A Reflection
Last night:
After her tense confrontation with Serena, Edwina Dawn sat quietly in her favorite armchair, her mind reeling. She was unaccustomed to being spoken to in such a manner—let alone by a girl so young. The last time someone had taken such a tone with her had been when she herself was just a child. She remembered it vividly: she had stolen her father's treasured timepiece out of sheer curiosity. Her father had been furious, scolding her sharply for meddling with something so valuable. But young Edwina hadn't cowered in the face of his anger. She had fired back, declaring that the timepiece ought to be hers and that it was unjust for her father to reserve it solely for her brother. The memory of her rebellion brought a thin smile to her lips. And now, after all these years, she'd almost seen that same fierce defiance from Serena.
That spark unsettled her. What had Serena meant with those words? That she had to eat with someone else?