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I'm changing some names here.
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People who know me will know what I'm talking about.
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So, this started seven months and twelve days ago.
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I counted.
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My life was pretty normal until Dad lost his job when his factory shut down.
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Suddenly, we were broke.
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Like counting coins for gas broke.
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Not maybe we skipped Starbucks this week broke.
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And Mom heard about a job at the fancy Montgomery Estate.
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On our first day there, a Tuesday, overcast.
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I remember because mom kept saying the gray sky was a bad omen, she was a nervous wreck.
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Girls, please be on your best behavior.
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We need this job.
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The moment I saw the mansion, my jaw literally hit the floor.
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The place had more bathrooms than our entire neighborhood combined.
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It's like rich people said, what if we can pee in all directions?
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There was a fountain in the driveway that was just running water into itself.
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I kept thinking about how much our water bill was back home.
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Then Lady Charlotte appeared, like some kind of expensive villain dripping in pearls and judgment.
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So, you're the new cook, and these are your daughters?
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Yes, ma'am.
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Anna is very hardworking and responsible.
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Emma is also very hardworking.
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Emma smiled so sweetly, I thought I'd get a cavity just from watching her.
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But I knew better.
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That girl hadn't worked a day in her life.
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Fine.
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The cook position pays $837 a month.
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But if your daughters want to continue school, they'll need to work as maids to cover their tuition.
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Maids?
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Is she serious right now?
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We'll do it.
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Are you insane?
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Maids?
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Would you rather drop out of school?
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I'd rather you drop out and I stay home.
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Three months and two weeks later, I was doing all the work while Emma faked being sick.
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Anna, can you bring me some tea?
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My chronic fatigue is acting up again.
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Your chronic fatigue is called laziness, Emma.
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So now it's a crime to be tired?
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Just as I was about to answer her, I heard a screeching voice from downstairs.
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Anna, why is there a fingerprint on this mirror?
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Sorry, ma'am.
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I'll fix it right away.
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And this was my life for days, running from one task to another, never catching a break.
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The only place I felt free was the garden I started behind the mansion.
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One evening, I was watering my plants when Emma came running outside.
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Oh my god, Anna!
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Chris is coming home tomorrow!
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Who's Chris?
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Lady Charlotte's son?
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Look!
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She shoved her phone in my face, showing me his photo.
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And, okay, fine.
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Chris was hot.
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Like, unreasonably hot.
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The kind of hot where you forget how words work.
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Which, spoiler alert, I did.
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Multiple times.
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I'm gonna make him fall in love with me, and then we'll get married and I'll be rich!
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Good luck with that, sis.
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You can't even make your bed without chronic fatigue.
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Just stay away from him, Anna.
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I saw him first.
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The next day, Lady Charlotte was in full drill sergeant mode.
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Anna!
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Emma!
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I need you both to make this house spotless before Chris arrives.
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One speck of dust and you're all out!
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She basically threw cleaning supplies at us like we were in some kind of aggressive game show.
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The moment she left, Emma looked at her maid uniform like it was covered in radioactive waste.
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Ugh, I am not wearing this ugly thing.
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Besides, I need to look good for when Chris arrives.
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Emma, we have like two hours to clean this entire mansion.
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You're so good at cleaning, though.
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You can totally handle it.
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Emma, please.
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I can't do this alone.
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Love you, sis.
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She left, and I cleaned everything.
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In two hours, by myself!
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If there was an Olympic sport, speed mopping while crying internally, I would have qualified.
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Looking back, I could have told Mom what was happening, but part of me liked being the martyr.
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If I'm being honest, I got to feel superior to Emma.
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We were both playing our roles.
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By the time I got to Chris's room, I was beyond exhausted.
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I sat on his bed for just a second and fell asleep.
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Hmm.. five more minutes...
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Wait, why is there a hot guy in here?
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Oh no.. oh no no no no no!
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This isn't my room, this is Chris's room!
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And that's Chris!
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And I'm lying in his bed like some kind of creepy stalker Goldilocks!
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I jumped up so fast I almost gave myself a whiplash!
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His room smelled like laundry detergent and something woodsy?
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Cedar maybe?
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I don't know why that's what I remember.
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Whoa, easy there.
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You looked exhausted, so I didn't want to wake you.
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I.. you.. this is...
