CHAPTER 49

  Elizabeth's Point Of View

  The big circular window on the east looks over the whole forest from such height, it looks tiny. My head doesn't bump against the roof despite to its slant due to my short frame.

  I find a broom and quickly dust off the floor when someone knocks on the door on the floor. I open it to come face to face with a boy about my age. His big violet eyes stare at me, curiosity obvious on his features.

  "Yes?" I inquire.?

  "Are you Elizabeth?" he blinks animatedly.?

  My lips tug upward. "That's me."

  "Ms. Everette asked to drop off a mattress here for you," he says.?

  The only problem we face, it that the door is too small for the mattress. So we do the obvious.

  "A little more," I wheez out, throwing my whole weight trying to squeeze the mattress.?

  The boy, Filipe, squeezes it from his side and gives it a shove upward. I fall on my behind from the impact of it. flipping to its original shape as it pops up.