Bryony listened to the list of treatments, wondering if all this was really necessary. Her mother obviously though it was, which didn't exactly cheer Bryony up any. She needed a whole afternoon of professional help just to be presentable, and Merlin knew that even that wouldn't actually help. She forced a smile to her face, though, knowing that none of it was Gemma's fault.
She followed Gemma into the 'hot room', which wasn't so much hot as pleasantly warm. Bryony liked the low light and the candles, at least until Gemma pointed out the shelves. "My -" Oh. She supposed she should have foreseen this. Her mother and sisters had had massages, she wasn't unfamiliar the procedure.
Well, she supposed there was nothing for it. If it got back to her mother that she'd refused she'd only have more fuel to pressure Bryony into losing weight. If she knew that Bryony was ashamed of her body... "Okay," she said, her voice small and her cheeks pink - which could fortunately be put down to the heat.