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Tiffany was just about to lie down when Lizzy appeared in her room. She smiled at her. "I have a job for you."

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The next morning, Tiffany took her time and put on her uniform. She brushed through her stringy hair, pout her lips, then sighed.

''First Karl, and Matthew, now Lizzy.''

Tiffany looked at her clock, then look one last time in the mirror before walking out of her room and heading to the mansion, where she entered through the kitchen as she always does. She still felt bad for killing that old hag. She thought that Horatio would have done something to her, but she got away with it.

"Well, at least now no one can bribe her into talking about what she knows." Karl had said.

He had promised Tiffany a better life at the mansion if she helped him, so she did. But now Lizzy was promising her a place in the world, a place to rule if she helped her. Naturally, Tiffany went for the highest bid. How could she not say yes?

She swung open the closet door, taking out the broom and dust