True Heiress Never Lies! novel · Chapter 21 of 24

Chapter 21: The Stand

"She hurts herself," the director said into the microphone.

"We kept a careful log. She picks at her skin, she breaks things, and then she blames the staff."

Heads nodded at the front tables.

It was a good performance, and the room wanted to believe it.

A woman near me whispered, "Poor thing."

I held the place card against my side and said nothing.

"I have cared for two hundred girls, and not one of them ever," the director began.

"No."

It came from the back of the room.

It was not loud, but it carried.

All the heads turned.

My bunkmate stood just inside the double doors in her diner uniform, with her coat over her arm.

Her face was the color of milk, and her coat trembled on her arm.

"I'm in the next bunk," she said. "I was, I mean. Row B."

"Miss, this is a private function," said Estelle.

"I'm not here for lunch."

She came down the aisle between the tables.

She stopped in front of the stage and looked up at the director.

"I mopped that cold room," she said to the whole room. "Twice a week, by order. There's a drain in the floor and no bed."

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