Jim waved. “You don’t need to worry about any of that. Just go back, open the safe, and bring the contents to me.” “Yes, I’ll go right now.”

Rachel stood in front of the old Lloyd family estate. She stared at the familiar place. Her emotions were a tangled

mess.

She never thought she’d set foot here again.

She had once imagined that when Jim passed, she might come back briefly. But even then, she hadn’t planned to show herself.

It didn’t matter. Once Jim’s affairs were settled, she would leave again.

Standing tall, she stepped inside.

The moment the maids saw her, their faces turned pale like they had seen a ghost.

One maid held a basin, ready to start cleaning. She spotted Rachel, her hands trembled, and she dropped it.

“Ag–ghost!”

of the maids shrieked and ran into the living

“What are you all screaming about?

at her with nothing but hostility. She lifted her chin and took on

you’re not even part of the Lloyd family anymore. What

get something for him. Don’t worry I’ll leave as soon as I’m

Rachel turned to the

to go

an instant. Her voice came out laced with a deadly chill that made the maids instinctively shudder.

We don’t need someone who has no blood ties to

moment. “That’s right, Rachel,” she added. “You might still have

We all thought you

that Jim was gravely ill, the two of them clearly planned to team up

down and played with

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