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I'm so sorry.
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I tried to grab the broom from him, but he held it away like we were playing some weird keep-away game.
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Relax, I've got this.
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You clearly need a break.
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But your mom will kill me if she finds out I was sleeping on the job.
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Well then, let's not tell her.
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Why are you being so nice?
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Is this a trick?
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Are you secretly recording this?
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No tricks, I promise.
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I'm Chris.
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I...
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I know.
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I mean, I'm Anna, your maid.
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Not that you don't know that.
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Obviously, you know that because I'll just stop talking now.
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But Chris didn't seem bothered by my word vomit at all.
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So, Anna, tell me something about yourself that has nothing to do with cleaning.
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No one had ever asked me that before.
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Not in this house, anyway.
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Um, I want to be a nurse.
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I'm actually studying for my entrance exams.
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That's amazing.
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We talked for like 23 minutes.
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I checked my phone after, and it felt easy, natural, like we'd known each other forever.
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Until I remembered Emma's threat, and reality came crashing back down.
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I really should go.
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I practically ran out of that room before I did something stupid like develop feelings for my boss's son.
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Too late, though.
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Way too late.
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The second I stepped into the hallway, I crashed straight into Emma, who looked like she wanted to murder me.
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I saw you in there with Chris.
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You promised me you'd stay away from him.
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We were just talking.
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You promised to stay away from him.
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Emma, I was cleaning his room.
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That's literally my job!
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If you ruin this for me, I'll tell Mom you were sleeping on the job.
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You wouldn't try me.
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That night at dinner was absolute torture.
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The dining room had this massive chandelier with maybe 50 crystals in it.
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I counted them twice trying not to look at Chris.
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If I thought avoiding Chris would be easy, I was wrong.
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I had to serve the food, which meant I was constantly near him and I could feel him watching me the entire time.
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Anna, pour Christopher some juice before you leave.
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My hands were shaking so badly and then it happened.
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The juice went everywhere, all over Chris's expensive pants.
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Ugh, you incompetent girl!
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Those pants cost more than your entire wardrobe!
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I'm so sorry, ma'am.
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I'll clean it right away.
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Lady Charlotte looked like she was about to spontaneously combust.
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But then Chris stood up, and my heart literally stopped.
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Mom, it was an accident.
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No big deal.
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No big deal?
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Christopher, those were Italian!
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I didn't know pants could have a nationality, But apparently, these ones had a passport and probably spoke better Italian than I did.
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I'll buy new ones.
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For one beautiful second, I thought maybe, just maybe, I wasn't getting fired.
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Wrong.
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Lady Charlotte grabbed my arm so hard, I knew there'd be bruises.
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Her rings dug into my skin.
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She was wearing three of them.
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All diamonds.
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Kitchen.
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Now.
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The walk to the kitchen felt like a death march.
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42 steps.
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I count it.
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My mom looked terrified when she saw us coming.
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Wendy, your daughter is a disaster.
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One more mistake and you're all out of here.
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Do I make myself clear?
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Yes, ma'am.
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Lady Charlotte stormed out and mom just looked at me with these heartbroken eyes.
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Anna, please.
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We can't lose this job.
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I know, mom.
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I'm sorry.
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That night, I couldn't sleep.
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You'd think I'd be panicking about almost losing our jobs, but the thing that kept playing in my head was the sound the juice made hitting his pants.
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This weird splashing sound over and over.
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Brains are weird like that.
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I needed air.
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And so I went to the garden.
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I was sitting there, trying not to cry, when I heard footsteps behind me.
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Hey, mind if I join you?
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I turned around, and Chris was standing there with his hands in his pockets.
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It's your garden.
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Pretty sure it's yours too.
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You're the one who actually takes care of it.
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We just sat there in comfortable silence, looking up at the stars.
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Or maybe we talked a little?
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I honestly can't remember.
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Memory does that.
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Mixes things up.
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But I remember feeling peaceful for the first time since coming to this mansion.
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Then I heard the worst voice imaginable.
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Anna!
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There you are!
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Lady Charlotte is looking for you!
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My stomach dropped.
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I jumped up so fast I almost twisted my ankle.
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What?
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Why?
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Did I do something wrong?
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She didn't say, but you know how she gets when she's kept waiting.
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I practically ran back to the mansion, my heart pounding the entire way.
