It took only an hour to arrive at Mother’s place. The maids were gone. The house was quiet and dusty.
Ever since mother was arrested, I have had no business here. The maids had called to tell me they were leaving and I hadn’t paid any attention to it. Now it looked like they truly left.
I was all completely alone. The driver helped me settle in at least and with nothing better to do, I began to clean.
I remembered doing this with the other maids just a couple of months ago, before Christmas. Before the wish happened.
I moved and sang and cleaned and danced. For some very weird reason, I was close to happy. Perhaps it was that moment before distaster struck.
Kayla’s phone rang and I hurried to pick it up, knowing who it might be.
Lucien.
“I knew you’d call.” I said into the phone
