Ellias3 months laterSharp, rhythmic rapping against my bedroom door dragged me out of a dreamless, heavy sleep."Elias. Wake up. The first of the town cars are pulling into the drive."My mother’s voice was as crisp as the morning air, devoid of the tremor I’d been carrying in my own voice for ninety days.I stared up at the ceiling of my room in the Vance estate. A room I was forced to adjust and move into two months after my father's death.I didn't move. I wanted to sink into the mattress and let the house grow over me, but the door opened anyway.Claire,my mom, stood there, already dressed in silver silk. She looked perfect. Not a hair out of place, not a sign of the woman who had buried a husband three months ago. She looked like she was heading into a board meeting for a negotiation."Your suit is pressed and hanging in the dressing room," she said, her eyes scanning my messy bed,a clear sign of disapproval written on her face."Don't make me send someone to come fetch you. We
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