Master Brian’s maid

For a long time Mrs. Farim had been waiting in the parlor and still did not see her husband back, she was impatient and had a nasty attitude towards Gula when she sent her to bring more food for Farim to enjoy. She angrily asked Gula:

“Hey, where is Mr. Norton now? Why has it been several hours and he still hasn’t come back? Did it take that long to tour this house?”

Gula bowed politely and said:

“My lady, the tour of Mr. Norton’s house has been completed before that. Now, he is playing chess with Master Henry in the garden behind the mansion.”

Hearing that, Farim stood up and yelled at Gula:

“Oh my god, why didn’t you tell me sooner? For the past few hours you have remained silent and treated me like an idiot? Do you know how much you wasted my time?”

Gula calmly replied:

“I didn’t notice that, and I’m not your servant, so I’m not obligated to tell you everything. Another thing is that she was still comfortable drinking tea and enjoying cakes without asking me anything about Mr. Norton before.”

Farim was angry and was about to slap Gula a slap because of her insolence but when Farim saw Gula’s cold face and fearless attitude towards her as if Gula was deliberately provoking her, Farim stopped his action. She hummed and drank a cup of tea to calm her anger, then Farim said coldly:

“I don’t want to be here wasting my time with you anymore. I want to see my husband right now. So would you mind taking me to the back garden to meet him.”

Gula nodded silently, she instructed Farim to follow her:

“Yes, madam, please follow me.”

When he saw Mr. Norton concentrating on playing chess with Henry in the garden, Farim could not control his anger at having to wait for him for so long, so he shouted loudly:

“Norton, why did you keep me waiting in the living room for so long without any notice?”

Norton was playing chess, tilting his head to Farim while his mind was still on the board:

“I forgot about it.”

Farim saw Norton’s expression nonchalantly replying to her, she became even more enraged and said:

“Have you forgotten? Oh, for more than two hours I’ve been waiting for you like a stupid woman. And now I have to face my husband ignoring me because he’s absorbed in this silly chess board.”

Mr. Norton said nothing, he continued to play his game on the table with Henry. Mrs. Farim could not let this situation last forever because she did not have enough patience, and a special thing was that Farim had an appointment with a close friend of hers to go to the spa for skin care and relaxation. When there were only about twenty minutes left until the appointed time, she did not want to be annoyed here anymore, so Farim said:

“Norton, I need your chauffeur to take me back to the Bollton mansion to change clothes because I have an appointment with a dear friend of mine.”

Norton heard Farim say that and replied:

“Wait a minute, I will go home with you. I think I will finish this game soon and beat Henry quickly.”

Mrs. Farim sighed thoughtfully and replied:

“Yeah, then I’ll wait for you ten more minutes, let’s finish it quickly.”

Henry overheard their conversation and didn’t react, he smiled softly and focused on his pieces. And it all happened just like before, when ten minutes and then twenty minutes passed between Henry and Norton unable to be decided. Henry smiled when he saw his father tired from having to think about how to play and play chess with him for several hours in a row. While Mrs. Farim couldn’t bear to endure the long wait she had to endure from Norton, she went to the board and threw chess pieces aside and shouted angrily:

“Stop it all. I hate waiting for you. Come back home with me at once. If you keep playing, you will only lose, don’t try to buy time any longer.”

Norton was angry and mixed with displeasure, he slapped Farim hard on the cheek and said angrily:

“Shut up, you stupid woman. I’m having fun with my son and I’m going to win him soon but you’re ruining him and making me lose interest.”

He looked at Farim who was surprised by his slap and continued:

“Okay, it’s too late now anyway. If you want us to go home, then go home.”

Farim clutched her face and pursed her lips as she looked at Mr. Norton angry, she turned and walked briskly towards the front gate of the mansion where the driver was, he was parked and waiting for Farim and Norton to return home. While Mr. Norton snorted softly to express his displeasure with his hasty wife, he turned to Henry and said calmly:

“My son, I must go home now. The chess game was fun and exciting, and you surprised and flattered me when I couldn’t beat you so easily. You really are a good chess player, Henry. Or maybe I’m getting old, and I’m not as sharp as I used to be to defeat my opponent so easily.”

Henry heard Norton say this and quickly interrupted him:

“No, it is not. You played very well, I was about to lose to you many times because of the unique way of chess. You’re really a tough opponent that I’ve played, you’re still in great shape when you play it.”

Mr. Norton heard Henry’s praises and burst into laughter, he said:

“Haha, really? I feel the same way, maybe if I play with you more I’ll win you over. Maybe your stepmother was too hasty when she couldn’t wait to affect us. But it doesn’t matter, as long as we meet, there is still a chance to play chess together. I don’t know when because you and I are both working people and extremely busy. So I won’t say it in advance and I will make an appointment at a not-so-distant date.”

Henry smiled and politely replied:

“Yes, that is for sure. I would love to play chess with you.”

When Mr. Norton heard that, he laughed again with joy, turned and walked quickly to the front gate, where Mrs. Farim was waiting for him. Both of them were brought back to the mansion by the driver. While riding in the car back home, Norton coldly told Mrs. Farim:

“It was a futile visit to find nothing out of Henry’s whereabouts. But what surprised me more was your extravagant attitude when you dared to ruin my work.”

Farim couldn’t hold back anymore and strongly rebutted:

“Your job? I see it as more of a pointless game and a waste of time.”

Norton smiled sarcastically and replied:

“Yes, for a poor and ignorant woman like you, you will never understand chess and love it, and hate it even more. If it were Zola, Henry’s mother, she would never have acted in such a crazy way. Farim, hearing Mr. Norton say that, pouted her lips and replied:

“And you were so captivated by me that you killed her. It seems that I am also very good at making you forget about her. I don’t think I’m that stupid either.”

Norton smirked and said:

“You are such a ridiculous and presumptuous woman.”

Farim replied proudly:

“If I wasn’t like that, there would be no more madness and weirdness. Then you’ve brought back to the Bollton estate another wife.”

Norton said nothing, pretended to be annoyed and picked up a cigarette and smoked it while the driver drove them home.

After Henry saw Mr. Norton had left the mansion, he rushed to the secret room where Wendy was being held to examine the situation. He received Gula’s report when she watched from afar through a hidden camera in the room, when Wendy threw all the objects against the wall to make loud noises.

Right now, Henry is really grateful for his careful and defensive personality, because before asking the person to design this room, he used the most modern soundproofing materials to cover the walls in this room.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

And when Henry opened the door to enter the room, he saw a girl holding a sharp wooden stick in her hand and leaning her head against the wall to fall asleep, maybe Wendy was quite tired and exhausted after spending a long day like today. When she used all her strength to throw all the objects in the room against that wall. And it was heavily scratched, peeling paint and countless wallpaper, along with objects scattered and scattered in the room.

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