The next morning Lilly almost missed breakfast. She’d been waiting to hear Charlotte’s knock on her father’s bedroom door, but it never came. In a hurry, she left her room and didn’t see what was on the floor in front of her door until she stepped on it.
It was an envelope containing money—her first week’s wages—and the amount was more than Alex had told her she would be paid. There was also a hastily scrawled note that read, ‘The carriage is at your dispos...