One utterly embarrassing display of emotion quickly followed another and Elladora cupped Ursula’s cheek gently, reassuring herself that her sister-in-law did was indeed awake and alert, that against every expectation she had pulled through this betrayal by her own body. Leaning forward Ella pressed a dry kiss against Ursula’s forehead, unconcerned by the clamminess of the younger woman’s skin or the musty smell of her hair, instead focussing on the acute awkwardness she immediately felt at the gesture and relishing that Ursula would be alive many years yet for them both to regret the moment.
“I shall have your lady’s maid dig out the corsets you wore before the children came,” she offered, wiping away a tear with her thumb. Ursula had indeed lost weight, quite a startling amount when one took the baby weight into account, and the difference between the woman sitting on the floor with her now and the woman who had been busting at the seams last month was striking. “You won’t mind the loss of a few pounds when you fit back into them I’m sure.”
fabulous set by Lady <3