AllFreeNovel
Share Us
promised.
"We'll see. Wait until Gisselle works you over.
Well, I see you've been brought a nightgown to use
and there's a pair of slippers beside the bed." He
opened a closet and there was a pink silk robe hanging
in it. "Here's a robe, too. You'll find all you need in
the bathroom--new toothbrush, soaps, but should you
need anything, just ask. I want you to treat this house
as your home as soon as you can," he added. "Thank you."
"Well, get comfortable and have a nice sleep. If
you get up before the rest of us do, which is quite
possible the morning after Mardi Gras, just go down
to the kitchen and Nina will fix you some breakfast." I nodded and he said good night, closing the
door softly behind him as he left.
For a long moment I simply stood there gaping
at everything. Was I really here, transported over time
and distance into a new world, a world where I would
have a real mother and father, and as soon as she
could accept it, a real sister, too?
I went into the bathroom and discovered the
soaps scented with the fragrance of gardenias and the
bottles of bubble bath powder. I drew myself a hot
bath and luxuriated in the silky smoothness of the
sweet-smelling bubbles. Afterward, I put on Gisselle's
scented nightgown and crawled under the soft sheet
and down bedspread.
I felt like Cinderella.
But just like Cinderella, I couldn't help feeling
trepidation; I couldn't help being frightened by the
ticking of the clock that swung its hands around to
