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de
ed on the blurry scenery passing outside the window. Her
ut her loo
ked at me since we pulle
d at me since I deliver
preg
efinitely not now. Not when we'd only lost my father a few months before, when my mother wa
n accident, but my mothe
o fill the bludgeoning silence in the tight space of th
ums in a
black and white sonogram image sitting in the cup holder. "
an expressionless mask. Her lips, which only a few months ago were con
sk. "When you were pregnant, I mean?
er voice filled with a playfuln
w her arm across the console, her mouth tighte
Paplovs hired my parents as caretakers to the sprawling estate when they were freshly married and my mother was pregnan
my mother is even more committed to her employer, Dominic Paplov. Our employer, really. As soon as I was old enough to work, I started alongside my mot
glancing towards the clock on the
d be back at ten
rustrated tip of her hea
tor's appointments can
ays. "You should ca
her. "I've always c
uests were staying in the main house or when a deal was being worked out, but otherwise, I ran between our cott
smile for me as a child. I'd seen him raise his voice to other household staff, berating them for simple mistakes, but ev
before," M
four years ago, so if he minded me calling him by his first n
ture sitting in the cup holder between us. She p

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