Chapter 5
That afternoon Ember was happy to find out her crutches had come. That evening the cars started arriving. Lady Edith was delighted, for the first time in a long while she was the center of attention. "Happy Birthday Edith dear" said Lady Merrierys. The last guest to arrive was to some peoples surprise was Michael Gregson. The dinner finished and the guest's trickled out one. Of course Gregson was the last to leave.
Once the party had dispersed all the staff went downstairs to finally have their dinner. Everyone headed downstairs except Thomas he walked to the east wing and found a excited Ember ready to go. He gave her the crutches and they slowly walked down the hallway, well he walked, Ember wobbled greatly, twice he had to sturdy her. He could see the distress on her face when he was describing the best way to get down the stairs. After a moment of silent deliberation in his mind Thomas held Ember around the waist set her crutches about picked her up and very carefully carried her down the stairs. He let her lean against the wall as he climbed back up the stairs to retrieve her crutches. He thought as he was walking back down the stairs he realized that she hardly weighed anything at all. Mrs. Patmore served a hearty potato soup with bread on the side. "So is it weird not being able to see?" asked Daisy. "Daisy what time of a question is that?" said Mrs. Patmore with a chuckle. "There's nothing wrong with that question daisy. I must say it's very odd. I actually have no idea what any of you look like." said Ember. Thomas noticed that again she hardly touched her food. When the dinner ended He walked outside and had his usual smoke before turning in. Meanwhile Ember was retching in the lue. Aster that she felt like a breath of fresh air would do her some good so Anna walked her outside. Thomas turned around and helped her sit on the bench outside in the cold November air. "You know you should stop smoking Thomas it's not good for you." after saying this she started to shake and ended up sobbing on Thomas shoulder. "Talk to me, like you did during the war, please" Ember managed to choke out whilst crying. Thomas of course wanted to know what was going on but he saw now was not the time for questions. "Look up at the stars" said Thomas tilting her head skyward. "They're so bright, think about it there are millions of people looking at those same stars, and one at least one of those millions of people is thinking about you too. I am for one." said Thomas in a soothing voice.
From the window inside Mrs. O'Brian could see Thomas, happy. One thing for sure she would never forget a grudge. She had still not gotten her revenge for messing with Alfred's possible employment at Crawley House. That evening before going to bed she wrote a letter….
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