My Best Friends Sister

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Eliza had just arrived with bags upon bags of gifts for everyone. "Hey girls! This house is absolutely amazing!" Eliza gushed. "Thank you! Here, let me take those for you." Lena said as she and Kara grabbed some bags and head for the living room. Lucinda was there putting some gifts underneath it with Alex and Andrea. "Lucinda, this is my mother Eliza." Kara said introducing the two of them. "It is a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Danvers!" Lucinda said as she pulled Eliza into a hug. "It's nice to meet you too! And please call me Eliza." Eliza replied. Lucinda nodded before returning to putting gifts underneath the tree.

When the gifts were all out Lucinda returned to her other duties, leaving the family to enjoy their time together. "She seems nice." Eliza said. "She's very nice. The chefs are busy preparing the food for tomorrow, since they'll all be going home tonight to spend time with their family's." Lena explained. "Oh that's very nice of you." Eliza said. "Well this is the first year that this house has had a full staff...so it only made sense that they get every holiday and their private family events off." Lena added.

"Come on mom...I'll give you the tour." Kara said breaking the silence. "Sounds good. Here take my bags with you to my room." Eliza added. Rolling her eyes Kara grabbed the suitcases and lead Eliza back through the house. "Ok...so this is the dining room, kitchen is just through those doors there." Kara said pointing to two doors at the far end of the dining room. "And over here is the door to the outdoor pool...and screened in porch. It's really nice when the suns shining, but theres also a wood stove out there too." Kara added. Eliza nodded along as she followed her youngest daughter.

They made their way up the stairs slowly giving Eliza time to look around. "This is mine and Lena's room, and that's where Alex and Andrea are staying. And down here...this is where you'll be staying. The bathroom has fresh linens and all your favorite products inside already, along with a towel warming tub. Lena swears by it." Kara added causing Eliza to laugh. "Do you want to unpack first? Or do you want to continue the tour?" Kara asked. "I think I'll unpack first and maybe shower off the drive here, then I'll meet you all back in the living room. If thats ok with you?" Eliza asked. "That's fine mom! I'll meet you in the living room later." Kara said before walking out of the room and shutting the door behind her.