156 Not here forever

If Maxwell were allowed to follow his dreams, he would have married Stella, making it impossible for him to set his gaze on anyone else, including Marianne. Anastasia contemplated it, recognising how individuals' choices led them to their current circumstances. 

"What about you, Anna?" her mother asked with curiosity. "You talk as if you and Mary didn't spend time together." 

Anastasia didn't want to lie to her parents when they had only reunited. And despite the bitterness she had carried in the past, some of the dynamics had changed. It would be a lie if she said she didn't dread her parents opposing her return to Versailles after the things the people there had done.

Before she could respond, her father spoke up, "Did they make you a maid?"