Saved By Him (Monster #2) by Michelle Horst

Author:Michelle Horst [Horst, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

Sophia~

I get to spend the whole day with Miss Ella. I help her squeeze lemons so we can make lemonade. After that we squeeze more oranges for orange juice. My hands are red from all the squeezing. We then cut apples for apple pie. I’ve never seen so much fruit in my life!

I’m busy stirring the tomato sauce for the meatballs when Mistress River comes in.

“Sophia, how are you?” she asks all friendly.

“I’m good,” I make sure to smile.

Miss Ella comes to stand by me. “Now ask River how she is.”

I frown not following but I do it anyway. “How are you … River?”

“I’m very well, thank you for asking,” she says with a huge smile.

“Now that’s the proper way of greeting someone, my girl. And you listen when they answer. People don’t listen nowadays. If you care about someone then you listen when they talk.”

“Yes, Miss Ella,” I say quickly. I want to show her that I listened.

Mistress River pours two glasses of the lemonade I helped make. I watch her closely as she takes a sip and when she licks her lips, a warm feeling settles in my chest. She likes it. I smile to myself, focusing on the sauce again. Miss Ella said it burns quickly.

Jack comes in from outside and he’s got dirt all over him. Mistress River laughs at him and then says, “Go shower and then meet me here, Jack.”

He listens and quickly leaves the kitchen. Mistress River places some stuff on the one side of the table. I try to keep an eye on the sauce, while watching her. I see pretty pictures of flowers.

Jack comes back in, all clean after his shower. He’s wearing dark jeans and a black shirt. It makes him look good. My eyes go to Mistress River and I see the appreciation on her face. Jack is pleasing her, that’s good.

“Come sit next to me, Jack.”

When Jack sits down he moves the chair away from Mistress River. I hold the spoon tighter and I watch for her reaction.

She doesn’t seem bothered as she places the stuff in front of him. “I’ve gotten a list of flowers for you to start with, seeing as you love them so much.” She points to one and says, “That is a shooting star, Jack.”

I try to see what she’s pointing at but the picture is too far from me.

She picks up a pen and then asks him, “Which hand is your stronger hand?”

He holds up his left hand and I look down at my own hands. I’m stirring with my right hand, I suppose that’s my stronger hand.

When I look up again I see that Mistress River is leaning over Jack. She’s holding his hand. I forget about stirring as I watch her teach Jack how to write.

I watch them while doing my work. Jack gets lost in what he’s doing and he almost looks happy.

I pour the sauce over the meatballs and then Miss Ella says, “Ten minutes to dinner time.” She comes to check if I’ve done it right and then pats my arm.

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