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THIRTEEN YEARS AGO
EMMA
IT REQUIREs a bus to get anywhere remotely near the mansion, but the
place is so far from the town of Crystal River – and seemingly from the rest
of human civilization – that Mom and I still have to walk three damn miles
from the bus stop to even reach the front gates of the sprawling complex.
And this certainly isn’t helped by the fact that I am hauling a heavy bag
with all my earthly possessions behind me.
With all the extra baggage, the walk hurts – it really freaking hurts – but
I have silently promised myself that I am not going to open my big dumb
mouth and complain. Nope. Nada. I spotted the obvious stress on Mom’s
face as we sat on the bus for the ride up here, and that expression is
motivation enough not to moan about all this travel. Mom is clearly anxious
beyond belief, and I can’t blame her.
This new job means everything to her.
It’s our last chance as a mother and daughter to make some money and
actually live.
And I ain’t about to ruin things by complaining about how heavy my
bag is as I pull it along the road or by moaning about how far this mansion
is from the bus stop.
This is the first time I’ve stepped foot in this part of the country. Even
though I am just fifteen – traveling and living in countless states has become
the norm for me, so Crystal River is simply another stop in a whole line of
temporary stops in my short life. I glimpsed the actual town only for the
briefest of glimpses as we trundled into the station this morning on the train
and waited for the bus. And, boy, it is definitely a small town out in the
middle of nowhere. Crystal River is even smaller than I imagined for a
town which boasts of a full-blown university.
“Is this it?” I ask Mom as we finally reach some very high walls and an
even higher gate. My breath is knocked out of me as I stop and blink up at
the impressive security that rises out of the ground at the end of this road.
Mom turns to me, her brown hair sticking to her forehead with sweat
and the lines on her face even deeper because of the stress.
“This is it,” she replies, just as breathless as me. “The Penmayne family
mansion. Our new home, and our new job.”
“It’s pretty damn impressive,” I remark with an admiring whistle.
“Don’t curse.”
“I didn’t,” I retort. “I just said damn.”
Mom rolls her eyes.
“Emma, this is a new start for me,” she says. “It’s a new start for us.
This is an amazing opportunity that I can’t afford to lose. You know more
than anyone, Emma, that maids usually never get the chance at a stable,
long-term, well-paid job like this, so we have to be polite and thankful and
specifically not use any curse words. You got that? And especially around
our new employer; the cleaning agency told me she’s a fascist when it
comes to the rules.”
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