Chapter 52 - Share A Story
Chapter 52 – Share A Story
Anne, who was sleeping with the blanket wrapped around her, finally woke up when she felt a cramp in her lower abdomen. Anne got out of her bed haltingly heading to the first floor while continuing to hold her painful stomach. Anne did not realize that the red stains on her pants were clearly visible from her menstrual blood, which had arrived one week earlier.
"Oh my god, you are such an idiot, Anne!!!!"
Anne screamed loudly when she realized that her menstrual blood had stained her pants. She quickly grabbed the clean towel hanging from the bathroom and ran to her bed on the second floor. Her face got red when she saw that she had left the bloodstain on her favorite white sheet. Holding back her annoyance, Anne uncovered the sheets and put them in the laundry bag.
"Why am I this stupid, how could I sleep so soundly and did not realize that my period is coming," muttered Anne in her heart cursing her stupidity as she carried the heavy laundry bag containing sheets, pillowcases, and bed covers down to the first floor.
After putting the laundry bag near the door, Anne decided to take a shower, she had to immediately clean herself from the menstrual bloodstains that polluted her body. After 30 minutes, Anne had worn clean clothes, tidied herself up, and washed her bloodstained clothes. She was now ready to go to campus.
Her gaze narrowed when she saw his laundry bag which contained very heavy sheets and bed covers. She had to go to the coin laundry to wash the sheets herself soon. After carrying her backpack, Anne carried her laundry bag and took it out of her room. While in the elevator, several other residents of the apartment had offered to help bring her laundry bag, but Anne refused subtly. She did not want people to smell her menstrual blood which was printed on the sheets, Anne chose to bring it herself even though the laundry bag was actually very heavy.
After struggling quite hard, Anne finally got to her car and then put her laundry bag into the trunk. She quickly started heating the car to get ready to go to the coin laundry which had been her choice to wash all her laundry. After driving for almost 10 minutes, Anne finally arrived at the place she was going to, without wasting time Anne walked straight to the cashier to buy coins in which she would put the coins in the washing machine. The coin laundry usually used by Anne was a public laundry service that was usually visited by students or workers who did not have time to do their laundry. Many of them usually only took 30 minutes to 45 minutes to wash all their clothes in that place. Likewise, with Anne, she used two large washing machines that were rented for £5 which had been exchanged with special coins that were inserted into the big washing machine.
Anne chose to wash without using detergent since her sheets had blood stains on them. She only turned on the washing machine and used plain water to wash the sheets, pillowcases, and bed covers for 2 minutes. After feeling that the bloodstains on the sheets had disappeared, Anne then used a special detergent that was available in each washing machine. Because it was still quite early in the morning, Anne had plenty of time to relax. She went to the cashier to buy some food to prop her stomach while waiting for the sheets to be washed.
"What's the special occasion that you came this early, Miss?" asked Mrs. Delila, the owner of the coin laundry who was also the cashier. She was curious about why Anne came this early. She did not hesitate to ask her kindly since she knew Anne well.
"A super special moment, ma'am, I did not know if my period was coming. As a result, the sheets I just changed yesterday morning have to be washed," answered Anne quietly while enjoying a piece of waffle in front of her.
"Hahahaha I see, so that was why you came so early. I guess it's a common thing to happen to women, Miss. This is nothing you should be ashamed of, Anne. When you get married, maybe you should wash your sheets every two days," said Mrs. Riley, the food seller who talked to Anne teasingly.
"Yes, what Riley said was true, Anne. So maybe you should have your own washing machine later," said Mrs. Delila in response to Mrs. Riley, smiling.
"Why do you have to wash it once every two days, Madam?" asked Anne who got confused, she still did not understand the direction of the conversation between the two middle-aged women in front of her.
"Because every night I'm sure your husband will definitely not let go of a woman as beautiful as you to get out of bed, so be prepared when your bed has many beautiful stains of your love liquid," replied Mrs. Riley quickly with a big laugh.
Hearing Mrs. Riley's words made Mrs. Delila burst out laughing, they both liked to tease Anne. Those who were quite familiar with Anne did not hesitate to discuss such adult things with Anne, who was still single. Anne's face flushed at the words of Mrs. Riley. She could not even chew the waffles she had cut.
"Madam, be careful with what you are saying, someone could hear it," said Anne curtly, covering her lips with one finger.
"Don't worry darling, you are the first customer in this place so it's safe," replied Mrs. Delila softly trying to hold back her laughter.
"Still, be careful Madam, after all, why do you have to discuss things like that this early?" said Anne curtly as she put the waffle into her mouth.
"Darling, you are so innocent. It's nothing weird to discuss something like this with fellow women. Sex education is an important thing, darling. Especially for women like us, all the discussions that we often share with you will definitely be useful once you get married," said Mrs. Riley slowly as she grabbed Anne's chin who was sitting in front of her.
To be Continued