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Chapter Twenty-Four: Love and Hate.
“So…how much would an empty gem cost?” I asked Beatrice, and she laughed.
“I don’t know. How much are you willing to pay for an empty chocolate wrapper?” she asked, and I frowned.
“Okay…that’s not fair, I mean this empty gem.” I pointed to the crystal. “has..mystery, a whole amount of juicy myths, conspiracies. I mean I’d say it’s half a chocolate plus its wrapper.”
“Calm down. I am not your target market.” She dismissed.
Beatrice scratched her chin, then cleared her throat.
“Fine, I’ll ask an archaeologist friend of mine about its historical value, though…he may be a little cooky.”
“What you mean?”
“You’ll see if you ever get to meet him.” She said then turned to the dresses on my spinning dresser. Beatrice paused for a few seconds then began stripping dresses hapha
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“Wait, why are you shocked?” Bea turned to me.“Oh, perhaps the lady did not know this then,” Magdalene excused my reaction, then continued. “But you did save my life, or rather gave me a chance.”“Saved your life?” I frowned. “Wait, sit down, you are not making any sense?” I said then offered her my seat, but she shook her head instead of sitting in the designated chair.“My lady, first, we should change your garments.” She said, stepping aside from the door, then curtsied. As though to gesture that I should enter the room.Magdalene had a certain grace that I hadn’t spotted before. She was not as clumsy and eager as Mary was. It was more that she was certain of her position in my life, she did not possess the fear that most of my staff had, rather, she looked completely at ease, ‘suggesting’ that I do things. It made me feel sort of like, what I imagined a we
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