When she woke up, the housekeeper came to find her. "Ma'am, Mr. Sutton is here."
Anne Sutton sat up in bed. "Didn't I tell you to just send him away if he ever came again?"
"We tried to send him away today!" the housekeeper said. "But he refuses to leave. He said he has something important to tell you."
"..."
Hearing this, Anne Sutton said, "What business could he possibly have with me?"
She got out of bed and stood before the mirror, running her fingers through her hair.
The housekeeper said, "He insisted that you must see him, that you wouldn't regret it. He also said... it's about the child you lost."
"..." At these words, Anne Sutton's fingers froze. She glanced at the housekeeper in the mirror's reflection.
The new housekeeper was a woman who had been hired recently. She was very competent, having proven her reliability during a trial period before being brought on permanently.
After a moment, Anne Sutton said, "Let him in."
