HEAVEN & HELL
The twins could not know Millie was there.
Soon, Millie's hair was trimmed, and dried and put up in a beautiful and elegant style. When Otis came to do her make-up that Millie heard it. The laugh - there was only one person in the world who laughed like that, she had been the recipient of it many a time - Ruby.
She stiffened in the chair, and Otis gently squeezed her shoulders, trying to relax her.
"It's okay, Millie. They don't know you're here. Nick was most insistent on that," Otis murmured, his voice as deep and dark as his colouring. "Just relax, everything is fine."