Pressure Cooker
Copyright© 2022 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 4
Finished, she pressed the button under the table. The connection with the kitchen ‘comm’ was opened and the kitchen speaker beeped.
Cook said, “Yes, Miss?”
Amber asked Charles to bring the towncar around. Charles was at the kitchen table, with the staff. He was having the breakfast she wished she could have. He wasn’t finished ... but summoned is summoned and unemployment is a harsh mistress.
“Yes, Miss,” he said, and left his seat and headed for the backdoor. The staff was careful not to display any remorse over his wasted plate. The dresser was there.
When mom was alive Amber carried a Mickey Mouse lunch box to school. A PBJ on whole wheat, a carton of 2% milk, a couple stalks of celery, a carrot ... and a chocolate chip cookie ... her favorite. Sometimes there were two sandwiches. And ... every once in a while, Cook added a treat, an Energy Bar. Plenty. When mom was alive, Amber dressed as she wished. There were times when mom was appaled.
Now she carried money and ate in the cafeteria ... at the head table. Amber dressed in the school uniform ... hand tailored, of the finest of fabric ... and size three low heels.
The towncar purred its way from the back of the house to the front ... the arrival timed so the automatic rear door opened as she stepped off the last step on to the drive ... the next step was into the rear door and seat. The 1964 Lincoln Continental Towncar was the last of the breed ... the front door was hinged towards the engine ... the rear door was hinged to the rear. Make no mistake ... there was but one front door. That door was to the drivers side of the car. During the rare times the drivers side door and the rear drivers side door were open at the same time the opening was cavernous. She was never allowed to ride in the drivers compartment ... there was no door on the passengers side. Tiffany, Please insisted. A lesser human would refer to the rear doors as ‘suicide doors.’
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