Chapter 46

• "Yeah yeah I'm fine" I tell him, tucking some hair back behind my ear. "Just a little nervous" I tell him as his quizzical look continues to pour into me. It's not like I'm lying; I am very nervous about how tonight is going to go, I'm also nervous about the next five and half months of my life is going to go.
• "Well try to relax, we're here now" Rhodes's soothing tone calms me for a moment as I look out the window. The car is travelling up a long gravel driveway that weaves around to the front of a large looking estate. A grand tall yellow building is wide open in front of us. Men and women draped in fine jewels and expensive suits ascend the staircase up into the expansive hall. It looks like something straight out of Downton Abbey, such a regal event where I will stick out like a sore thumb.
• Ambrose pulls to a stop and a boy in a grey suit immediately opens my door and offers me his hand to help me out of the car. I take it and step down onto the gravel, my heart thumping hard in my chest as I realise the walk to the stairs could be a disastrous one.