Chapter 2
Downstairs Eva was introduced to some of the male servants and a few of the maids. Tony stayed by her side like a puppy who has just found a new master. “So what were you doing with Alison?” Tony asked pulling out a chair for her. Eva sat down taking another look around. There were six other maids and servants sitting at the round table aside from Tony and herself. The three maids each hung off their own servant as if to claim him as their property. The men, who didn’t seem to mind, sat happily joking with each other.
“Oh her, that guy in charge said she was supposed to show me around tomorrow and that I would be rooming with her.” Eva said looking to Tony whose hand was now placed on her shoulder. Tony quickly removed his hand and the rest of the occupants of the table began to laugh.
“Man I feel sorry for you” said one of the maids.
“Yeah, Alison is the bane of everyone’s existence in this house” several agreed. Eva looked around the table questioningly hoping for some sort of explanation to which Tony was more than happy to oblige.
“Alison is the head maid here. She runs everything in place of the lord and lady who are too busy. She takes her job way to seriously and is, to put it bluntly, a bitch.” he said looking around for the rest to agree with him. “She is way to bossy and thinks that she can say whatever she wants to anyone because she is in charge. Word of advice, just stay away from her.”
“Kind of hard to do when I’m rooming with her.”Eva laughed. “So I take it no one likes little miss princess? I mean from the things I have heard you guys say so far she sounds like she the kind of person whose only friend is her reflection.” Everyone laughed in agreement.
“Yeah I can see her now sitting on her bed talking to her reflection. ‘Oh you’re so pretty I wish I was that pretty’” Tony laughed at his imitation of Alison as the rest of the group pounded on the table at the hilarity. After the laughter settled down the small group began to dissipate and head off to bed until all that remained was Tony and Eva. The two stayed and talked for a while before Tony led her back up to Alison’s room.  “Remember she’s evil” he said before heading down the hall to his room. Eva sighed and entered the room. Her things had already been neatly set out on her bed and Alison was sitting on the bed across from hers.
“Welcome back.” Alison said standing up and dusting off. “I hope you had fun. My name is Alison and I have been giving the position of head maid. As you heard from Lord Rosen I will be helping you get accustomed to life here in Rose Manor.” Alison extended a hand to Eva who quickly took it and smiled.
“Thank you for setting my things out you think I could get a bath and something to eat?” Eva asked placing a hand on the soft sheets of the bed. It had been a long time since she had slept on a real bed. Almost a year she recalled looking up at Alison.
“I have already prepared a bath for you and I’m sure I can get you something to eat.” She said directing Eva to the bathroom. “There are towels in the closet to your right.” The two of them stood in a rather spacious bathroom with two sinks, a bath and shower, and a rather large mirror that reflected the two of them side by side. Alison stood in her clean, black and white uniform telling where everything was and Eva stood in a dirty T-shirt and jeans with smudges of dirt scattered across her revealed skin. She couldn’t remember the last time she had actually been clean. “Well I guess that’s it. I will go down and see if I can get you anything to eat. Enjoy your bath.” Alison said as she left the bathroom and closed the door.
Eva slipped off her clothes throwing them in the corner and slowly slid into the warm bath. She let out a soft sigh as the water washed over her pale body and began to relax her aching joints. Slowly, she stretched out in the tub and looked up at the ceiling giving another slight sigh. She’s not that bad. She actually seems really nice; I wonder why they hate her so much? Eva thought as she found the soap and began to scrub herself trying to get some of the more stubborn dirt to remove its self from her skin. As she washed away what seemed like layers of dirt and grime she began to think about home. It had been almost a year since she had last seen her parents and her little brother and she was beginning to wonder if she made the right choice by leaving.
Down stairs Alison was in the kitchen with the few straggling cooks who were passing around a bottle of wine and laughing amongst themselves. “Excuse me; I’m wondering if there was anything left over from tonight’s dinner?” She asked politely approaching the group.  
“Eh, just the soup, it’s on the stove we were just going to put it away.” One of the cooks replied taking a swallow from the bottle.
“Hey if you lookin’ for a night time snack I’m sure we got enough meat to fill ya up.” Another responded drunkenly and the others laughed, continuing the onslaught of perversion at her expense. Alison hurried over to the stove and fixed a bowl of soup for Eva grabbing a spoon on her way out.
Once safely upstairs she slid into her room and set up a tray beside Eva’s bed.  Alison then knocked on the door letting Eva know that she had brought some soup up and then got ready for bed. By the time Eva got out of the bath Alison was already curled up in her bed asleep. Alison ate the soup and soon followed, falling asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.