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But when I got there, Lady Charlotte was already in her room, the lights off.
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I stood there, confused, for probably eight or nine minutes before I realized Emma lied.
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I ran back to the garden, but Chris was gone.
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Emma, what did you do?
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What?
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I just delivered a message.
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Not my fault if Lady Charlotte changed her mind.
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Something felt wrong.
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Really, really wrong.
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The next morning, I tried to talk to Chris, but it felt like talking to a completely different person.
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Anna, I can't talk right now.
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I need to focus on some work today.
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My heart literally shattered.
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Last night, we were looking at stars, and now he could barely look at me?
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Chris, did I do something wrong?
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Look, I was actually going to ask you out last night, but then your sister mentioned you have a boyfriend, and I just feel like an idiot now.
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What?
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It's fine, Anna.
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I should have known better anyway.
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Chris, I don't have a boyfriend and Emma lied.
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He stopped walking and turned around slowly.
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You don't?
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Emma made it up.
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I don't know why, but she lied to Hugh.
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For a second, he just stared at me.
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Then this huge smile spread across his face.
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Then would you maybe want to go out with me?
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Like, on an actual date?
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I must have looked like an idiot because I was smiling so hard my face hurt.
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I mean, I guess I could fit you into my very busy schedule of scrubbing floors and avoiding your mom.
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I'll take that as a yes.
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Saturday night?
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It's a date.
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Saturday finally came, and I was freaking out.
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I didn't own anything nice enough for a date with a rich guy.
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I ended up wearing my old jeans, the ones with a small hole near the left pocket that I kept meaning to fix, and a plain blue shirt.
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It was all I had.
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When Chris saw me, I wanted to disappear into the ground.
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I know it's not fancy or anything.
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Heh.
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You look beautiful.
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I look like I'm going to the library to study.
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You look like you.
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That's all that matters.
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We went to my favorite burger place.
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The spot called Patty's that always smells like fryer oil and has those sticky plastic menus.
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We talked for like three hours about everything.
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I remember he got ketchup on his shirt and didn't notice.
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I never told him.
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I didn't want the night to end.
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But, all good things end, right?
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Because when we got home, Lady Charlotte was right there!
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How lovely.
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Perfect timing, actually.
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Come inside, both of you.
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We have guests.
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My stomach dropped.
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Something about her tone was off.
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We walked into the foyer and standing there was this gorgeous woman in a designer dress.
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Red, I think?
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Or maybe dark pink.
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I honestly can't remember.
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And it probably cost more than everything I owned.
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She looked like she'd never experienced humidity in her life.
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Christopher, darling, I'd like you to meet your fiancée, Gwendolyn Sterling.
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I'm sorry, what?
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What are you talking about?
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Oh good, you're here.
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Can we speed this along?
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I have brunch plans tomorrow.
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The engagement we discussed, Christopher?
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Surely you remember our conversation?
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About your inheritance?
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About turning 22?
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I watched Chris's face go from confused to horrified to blank.
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Like someone had just unplugged him. And me?
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You'd think I'd feel devastated, angry, something big.
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But I just felt numb.
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I remember staring at the loose thread on my sleeve.
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Why do you notice the stupidest things at the worst moments?
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I...
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I remember.
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Say something!
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My brain was screaming at him!
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Tell her it's crazy.
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Tell her about our date.
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Anything.
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In my head, I imagined grabbing his hand and running out of there together.
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In reality, I just stood there, with my nails digging into my palms.
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But Chris just stood there too, silent, staring at the floor.
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The Sterling family has been very patient.
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The engagement party is this Saturday.
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You there, maid.
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Take my Louis Vuitton bags to the guest suite.
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East wing, second floor.
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And do try not to touch anything valuable.
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Those bags cost more than you make in a year.
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And just like that, I remembered what I actually was to these people.
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Not Chris's date, not someone important, just the maid.
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I grabbed Gwen's stupid bags and basically ran to the staff quarters.
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When I opened the door to the room, I found Emma sobbing into her pillow like her world had ended.
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He's engaged!
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He's engaged to some supermodel!
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Yeah, I noticed.
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This was supposed to be my chance.
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I was gonna marry Rich and get out of this life.
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Now she's gonna be the lady of the matter!
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Welcome to reality, Emma.
