Chapter Eighteen

Lexi

Three Years Earlier

I look up in awe at the huge double fronted town house. I crane my neck as I look up as high as I can to see the very top of the house. Huh! I lean to the side to check the number on the pillar on the left-hand side of the door. Seventy-one. I look back at the scrap of paper in my hand. Lord and Lady Black, Seventy-one Richmond Street. It must be a mistake, there is no way I would ever be offered a potion to work in such a magnificent home as this, and for a Lord and Lady no less. Excitement bubbles up inside me and for the first time in months my face breaks in to a smile. Maybe today would be a good day after all.

I walk up the stairs that lead to the front door. My grubby, black shoes leave a trail of dirt on the pristine white stairs behind me. I pull the chain near the front door and a bell rings out behind the door. I wait and no one comes. It was a nice dream while it lasted. My head drops so my chin rests on my chest and the smile tha