Five days after waking up in Mr. von Kleist’s mansion, Betty started working in the kitchen. She was surprised that the other two cooks were also very young. Lorraine was twenty and in charge of the kitchen. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes. Beatrice was also twenty. She had shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. Both women were friendly enough with her, but there was something strange about the way they glanced at her when they thought she did not see them. It was almost as if they were sizing her up.
Betty was relieved to be working again. Every day she had been in bed, she had felt sure that she would wake up from this dream and be kicked out of the mansion. Now she felt she had a purpose. Maybe everything would work out after all.
After they have finished in the kitchen th
