Music Recommended: Alice by Martin Phipps
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Madeline sat next to her mother and other women in the room having afternoon tea, listening to her mother and her aunt catch up like they hadn't met for months, "Madeline had not been doing so well today. How are you feeling now, dear?" questioned her aunt who sat next to Lucy. The vampiress had been polite enough to not refuse the invitation for tea.
Mrs. Harris looked slightly worried, a small frown coming to settle on her forehead, which she tried not to show as her eyes darted from her daughter to her sister-in-law.
"What happened, Maddie?" asked Mrs. Harris, but before Madeline could answer the question, her aunt went to speak on behalf of her.