71 71 A Gift For Company (1/2)

Irene looked at Amelia and sighed. ”Oh, my baby girl is all grown up. This is amazing. I think that you picked the right one. Now, what style of headcover were you thinking?”

Edna carried the first one over and looked at Amelia. ”You have such beautiful long hair. I do not know which one to choose.” She held the first one up.

”Not that one Mother Edna.” Amelia elegantly glides across the tatami mats and looks at the headcovers and stops at once. She bends down and picks it up. ”This one.”

Edna looks at the one in her hands and smiles. ”Yes, I think that you are right, it is simply lovely. I think that it will match the shiromuku well.” She walks over and takes the headcover and holds it up over Amelia's head. ”Irene isn't this simply divine?”

”Amelia, it looks absolutely stunning. I can not believe that you will really be getting married. Edna, you are amazing and thank you for preparing all these shiromuku.” Irene smiles while holding back her tears.

”Irene, it was not a big issue for me. I am happy that I could help even just a little bit.” Edna lowers the headcover and places it in the, it has been selected area in the banquet room. ”Okay, we will hang the shiromuku on this post as we do not want it to be packed away. Amelia, are there any more that you would like to try on?”

Amelia looked at the room and shook her head no. ”I know that some ladies like to change multiple times but I think that it would be best to only wear the one.” She stood still and allowed Irene and Edna, help her out of the shiromuku. ”I do thank you for the kind offer though.”

”Nonsense. It is your right to try these on but if you only want the one then that is what we will do. As I told you earlier. This is your wedding so you get the final say. I will get the maids to clean this room up today so that everything gets packed up.” Edna smiles and looks at the outfit one last time.

Amelia slipped back into her sleeping yukata and looked at the shiromuku one last time. ”This was tiring and I only tried on one outfit. I will retire back to my room.” She bowed and headed to the door.

”Yes, of course. Please rest all that you need to. I will make sure that everything gets settled. You will not need to worry about a thing.” Edna bows to Amelia and watches as she leaves the room.

”Rest up Amelia. We will be here if you need anything from us.” After Amelia leaves, Irene turns to Edna. ”So did she choose something new or was it an old shiromuku?”

”It was an old one. She has such refined taste. It is not hard to tell that she is happy with her choice though. I just hope that she will always be around.” Edna smiled and started working on packing up the borrowed shiromuku.

”I will help you out.” Irene helped Edna start to fold the shiromuku's up.