, Gibson jumped off the driverâs seat and said, "Lady, Iâll get Amelie and Sophie, you have to stay here until I get back. You must not come out. Do you understand?"
Beyond the closed door, Julietta could feel Gibsonâs great anxiety, so she replied that she would do that.
Soon after he disappeared, a loud noise was heard and the carriage door burst open.
"Oh, my God, Julietta! Whatâs this look like?"
Sophie screamed unconsciously when she saw Julietta sitting back almost naked in a short underskirt, and her wig had moved back and was hanging on her shoulders. The woman cowering like a sinner in the corner of a carriage didnât even come into their eyes.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Be quiet. What if someone hears us inside? Give me the clothes."
Amelie took the dress from Sophieâs hand, as she was about to fall down in shock. She came into the carriage and quickly began to dress Julietta. Finally, Amelie put on her wig again and sighed, groaning when she saw the woman on the other side who was so intimidated.
"Whatâs going on, miss? Oh my God, itâs probably the first time Iâve been surprised like this since I lost my home to a gambling debt." Amelie said that and looked back at Julietta with an embarrassed face as she called for Gibson.
Sophie also looked at Julietta with a bewildered face as she looked at the strange woman in the carriage.
Julietta sighed, looking at the helpless two.
"Donât look like that. Phoebe, Iâm sorry. Let me introduce myself again." Julietta said, reaching out one hand to Phoebe. "My name is Julietta. Iâm called Iris now. People shouldnât know that Iâm Julietta. You will keep the secret, wonât you?"
Phoebe replied enthusiastically, holding carefully the hand that Julietta had put out. "Yes, of course! Of course. No, I havenât heard or seen anything about what just happened."
Amelie and Sophie looked a little relieved when they saw Phoebe nodding as hard as she could. Amelie told the approaching Gibson, "I think youâll need a doctor from the look on your face. Gibson, call Dr. Paulo at Forty-fourth street. Heâs a heavy-mouthed, so you can trust him."
Gibson nodded and hurried on.
"He must be out of his mind. He can take the wagon after we get off, but he is running away."
When Sophie looked pitifully at Gibsonâs running back, Amelie said, "Itâs not far away, but we can think of it as him exercising. Julietta, get off quickly. Fortunately, the annex is very quiet today. Thereâs no one here to see you," Amelie said sarcastically, as they to stay away from the annex except for sleeping, because of the group of the Prince came in and out of it like their own house.
Sophie was worried when Julietta tried to help the woman in front of her. "Julie, weâll take her on our own, so you go to the annex. Iâm worried about someone coming in while looking like this."
Sophie dressed her roughly and put the wig back on, but she jumped up and down looking at her busty figure.
Julietta thought it would only take more time if she helped, so she headed to the annex quickly.
After watching Julietta leave the wagon, Amelie and Sophie looked at the woman in the wagon. "Oh my God, your face is a mess. Look at this blood... I think you hurt a lot, can you walk?"
When Amelie asked her a worried question, Phoebe replied, feeling like she became guilty. "I donât have one leg..."
"Oh, my God. What happened?... Then put one arm on me and lean on me like this." Sophie quickly held her other side while the big Amelie almost carried the woman on her back and managed to get her out of the carriage.
"How hard it must have been like that! Just hang in there a little bit more. All you have to do is cross the garden over there."
As they entered the annex sweating profusely, Julietta, who had been waiting hurried up to them. "Youâve been suffered through a lot. You have a wound on your back. Are you okay?"
Only then did Amelie and Sophie notice the wound. They were frightened as they laid Phoebe down on the sofa and looked at her back.
"Oh, my God! Is this blood or sweat? Itâs blood!" Sophie was unable to see her bloody back because of her dark dress. She touched it and lamented, "How painful it must have been for the fabric to rub against the raw wound! Letâs take your clothes off quickly. If you stay this way and get caught in this heat, youâll be in big trouble."
Amelie quickly brought the bedsheets down from the bedroom on the second floor.
"I think itâs not going to be easy to go upstairs, but I donât know what else to do." As Sophie spoke she stripped off Phoebeâs maid uniform. Amelie grumbled, covering her naked body with sheets. "She canât even be here. Thereâs a man who comes and goes from here like his own house."
"Iâll tell him. Donât come in the future."
At Juliettaâs words, Amelia snorted. "Heâll not hear what youâre saying. Come on, I think itâd be better to clean out the empty bedroom on the second floor of the main house and have her stay there. Besides, if we are out working, the annex would be empty, but wouldnât it be better to have someone nearby than to be here alone? She could call someone to help her."
"Oh, that would be better. The bedroom in the main house has a bathroom, so I think itâll be more comfortable to stay in."