Charlotte initially chalked the stray hair to the aftermath of an eventful day, which likely resulted in the maids only managing to change her bedsheets instead of doing a thorough cleaning of her room.

But if I haven’t dumped anything I wore yesterday into the laundry basket in the wardrobe, how could my hair end up there? Are these even my hair? To whom could they belong to? If this is really my hair, how did it end up in here?

Charlotte had Lupine send the strands for analysis.

The results came back sooner than expected. The hair was indeed Charlotte’s, and the red stain was nail polish.

It was a perplexing finding, given that Charlotte, Lupine, and Morgan did not use nail polish.

nail polish had come

the members of the household for

of Sherlyn’s personal maids wore nail polish, and three of them

impeccably neat and

three maids put under

was disappointed that they could not make further progress in

had been calling Zachary and her children every

he expressed his wish of delivering an apology in person with Sherlyn and Louis in tow.

silence from Zachary, while Robert and Sherlyn worried incessantly about potential

track him down

night, Louis received a promising phone call during dinner. He turned to Charlotte, agitated as he said, “Charlotte, Mr. Murphy told me that he’s meeting Zachary at

summoned Lupine. “Get the car ready; we’re

left to carry out

come with you. I’d like to talk to Zachary

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