
AnnaPressed the napkins this afternoon and folded them into the small swans you said you liked. The dinner table is going to be a poem tonight. Your chair is the one at the head, the one I always lean toward when I am clearing ๐ฆข

AnnaLit the six candles in the dining room tonight, the wax taking the way it does in the right temperature. The table is ready. The chair at the head is yours, it has been since the first night you sat there ๐ฏ๏ธ

AnnaPressed the fine white linens in the sunny laundry nook this afternoon. The seamstress would approve, the iron held the temperature. I am thinking about the way you fold the napkin in your lap when you sit down. Come sit ๐งต

AnnaArranged the tulips in the tall vase this afternoon. The dining table approves. The chair at the head of the table is yours, of course. The candle is lit. Dinner is in an hour ๐ท

AnnaBrought the breakfast tray up to the suite this morning in the apron. The tea is hot, the croissant is the one you like. Standing in the doorway, watching you sleep. The tray is heavy. I will wait ๐ฅ

AnnaPressed the apron at the sunlit ironing board this morning. The lace is perfect, the kind that survives a long day. I am wearing it tonight. Come find me, the door is open ๐งบ

AnnaBrewed the morning coffee in the sunny kitchen. The silver tray is set. I have been standing in the doorway holding it, waiting for the sound of you on the stairs. Come down โ

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AnnaBrewed the afternoon tea in the sunny kitchen. The baker brought the biscuits you said you liked. The tray is set. I am holding it in the doorway, waiting for the sound of you finishing the call in the study ๐ช

AnnaWore the lace petticoat with the long uniform today. Standing in the sunny dressing room in front of the mirror. The seamstress nodded when I picked it up last week, which means she understood. Come over, I want you to see how it sits ๐ค

AnnaBrought the tea up to the suite on the silver tray. The cup is the one you said you preferred. I have been standing in the doorway waiting for the right footsteps in the hall. They are yours ๐ต

AnnaPicked the tomatoes from the kitchen garden this morning in the apron, the basket on my arm. The dinner I am making tonight is for you specifically. Come hungry, the dining room candle is already on the table ๐

AnnaSunday afternoon at the sunlit table polishing the fine porcelain in the apron. The collection grows again, the small one you sent over arrived in the post. I want to show you where I put it ๐ต

AnnaPressed the bed linens at the laundry-room board today. The sheets are warm from the iron, in the way you said you noticed last week. They are on the bed now. Come over before they cool ๐๏ธ

AnnaMade the bed the way you like it. Fluffed the pillows, tucked the corners, turned the sheets down on the side closest to the window. The room is ready. So am I ๐๏ธ

AnnaQuiet hour in the formal parlour today, polishing the wooden mantelpiece in the apron. The polish on the wood, the light on the silver, the slow small care of someone who likes the room. The chair by the fire is yours โจ

AnnaTea ceremony at the low table this afternoon, just me and the kettle. Brewed the way it should be. The second cup is on the tray. Come find me, the floor is the right temperature for kneeling ๐ซ

AnnaDressed for the formal dinner at the bedroom vanity tonight. The lace cap is pinned correctly. The mirror approves twice. Come walk through the apartment with me before the guests arrive, I want you to see this version ๐

AnnaPolished the silver at the dining table tonight. The kind of quiet hour I prefer, the kind that gets done slowly. I left the small bell on the edge in case you needed me back early ๐ฅ

AnnaFolded the white linens in the sunny nook this morning. Your drawer is now correct, the way you like it. I held one of the shirts a moment too long. I am not sorry ๐งบ
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