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It sucks, doesn't it?
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You don't understand.
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You have your nursing school dreams.
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I had this, and now I have nothing!
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Then Emma sniffled and said something that made everything worse.
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Oh, and Mom got fired while you were out.
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What?
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Lady Charlotte just fired her, packed up her stuff, and sent her home.
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No explanation, no warning, just gone.
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But what about our tuition?
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What about...
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Apparently, Mom made Lady Charlotte sign some kind of contract.
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She has to pay for our schooling until we graduate.
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Even if mom's not working here anymore.
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It's the only reason we're still here.
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I took a photo of that contract later I still look at it sometimes.
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That doesn't make sense.
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Why would Lady Charlotte agree to that?
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I don't know to this day.
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I still don't understand why she signed that contract.
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I have theories Maybe mom knew something even back then, but I'll never really know.
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Anyway, mom's gone.
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She left like an hour ago She left behind her dusty recipe book.
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I threw it on your bed.
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I looked over and there it was Mom's old brown leather recipe book.
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I opened it and inside was a note from mom with a weird
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Recipe on page 47 the safe holds the truth trust yourself.
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I'm sorry.
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I couldn't tell you sooner There were some numbers scrambled below the note, but I knew this wasn't a recipe It felt more like a clue,
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and I was determined to find the safe.
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The next few days were hell.
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If I thought Lady Charlotte was bad, Gwen was like Lady Charlotte, but worse.
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I barely had time to snoop around.
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Gwen complained about everything, and I could take it until she started on Emma.
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You there, other maid.
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This mirror has a streak on it.
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Did you even try to clean it properly?
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I stepped forward before Emma could apologize for something she didn't do.
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This is gonna sound bad, but part of me wanted an excuse to fight with Gwen.
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I was looking for it.
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I cleaned that hallway with her this morning.
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The streak you're pointing at is from the sunlight, not dirt.
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Gwen studied me for a long, terrible moment.
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Then she laughed.
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You've got guts.
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I'll give you that.
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She took a step forward, close enough that I could smell her expensive perfume.
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But let me tell you something about people like you, Anna.
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People like you need to be taught your place the hard way.
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She flipped her hair in my face.
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It smelled like that expensive perfume they advertise in magazines.
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The one in the gold bottle?
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And she walked away.
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The second she disappeared around the corner, Emma grabbed my arm.
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Why did you take the blame for me?
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Because you're my sister?
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Even when you drive me crazy?
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I don't deserve that.
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I've been awful to you for months, for years.
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I'm sorry.
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Yeah, you have been.
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I was jealous of how hard you work, how easy things seem for you.
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Easy?
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Emma, I've been doing your job and mine for three months.
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I know, I can see that now.
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And I'm so sorry.
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Let me help, however I can, please.
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I don't know if she really meant it or just wanted to be part of the drama.
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Maybe both.
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I decided to believe her anyway.
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I hesitated, then told Emma about Mom's note and the safe.
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To my shock, she knew exactly where it was.
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She had been snooping in Lady Charlotte's closet last week and had found it hidden behind her portrait.
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We immediately began to make a plan for how to break into the safe,
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and the perfect opportunity came the next afternoon when Lady Charlotte announced that she would be going dress shopping with Gwen.
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The second Lady Charlotte's car disappeared down the driveway, I snuck into her room.
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My hands were shaking so bad, I could barely move the portrait.
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Emma was right.
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Behind the portrait was a wall safe.
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It was smaller than I expected.
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Maybe the size of a microwave?
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Gray metal with a digital keypad?
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I pulled out Mom's note, trying to decipher the code she'd left.
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But the numbers were so cryptic.
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Come on, Mom.
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What am I missing here?
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Having trouble with that?
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I spun around so fast, I almost screamed.
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Chris was standing in the doorway.
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Door closed behind him looking more alive than he had in days.
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What are you, your mom?
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Is that a dress fitting with my fake fiance?
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I know, I made sure they'd be gone for at least two hours.
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I'm not stealing anything.
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I know, we both want the same thing.
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I really doubt that.
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You have every right to be mad at me, but my silence was to protect you.
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I knew my mom was hiding something, but I didn't know where, and somehow I miss the most obvious place, her own bedroom.
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I don't understand.
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I'm trapped, Anna, just like you.
