Chapter 22

The next morning, I'm still laying in my comfortable bed, wrapped up in a soft purple fuzzy blanket when my door was pushed up. The maid from yesterday came walking into my room, not saying a word, and she headed straight towards my window. She yanked the blind up, and the bright morning sun suddenly filled my room, causing me to quickly squeeze my eyes shut.

“What are you doing?” I mumbled and jerked my fuzzy blanket over my face, not wanting to be woken up fully just yet.

“Mrs. Blackmore has been awake since seven this morning ready to start yalls mother and daughter day. It's now nine, and she has been waiting for two hours, allowing you to sleep longer, but it's time for you to get up now,” she informed me before walking across my room, and doing the same thing with my other window blind.

“Too much light,” I hissed, when I felt the sun beating down against the thin blanket. “I'll be down in a little while.”

“No. You need to get up now,” she said and yanked my blanket off me, forci