Firm Tone

Renessa couldn't believe hearing Uncle Jeff's accusations. She did not believe that her father would do such a heinous thing to her mother's grave. Moreover, she thought that it was just ridiculous. Even if he wanted to remarry, why did the grave disturbed them? Her mother had died. It was unlikely she would wake up and do something to them.

There were many reasons, many excuses in her mind that told her that Uncle Jeff was wrong. She did not ask Rosaline for a confirmation because she was afraid it was the truth. Even on her way back, she kept telling herself that it could be a misunderstanding and she would only believe when she saw the proof with her own eyes.

And when she returned today she felt her heart sink to find a small fish pond in the place of her mother's burial mound.

Renessa just stood there for a few minutes when Rosalin recounted the incident when Rudi moved Claudia's grave. Many maids protested Rudi's actions and resigned right away because they felt that Rudi's attitude had gone too far. At that time, most of the maid and footman worked for Claudia and Herman and they were very disappointed at Rudi's attitude toward his wife and daughter. It was the last straw that finally snapped when the man moved Claudia's dead body somewhere.

Renessa held back her tears that would spill over at any time while staring at the spot that had once been her mother's grave.

She was a little sorry for her rash actions but she couldn't hold back her emotions when she saw all the evidence of her father's injustice. She realized that by doing something like that her father would be more aware of her and put his guard up but when she heard that her father's new wife threw away all the objects left by her mother, Renessa suddenly became dark-eyed and all she could think of was avenging what her stepmother and step-sister had done.

She should pretend to be weak and try to get close to her father but she knows the process will take a very long time.

Renessa sighed before looking at the small wooden box on the table. Just right after Marry's things were moved and all the maid left the room, Rosaline came to her room and handed her the small box.

Renessa was a bit surprised since before she left with her father, she handed the box to Rosaline and asked her to keep it and wait until she's back. She never came back after that night, but Rosalin kept her promise by keeping the box safe.

She sat in the chair and looked at the wooden box. It was dirty. Rosalin said that she was sorry for making the box dirty, but she could only bury the box in the garden one time. Renessa opened the box and understood the reason why the box was better buried. Inside the box was her mother's gold bracelet, ring, earring, and necklace. It was a set with a red stone as the flower. Beside the jewelry set, there were also her red hairpins and her favorite collection of colorful hair bands that was given by her grandfather.

She frowned when she found a flash drive on it. She never remembered having that. Her confusion did not last for long. When she took the flash drive up, she noticed the daisy ornament that hung on the flash drive. It was also given by her grandfather. Her grandpa made her promise to give it to her if she took care of it and never lost it.

She wondered what was inside the flash. At that time she did not think much of that flash drive, but now she wondered what was inside. It could be just a broken flash, or it could be filled with something unimportant. There should not be anything important inside since the old man must have taken it from her since the thing she was interested in was the daisy ornament.

She then took her laptop from the bag that was right beside the bag. She plugged in the flash drive and waited. It took some time for the flash to proceed. She blinked in surprise when she found several videos and documents on it. The name of the video was Birthday 10 to Birthday 17 and some of the document names for my daughter Nesa there were 10 of them. Only a document and a video had the name My little daisy (17th birthday). 

Renessa felt her chest swelled with the blues. Little Daisy or Daisy fairy was the nickname from her grandfather because she loved those blue flowers. 

 Just when she wanted to click on one of the videos, an impatient knocking was heard from the door, "Your dinner is here! Open the door, please."

Renessa turned her head toward the door and closed her laptop. She frowned when the knocking did not stop.

Her eyes glanced at her watch and found that it was 8 pm. The one who knocks on her door right now must be a maid who came to her room to deliver her food. But from her impolite words and her harsh tone, everyone would assume that she was the one who got a call from her superior.

Renessa shook her head in disbelief. She would overlook the harsh tone since she was so hungry right now. Renessa felt her stomach grumble when thinking about food. She stood and walked toward the door while banging was continuing. Renessa frowned. It was irritating. It was noisy and her head hurt the more she heard it.

She opened the door and finally looked face to face to a maid with a smug look on her face. She did not remember the woman's face. She definitely did not see her when she was busy cleaning her room earlier.

"Here is your food!" The maid said curtly while pushing a tray of food roughly at Renessa. Because of the sudden movement, the glass of water on the tray fell and the water-soaked Renessa's clothes.

Renessa was shocked and stepped back, but it was too late because her clothes were already wet. She looked up at the maid with disbelief in her face. She was angry.

The maid didn't seem surprised by the incident and just smiled sarcastically at Renessa. She clearly did it on purpose. It didn't stop there, the maid gave her a fierce look before sneering under her breath, "You shameless bitch. You must have taken Miss Mary's room to vent your anger because Master Rudi loves Miss Mari more than a slut like you, right? Just go back to wherever you came from. This happy family did not deserve an uncultured girl like you in this house."

Renessa narrowed her eyes at the maid. She was back to her home and she suddenly became someone who snatched someone else's room because she took her own room back? Ridiculous. She was not totally wrong on the part where she said she did that because she wanted to vent her anger by taking the room. And of course the reason she did that was because Laura threw away all of her mother's photo albums.

Renessa assessed the maid. From the smug look on her face, she could see that the woman was thinking that she was the person that could be bullied. She did live a miserable life outside the country for decades, but it does not mean that she could be bullied in her own house.

Moreover, who was she to complain about? She was just a maid who might also get her money from her mother's bank account and live in her house. She might be wrong on the bank account part since Rudy might use his money to pay all the maid, but still there was a possibility.

Rudy used her money all this time and she did not know exactly what the man used her money for.

Feeling Renessa's sharp gaze, the maid stepped back in slight fright, "What? Did the cat get your tongue? I must be right based on your reaction. What a shameless girl!" After berating Renessa, the maid turned around and looked like she was about to run away after committing her crime.

Renessa raised her eyebrows. She was snorted as she looked at the retreating back of the maid. Now that the maid provoked her, she could not just let the maid get away from her easily, right?

"Stop right there!" Renessa ordered in a firm tone. The maid's body froze on the spot. It seemed that she did not expected a little girl would speak to her in that tone. She was clearly older than the girl, but at the same time, she also could not fight against the pressure that came with the firm voice. It was like a hidden threat and something will definitely happen if she dares to disobey her.