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My dad passed away two years ago.
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He left everything in a trust fund.
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The trust says my mom controls everything until I turn 22.
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So why the engagement?
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Because she changed the terms.
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She added a clause.
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If I refuse to marry whoever she chooses, she can claim I'm acting against the family's interests and keep control forever.
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She can't do that.
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She can.
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I've already talked to three lawyers.
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Without proof of the schemes she's been hiding behind my dad's foundation, there's nothing anyone can do.
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Then let's stop her.
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Do you have any idea what these numbers are?
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Yeah.
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Looks like the year she was born.
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Chris turned the dial carefully and the safe opened.
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Inside were folders.
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So many folders filled with bank statements and blackmail records.
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This is evidence.
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Actual proof of fraud, embezzlement, and blackmail.
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The engagement party is in two days.
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We end this in front of everyone.
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Chris, if we do this, there's no going back.
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She's your mother.
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Suddenly, a loud crash came from downstairs.
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Oh no!
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I knocked over this vase!
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How clumsy of me!
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That's our cue!
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Come on!
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We grabbed the most important documents and bolted out of there.
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When we got to the bottom of the servant's staircase, we just looked at each other.
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Two days.
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Can you hold on for two more days?
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I've made it this far, haven't I?
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The day of the engagement finally arrived, and the entire mansion was decorated like something out of a magazine.
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White roses everywhere, crystal chandeliers, and a string quartet.
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By 7 p.m., the mansion was packed with rich people.
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You could practically smell the inherited wealth and mild tax evasion.
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I stayed in the background, waiting for the right moment.
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Then, Lady Charlotte tapped her glass, and the room went quiet.
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She smiled, clearly enjoying all the attention.
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Thank you all for coming.
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As you know, my late husband and I built this estate from nothing.
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Through hard work and dedication, we created a legacy.
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And now, my son Christopher is engaged to the lovely Gwendolyn Sterling.
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So please, join me in toasting.
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Excuse me, Lady Charlotte.
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The room went dead silent, and everyone turned to look at me.
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What did you just say?
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I said, excuse me, I believe you dropped something.
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Anna, go back to the kitchen.
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Now.
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No, mother.
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Let her speak.
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I want to hear this.
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Christopher, sit down this instant.
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No, I've been sitting down for too long.
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Anna, please continue.
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You could hear a pin drop.
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I was standing next to this ice sculpture of a swan.
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I could remember the cold coming off it.
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Everyone stared at me.
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If this was a movie, this is where I'd feel powerful. In control.
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In reality, my hands were shaking so bad, I had to press the documents against my stomach.
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I could feel sweat running down my back.
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The room smelled like those expensive white roses and champagne, and I genuinely thought I might throw up.
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For those of you who don't know me, my name is Anna.
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My mother, Wendy, was the cook here until Lady Charlotte fired her last week.
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She fired my mother because Mom discovered something Lady Charlotte didn't want anyone to know.
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Security!
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Remove her!
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Immediately!
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Two men in black instantly appeared from nowhere.
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Touch her and you're fired.
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This is my father's house, and I want to hear what Anna has to say.
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Lady Charlotte has been embezzling from her late husband's company for five years and eight months.
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$1.87 million, according to the documents.
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Money that was supposed to go to the Montgomery Foundation, a charity that helps families like mine.
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This is absurd.
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You're all listening to a maid?
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I decided to bring out all the copies we had made of the evidence, but was suddenly interrupted by two police officers walking toward Lady Charlotte.
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Charlotte Montgomery, you're under arrest for fraud, embezzlement, and extortion.
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They read her her rights, the whole thing, just like on TV.
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Took about 90 seconds.
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I called them two hours ago, gave them copies of everything.
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What?
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You're my son!
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I know.
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But I barely paid any attention to the chaos when I saw Gwen in the corner doing some TikTok dance.
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The one where you point at different things?
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I don't remember what it's called.
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Chris must have noticed too, because I saw him walking up to her.
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I'm sorry you got dragged into all of this.
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You didn't love me, I didn't love you.
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Honestly, this whole thing was exhausting.
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But hey, plenty of fish in the sea, right?
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I already have someone way hotter blowing up my phone, so bye.
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She shrugged and walked out of there like the engagement never mattered.
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Chris stood there for a second, then came over to me.
