Lily Steps Up by Judi Curtin

Author:Judi Curtin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Nellie went straight to the storeroom where the cleaning things were kept, but I ran to the kitchen. We weren’t supposed to have breakfast until the downstairs rooms had been cleaned, but Cook knew how hungry I was in the mornings, so she always gave me something small to eat before I did anything else.

‘Lily,’ she said, handing me a piece of bread and butter. ‘You’re so late – I thought you were never coming.’

‘Thank you, Cook,’ I said. ‘You have just saved my life.’

She laughed. ‘That’s what you say every morning.’

As I turned to go, Maggie, the laundry maid came into the kitchen with a bundle of towels.

‘Good morning, Lily,’ she said.

I stared at her as if I had seen a ghost.

‘Lily, are you all right?’ she asked.

Cook came over and put her hand on my forehead. ‘Lily, pet,’ she said. ‘What is it. You’re as white as the freshly laundered sheets.’

‘I’m fine,’ I said. ‘Really I’m fine.’

I turned and gave Maggie a big hug. ‘Thank you so much,’ I said.

She stared at me. ‘But I didn’t …’

‘I have to go,’ I said. ‘If Mrs Bailey is looking for me, tell her … well I don’t care what you tell her. I’ll be back in a minute.’

Then I ran from the room, leaving Cook and Maggie staring after me as if I had lost my mind.

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