A Housemaids Journey

<p>A Housemaids Journey by Darryl Martel<br><br><br><br>A maid should never be noticed. That was the first lesson Laura Whitmore had learned.</p><p><br>A good servant moved quietly did her work well and remained unseen. She was not meant to catch a gentleman's eye. She was not meant to linger in the thoughts of those she served. Because the moment she did her fate was no longer her own.</p><p><br>She had learned this lesson at Carter House where Lady Carter had dismissed her for a crime she had not committed being seen by her son.</p><p>She had learned it again at Rosings Park where Lady Catherine's sharp gaze had fallen upon her and decided she was a problem to be removed.</p><p>And then at Pemberley she had learned something far more dangerous.</p><p><br>Because Mr. Darcy had seen her too. But unlike the others he had not looked away.</p><p>And that was the very thing Laura had feared most of all.</p><p>Because what was a woman like her a maid a servant a girl with no name of importance supposed to do when a man like Mr. Darcy refused to forget her?</p><p><br>She had only ever wanted a place in the world that was hers alone. But the moment his gaze had lingered too long she had known.</p><p>She would never be the same again.</p><p><br> </p>