Present
When the light of day finally leaked around the edge of the heavy draperies and the sound of staff passed my locked door, I let myself drift off to sleep. I couldn't do it while the darkness gave cover. I couldn't do it as I stared at the glass doorknob and willed it not to turn. I wouldn't do it knowing that the old silver key that was supposed to keep my door closed could be pushed out with the right tool.
It was almost noon by the time I woke to the knock.
"Who is it?" I asked through the wood after I groggily made my way across the room.
"Me, child. Are you going to sleep the day away?"
I opened the door to Jane's smiling face. "Maybe," I replied with as much cockiness as I could muster.
She walked past me and looked around my room. Shaking her head, she opened my dra
