Carolina I had never planned a party before. I only had to wait for servants to prepare everything for us as I slumped at the dinner table. We mainly sat back, acted bored, and then gobbled pieces of turkey and boar. Oh, sorry, that was mostly Samuel and me. Luella was too prim to do anything like that. She was so perfect, although my father had confessed that I was more like our mother. Perhaps Luella was a changeling? I could only hope. But God, I missed her despite her annoyingness and how I “disappeared” whenever I stood next to her. It was ironic that I tried to blend into the shadows now that I did not have to compete with her in this world. Lewis was willing enough to help with the party preparations, although he was not too happy when I told him Daniel was my boyfriend. The fac

