Chapter Twelve: Chastity!
The Waddington Residence. October 18th, 2013
Her feeling of guilt became even worse the next day, when she got home from classes to find three gorgeous bunches of flowers waiting for her. Mrs. Harrison, their cleaning lady, had signed for them while Alina was out.
“He must have something big to apologize for, dear!” the woman chuckled. They were drinking tea together at the end of Mrs. Harrison’s shift. Alina liked these chats…because it was good to be able to speak to a normal person about trivial stuff. Rachel was always talking about work, and Charlie…well Charlie was always “in scene”; Zelda always had an angle to make money…and Alina still had to lie to her other friends and family about her real life. Of course she couldn’t tell Mrs. Harrison what was re
