I spend the whole day with Sylvana; it’s late and dark when I finally walk to my own home and yawn as I enter the hallway, letting myself in. I can tell by the silence down here that my parents have already headed to bed, and as all my siblings moved out before I ever moved in, the house is pretty silent. I drop my jacket on the rack and go to head upstairs quietly. Glad to have alone time and not interact while I am tired.

“Miss. Sophie.” The housekeeper, Ivana, calls me from ...