Nadia stiffened in her chair.  Her face was white as could be.  She stood and faced her step-daughter.  "How dare you, you little viper.  I took you in and I cared for you and this is how you repay me?"<br/><br/>She slapped Lilith across the face.  Grabbing her by the wrist, she dragged her out of the kitchen and up a steep set of stairs.  Cinderella could barely keep up as she was pulled to the top of the stairs and then bodily thrown into her sowing room.<br/><br/>"You will not only miss the party.  You will spend the next day in this room, mending ever stitch and hem in this room!"  Her face had the ferocity of a lion.  "And when we return, I will wipe the insolence out of you, until you never dare to speak this way to me again!"<br/><br/>She slammed the door shut and turned the key, leaving it in the lock.  Without a backward glance she walked back down the stairs and started to prepare her daughters for the party.