Chapter 417

The voice on the other end of the call declared before promptly hanging up.

The butler blinked in surprise, then sighed and set down the phone. “Alright then, let him sleep it off here tonight. I’ll inform the boss later.”

Rose led Clara through the Melendez family’s rear garden, straight into a small copse of trees.

Clara had never looked at the place carefully before. Even when she had been Mrs. Melendez, she had only walked in the rear garden.

“Look at this! These are some of the saplings the Melendez family imported. Virtually no one comes here,” Rose explained.

“Oh, I see.” Clara looked around. Indeed, all the trees surrounding them were unfamiliar to her.

“Come look over there!” Rose pointed to something in the distance.

through the canopy of leaves, a large swing! She

Emmett’s doing?

seat, patting the space beside her. “Come, sit! Wait until all the stars

at the twinkling stars against the dark canvas of the night sky. She felt a pang in her

missed her mother.

knew Clara was working as a maid now? Would she think Clara had let her

you thinking about?” Rose asked suddenly.

place?” Clara diverted the question back to Rose.

once, while cleaning. That’s when I discovered this place. And if you

turned around and squinted in the dim light. She could make out the red blossoms not too far away.

roses. “Did the Melendez family import

sure about that. I never dared to ask the butler. I was afraid he would ban me

Yes.”

you feel better now?”

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