She did not miss her old wealth in her new life. She would just consider it and the trade offs of the old life with the freedom to do and be as she chose. She allowed herself to feel the loss, then let the thought pass.
She had a routine and duties that made her part of the community: bakery and Faye; new dress on payday; library before work on late workdays; pub for shepherd's pie and karaoke after work for dinner on early workdays; and on her day off: cleaning her spartan room and doing her laundry after a full breakfast and catch up conversation with Beatrice.
90% of her life was good and that percentage was almost good enough. She liked the structure and the rhythm of it. Within a matter of months, she knew everyone, thanks to working at the bakery and hanging out at the pub and m
