Chapter 16 - The Shadow in the Doorway
As the horrifying, nauseating reality of the poisoned milk settled heavily over the room, a slight movement in the shadows of the hallway caught the maid's tear-filled eyes.
From the very back of the nursery, standing completely still near the heavy double doors, emerged the older woman.
Evelyn, wearing her flawless, perfectly tailored charcoal suit, had silently witnessed the entire violent, tense situation unfold from the darkness.
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Her face, usually a terrifying mask of unyielding, cold authority and ruthless calculation, was completely and utterly undone.
Tears were actively streaming down Evelyn's deeply lined face. Her eyes were wide, trapped in an agonizing, heavy silence, watching the toxic smoke rise from the floor, knowing her plot had been perfectly, spectacularly ruined.
