“Oh, this looks yummy, you’re a lifesaver!” Mary picked up her knife and fork and started digging in.
“Mary ... you’ve been going out an awful lot. Mr. Barrington might not have noticed yet, but ... just please be careful. I would miss you if you were gone.”
The phone rang.
“If that’s William, please tell him I’m asleep,” Mary said.
Yolanda hurried over to the phone in the corner.
“Yes? Oh, hello, Mr. Barrington,” Yolanda said. “Is everything okay? Yes. She’s still asleep upstairs. Tonight? Yes, I’ll tell her. Are you sure everything is okay? Fine. Goodbye.”
Yolanda hung up and walked back to the table. “Mr. Barrington wants to talk to you about something. He’ll call back at 10, and he wanted me to make sure you’ll be here.”
“I’m not going anywhere.” Even if she had the energy to go
