The Woman From Hell

After that, the servant took me to the room next door.

The villa was huge, yet Tory made me stay in the room next to his. Though curious, I did not ask him anything.

Solomon started investigating the things I told him to investigate, and I could only wait. Apart from waiting, there was nothing I could do.

Tory was very idle. After having a video conference in the study, he went swimming in the pool behind the villa.

There were only a few people in the huge villa. My mind was a mess. I could not sit still, so I went downstairs to the courtyard.

I strolled around the backyard and was

surprised when I saw a vegetable garden.

Tory looked like an ungrounded gentry, and having a vegetable garden at home was very unlike himself. Besides, the vegetables were growing so well too.

I was sure that the vegetable garden was not tended by a servant as there were a lot of fresh flowers planted around the garden. A servant was surely not daring enough to make a vegetable garden in the center of the flowers themselves.

garden were already ripe. They were big and round, looking really delicious. There were simply too many of them. I figured no one was there to eat them,

of cucumbers on the vine, but as they had been left too

I was too bored, I noticed a lot

first. I did not turn my head back to look. "Were you the one who planted these vegetables? I didn't know you

me made no reply, so I turned my head back curiously, only to realize that it was not Tory but a woman who looked to be about 40 years

basket in her hand, I figured she was here to

on her forehead and asked with a

began to speculate about this

servant because she was calling

be

could Tory's mother be

be Tory's

still said with a smile,

really well taken care

woman let out a warm smile and took out a bunch of grapes from the basket. She handed them to me. "Try them, I