he brass doorknob of
uch the cold metal, she hea
e kept her face
oorway. Agnes was the head housekeeper of the Caldwell estate. She
h a glass of water. She stop
ss suit. She stared at the heav
ed a polite, fake
will not be returning to the master bedroom tonight. Miss Kenia h
lie. A cold, sharp sm
r her eyes. She
, forcing Agnes to bac
f white roses hung from the wall sconces. Edgardo ordered them p
her head to
. Her voice was flat and hard. It soun
ed. "Excuse
"I want every single anniversary decoration in this house t
ted her chin, trying to
ecorations, ma'am. He will be very angry i
to the housekeeper. She lo
paycheck, Agne
r mouth, but no
sonal trust fund paid for the estate's daily op
lowers are not in the incinerator in twenty minutes, you wil
odded quickly. She pulled a walkie-talkie from
er trunk down th
oor. She sat down on a single silk armchair. She cro
. They wore their sleep unif
r grey suit. They saw the dead look
ders into the room. They began ripping the silk ribbons
She bumped a heavy crystal
shattered into a hundred pieces. The loud n
ad with her arms, shaking violently. She waited for Arl
broken glass. Her exp
ine said calmly. "Do not bothe
errified the staff more than screaming ever coul
pped bare. The fake romance was gone. Only
ece of invisible dust off her sui
oward the fr
where are you going at this h
She turned her
estate," Arline said. "I d
e number for Cora Finch. Cora was Arline's personal
red on the
Caldwell estate. No
e pushed open the
he air smelled like wet
rch. The cold wind blew the loose strands
Maybach cut through the darkness. It p
coat. She ran up the steps and took the heavy trunk from Arlin
teps. She got into the b
the Caldwell estate. Sh
up. The Maybach d
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