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I'm sorry I dragged you into all of this.
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I don't mind.
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I'm good at cleaning up messes.
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Well, not anymore.
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I'd like you to be my girlfriend, if you don't mind.
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Does this come with normal dates and zero secret engagements?
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I promise.
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Then, I'd like that.
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And for the first time since all of this started, everything finally felt simple.
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Lady Charlotte got arrested.
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The trial is in four months and I'll probably have to testify, which terrifies me.
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Mom helps manage the estate now, which is weird because she still apologizes every time she asks someone to do something.
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Emma's actually working.
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Not a lot, but more than before.
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Baby steps. And me?
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I got into nursing school.
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Not a full scholarship like I wanted.
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It's partial, and I'm still gonna have $23,000 in loans when I'm done, but it's something.
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I wish I could say I came out of this feeling strong and empowered, but mostly I just felt tired for a long time.
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It didn't really hit me until like three weeks later.
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I was doing laundry, found my old maid uniform shoved in the back of a drawer, and just sat on the floor and cried for 20 minutes.
540
My sister found me there.
541
She still brings it up sometimes.
542
Chris and I are still together.
543
It's not perfect.
544
His family situation is a mess.
545
He's got aunts and cousins who still think his mom was framed, and holidays are going to be weird forever.
546
Sometimes I catch myself wondering if I actually like him, or if I just got swept up in everything.
547
I think I like him, I'm pretty sure.
548
But ask me again in six months.
549
If there's one thing I learned, it's that real life doesn't wrap up neatly.
550
There's no big moment where everything clicks into place.
551
You just keep going, day by day.
552
And eventually, things get a little better.
553
Or they don't.
554
But you keep going anyway.
555
I still make my bed every morning.
556
Old habit from the made days.
557
Some things stick.
558
Although now, when I see a fingerprint on a mirror, I only have a minor panic attack instead of a full one.
559
Progress.
560
That's it.
561
That's all I've got.
562
Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “My Mom Tried To Make Me A Maid”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: lady, Emma, Chris, Charlotte, mom. Questo video contiene 562 frasi e 4404 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 26:50. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 164 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| maid sostantivo | /meɪd/ | cameriera |
| mansion sostantivo | /ˈmæn.ʃən/ | reggia, dimora |
| stare verbo | /stɛɚ/ | fissare |
| fatigue sostantivo | /fəˈtiːɡ/ | stanchezza, affaticamento |
| disappear verbo | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | sparire, scomparire |
| blackmail sostantivo | /ˈblækˌmeɪl/ | ricatto |
| embezzlement sostantivo | /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/ | appropriazione indebita, peculato |
| fingerprint sostantivo | /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ | impronta digitale |
| driveway sostantivo | /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/ | passo carrabile, strada privata |
| shove verbo | /ʃʌv/ | spintonare |
| downstairs avverbio | /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ | giù, di sotto |
| folder sostantivo | /ˈfoʊldɚ/ | cartella, fascicolo |
| perfume sostantivo | /ˈpɝfjuːm/ | profumo |
| tuition sostantivo | /tjuːˈɪʃən/ | retta |
| streak sostantivo | /stɹiːk/ | striatura, striscia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| turn around verbo | girare, girarsi |
| back down verbo | cedere |
| blow up verbo | saltare in aria, esplodere |
| clean up verbo | ripulire |
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire |
| find out verbo | scoprire |
| go back verbo | tornare |
| knock over verbo | rovesciare, far cadere |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Would you rather drop out of school?
- Anna, can you bring me some tea?
- Why are you being so nice?
- I've made it this far, haven't I?
- You're all listening to a maid?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | I've been doing · she's been hiding · I've been sitting |
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | If you ruin this for me, I'll tell · If I thought avoiding Chris would be |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is called · was covered · be taught |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has been · I've been · have been |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 127 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/, tuition /tjuːˈɪʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, embezzlement /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hardworking /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/, hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/, inherit /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: maid /meɪd/, fatigue /fəˈtiːɡ/, embezzlement /ˌɪmˈbɛzəlmənt/, fingerprint /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/, shove /ʃʌv/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: mansion /ˈmæn.ʃən/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, blackmail /ˈblækˌmeɪl/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, ankle /ˈæŋ.kəl/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come maid, mansion, stare.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.