With that, I drift off to sleep.
5
LEILANI
The noise tearsinto my foggy brain like a worm into an apple.
“Miss Leilani? Miss Leilani?”
I push my head up, an eye slightly open.
“Huh?”
The sheer curtains move like waves across the windows.
Quiet voices and laughter travel from outside, while a firm voice bellows out at me from behind the door.
“Fuck… Nona,” I murmur to myself, shifting my eyes to the wall clock.
It’s nine fifteen in the evening?
What?
I can’t believe it.
I missed the exact point in time that marked my twenty-first year of existence on this earth.
I clamber out of bed and push upright, looking for my robe, although no housecoat is decent enough for Nona.
She’s not that old and stuck in her ways, but she knows how a proper lady needs to dress.
And I’m anything but proper.
“I’m coming.”
My words make the noise outside the door subside.
Quick steps take me to the walk-in closet, which is almost as big as my bedroom.
Mirrors line one side. Antique furniture leans against the other.
It’s a world within a world, and I routinely use this space to lounge and read a book away from everybody else.
The comfortable couch and pillows are more than enough for me to get lost in a dream.The only downside that I see is the lack of natural light.
Luckily, I can adjust the lighting.
Where the fuck is my robe?
Another good thing about my walk-in closet is that it provides a secondary access to the bathroom.
I push the door open and look around the vast bathroom, which feels like a museum, with expensive art adorning the walls and a sparkling white, large clawfoot tub in the middle.
A glass wall encases the shower by the window.
Showering in front of the open window has never been my problem.
I finally find the fuzzy little thing in the hamper.
