Rose4Emily
They're a friend's pearls
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“I wish to be excused for a little while,” Alysa pleads. “I just want to be alone and think about all of this. Give it time to sink in and allow me to defeat my own inner demons.”
She lets go of Michele's hands and slowly turns to climb the stone steps up and into the mansion
Michele feels torn between her desire to care for Alysa and her duty to entertain Josephine's guests. She finds serving and satisfying Josephine compellingly fulfilling, but worries, if left alone, Alysa will decide to flee the manor. In truth, Michele knows they can do nothing legally and little practically to make her stay.
Michele closes her eyes and counts softly and slowly to a hundred, both to calm herself and to keep it from looking to Alysa as if she continues to chase her. That might simply drive her away. When finished, she raises her eyes to climb the stairs to the rear kitchen door. She stops halfway up. A ways to the left of the door, she sees Alysa standing in one of the large family room windows overlooking the lawn. Michele stands there, waiting to catch Alysa's gaze.
She lets go of Michele's hands and slowly turns to climb the stone steps up and into the mansion
Michele feels torn between her desire to care for Alysa and her duty to entertain Josephine's guests. She finds serving and satisfying Josephine compellingly fulfilling, but worries, if left alone, Alysa will decide to flee the manor. In truth, Michele knows they can do nothing legally and little practically to make her stay.
Michele closes her eyes and counts softly and slowly to a hundred, both to calm herself and to keep it from looking to Alysa as if she continues to chase her. That might simply drive her away. When finished, she raises her eyes to climb the stairs to the rear kitchen door. She stops halfway up. A ways to the left of the door, she sees Alysa standing in one of the large family room windows overlooking the lawn. Michele stands there, waiting to catch Alysa's gaze.