45

It was a typical afternoon at the estate, the sun shining brightly over the well-manicured lawns and gardens. But for Stephanie, something felt off. She couldn't place her finger on it, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something was about to happen.

Her stomach was growling so she decided to go to the kitchen to fix something up for herself to eat. She stepped into the large kitchen and looked around instead of whipping something up like she had intended.

"Woah, this place is so huge!" She said to herself as she continued to look around. She walked up to where the plates were racked and ran her hands over the plates. The only place she had seen these kinds of cutlery was in movies.

"I'm not sure I can ever get used to this." She said, smiling to herself.

"Do you need something, madam?" The maid's voice startled Stephanie and she spun around to look the maid in the eye.

"Uhm." Stephanie searched her head for what to say but no words were forthcoming. Even though the place wh