SOLD TO THE DEVIL
Rules, Secrets, and Humiliation
There was an actual list.
I found it in the morning, slid under my door sometime before I woke up. A folded piece of paper, thick and cream-colored, the kind that costs money. Someone had knocked twice and walked away quickly. I picked it up off the floor in my dressing gown and stood by the window in the early grey light and read it.
Do not speak unless spoken to in company. Do not interfere in his professional or personal matters. Do not embarrass him publicly, in any setting, by any means. Be present when your presence is required. Be invisible when it is not.