Hope woke from her deep sleep slowly, the morning sun shining through the curtains. She groaned as the pain in her stomach hit her. She looked down at her abdomen and pulled her night shirt up. The bandage was still securely wrapped around the wound but it hurt worse than it had the day before. She sighed and laboriously got out of bed, walking slowly to her wardrobe to get dressed for the day. Today was a good day, she was going to bring Sarah, Tommy and Ryan to her house today, she was going to show them Cyrus' house.
It took her longer than normal, but she finally made her way down the stairs toward breakfast. She didn't remember where she was supposed to go, so she meandered down the hall hoping a maid would appear. She would ask the first person she saw. No one seemed to be in the ho
