She cut me off before I could even finish what I was saying. “Hush, I don’t want excuses, maid! I just want things to be done. Just do what I told you!” She said in a serious tone of voice as she turned her back on me and just continued to look at herself in the mirror.

“I swear, I have to tell you twice about everything you do? Can’t you just be automatic? I mean, how hard it is to iron a dress? You just have to make sure you don’t miss any creases in the dress. How would you even mess that up, Krisna?” She said to me...