Chapter 2

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The sun was illuminating largely the Manor of the Stoker family. Two little girls were running in the garden, getting their white fitted dresses dirty. A slight breeze took the hat of one of them, putting it on the table where their mother was having tea. In a burst of laughter, the youngest one reached a chair and tried to catch the hat.

- Mara! Watch out! You'll break a cup. Her mother put the headgear back on her head, smiled and called the other girl. Willow, darling, your piano lesson will begin soon, let's go back inside.

Mara grabbed her sister's hand, then in the other side her mother's hand.

- Mum, can I come with you? Please, I'll be quiet. I really like to listen to Willow when she plays.

- Yes, sure honey. In a few years, you'll play like her!

Overjoyed, she sat on the red armchair in the bottom of the large room, staring at her sister playing for two hours. And each day, she started to come again. 

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