The maid's eyes bulged in shock at Elysia's boldness, clearly not expecting her to come out swinging like she'd just downed a shot of espresso on an empty stomach!

And to think this was happening right in the middle of Hawkins Manor, of all places. Who gave her the nerve to sass members of the Hawkins family? Even a stray dog knows better than to bite without checking if its owner is around. And here she was, a mere servant of the Hawkins family!

The maid wanted to retort, but words failed her.

Elysia wasn't wrong, after all. According to tradition, only when referring to Pamela could one directly use the title 'Mrs.'

Yet, when introducing Helen and the other women of the Hawkins family, they were merely called by their first names or as 'the third lady' and so on.

But since Pamela had been out of her mind for years, and Helen fancied herself the lady of the manor, they had taken to calling her 'Mrs.' in conversation to curry favor with her.

Elysia was well aware of the servants' attitude towards Pamela, which is why she had them in her crosshairs!

After her piece, she turned her guns on Helen,

"You, Helen, presume to be the lady of the Hawkins Manor? In the old days, that would be considered insubordination, punishable by a stint in the stocks!"

"Insolent! You... you..."

was so angry she could hardly breathe, her

that a woman of no

from Clayton, Carl, and that old coot living up in the mountains, no one had dared speak to her like that!

The audacity to bully granny and not expect mom to fight back

bigger picture, mom would have already given you

direct approach,

that Grandma Pamela was a learned and kindly woman, not

glare at Elliot, her eyes as wide as

Pamela, learned and kindly?

Her, a cantankerous shrew?

Helen raised her hand to

and your mother

Elliot's eye. Though he was no match for Evan, dealing with

could land, her personal

Hawkins is coming over." Hearing this, Elysia and

in her eyes, her

moved: This is grandpa, my

near, Emmett immediately burst into tears,

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