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can fully understand everything. This is the
purpose of Enchanted. Does any of this make sense to you yet?”
Thelma asked.
    “ I know I found
The Spa and that saves me from having to find a job where I
actually have to work somewhere . You talk about peace, the massage and the hot oils they used
made me feel fantastic! Is that what you mean?” Ophelia said and
then watched as her cousins looked at each other, sorrow in their
expressions.
    “What?”
    Thelma spoke.
“Ophelia, you were told that your mother had died. We went through
great lengths to bring the urn of ashes here to E nchanted. Correct me if I am wrong, but I
haven’t seen any indication from you that you are grieving your
mother or miss her at all, and frankly, you seem to be very selfish
and have a superior inflated opinion of yourself.”

    “ Why don’t you
tell me how you really feel?” Ophelia said, looking very annoyed,
but somewhat sad at the same time.
    “Gertie has always
been a great beauty, but she is also very kind and strong. It
really does not seem like you know your mother at all, or even that
you care to find out what kind of a woman you had for a mother.”
Luna said, eating a piece of a chocolate cookie from the plate of
chocolates Thelma had placed on the table.
    “ I guess you
are right about me not knowing my mom. But you can’t blame me for
that. ” Ophelia said,
challenging her cousins with a stare. “I know in my heart that I
was here with my mother and that she took me with her when she
wanted to be with that mortal. I know it, so why don’t we cut to
the chase and you two tell me what you expect of me instead of just
watching me and waiting for me to screw up? Also, why did you both
recoil in horror because I want to rename The Spa? The truth I
mean.”
    “I just don’t know,
Ophelia, this isn’t my story to tell.” Thelma said. Ophelia looked
at her cousin Luna “Then you tell me.”
    “Perhaps this
occasion calls for a glass of wine.” Luna said. “I am not sure if
this is the right thing to do or not, but Ophelia does deserve to
have her questions answered. She is right that we can’t expect her
to understand if we don’t explain. Are you ready for this,
girls?”
    “ Depends, how
many bottles of wine do we have?” Ophelia said.

Chapter 6

    “ Years ago our
mother Ophelia, whom you are named after, and her sister, who is
your mother, lived in the old country. Our home was in a beautiful
forest area with water falls and vast areas of greenery and
flowers. It was owned by The Crown, of course. The medieval area
had ponies, cattle, pigs, various kinds of wildlife as well as the
deer, all roaming free.”
    Luna paused to
take a drink of her wine and a glance at Ophelia.
    “ Your mother
helped the Crown in the king’s castle that had been there since
William The Bastard was on the throne. The people who were not of
royal blood were called commoners. The king let us live in the
woods and for the most part did not bother us. There were many long
stretches of time where the king would not be in the castle. He
would be traveling and back then, travel could take months. There
were laws that protected the animals there, not out of any great
humanitarian traits of the royals, but because there had to be
enough of each species of animals for the monarch to hunt at
will.”
    “What do you mean my
mother helped the Crown? Like she fought in their army?” Ophelia
asked, sitting up straighter.
    “No, like in helping
with the laundry.” Thelma answered.
    “She was a maid?”
Ophelia said a bit too loudly.
    “ She helped
out. At that time, everyone was in servitude to the king. It was
just the way of life. Everyone worked hard. However, even then
people mistrusted what they did not understand or could not easily
explain. We had to keep certain things to ourselves and even to
this day it is the same even here in Enchanted.” Luna
said.
    “ Yeah, about
that – it would help if you two told me who knows and who does