Alice<br/><br/>Alice knew she was late, and in the Henshaw house, that was bad. Very bad. Rushing around, she had been cleaning in one of the guest bedrooms when she'd accidentally knocked over a vase of flowers. Luckily nothing was broken, but she'd had to clean up all the water and redo the arrangement. By the time she reached the kitchen, she blushed in shame as she spoke to Cook.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry, Ma'am. There was an extra mess I had to clean up, but it's taken care of."<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath, she hoped they wouldn't punish her too severely.