Pleading

The maid's smug face flashed in Renessa's mind as she thought about everything. No wonder she could act so confidently and with the smug face in front of her. It turned out that she had a strong backing. Although she was stupid enough to provoke everyone beside Laura, Rudy, and Mary.

"Miss, you should think carefully about this problem again because maybe this could worsen your relationship with the Master," Rosalin reassured when Renessa didn't say anything.

Rosalin's words made Renessa chuckle. The woman appeared surprised but then a confused frown appeared on her face a minute after, "Why are you laughing, miss? Did I say something funny?"

 "Rosalin, I think there are several things that should be very clear now. First, there's nothing that can be repaired between me and my dear father. You must have heard how merry our first encounter after ten years. My father will never change. He always behaved like this in my memory. No matter what I do, my father will still hate me and always do. Second, I'm not going home if I am to be bullied by my father and his people," Renessa replied casually.

Rosalin still doubts everything will be fine. Renessa is only 20 years old. Compared to Rudi Santoso who is already living an experienced life, Renessa is like someone who has just sailed the ocean for the first time. There were many things she didn't know about the world. What can a 20 year old girl do to her cruel father?

"Is there anything else?" Renessa asked as she entered her room.

Rosalin still followed behind her and closed the door.

Renessa turned around and looked at the woman with anticipation in her face. She was waiting for the woman to speak.

Rosalin glanced at the girl. She sighed and hugged Renessa.The girl's body turned stiff. She wasn't used to being hugged like this, but afterwards she wrapped her arms around the old woman's body and patted her back like she was consoling her.

Rosalin has been working at the Santoso family's house since she was 15 years old. Claudia brought her to the house since she said that she needed a job to earn money for her sickly grandmother. No one wanted to accept her since she was still underage at that time.

Even though at that time Claudia brought Rosalin into the Santoso family's house as a maid like the others, Claudia always gave Rosalin the lightest tasks and told everyone that Rosalin would be Renessa's playmate who would be born around two months later.

Claudia, who is quite generous, also paid for all of Rosalin's grandmother's hospital fees and offered Rosalin to go to school like other children of her age. But the girl balked and didn't want to bother Claudia too much. When Rosalin's grandmother finally died two years later, Rosalin officially worked at the Santoso family's house since she had nowhere to go.

"You have to be careful, dear. What will I say to madam when I meet her in the afterlife?" Rosalin said in a slightly choked voice. She was really worried about her young lady. She had been watching Rudi all along and she could conclude that the man hated her kind mistress and her daughter, Renessa.

Everything was clear when Herman finally died. He slowly started to get rid of some of Claudia's belongings, the photo albums, and in the end, he sent Renessa to a boarding school in Country A. He would get angry when a maid asked about Renessa and fired them. It was only after Renessa left that Rudi finally got rid of Madam Claudia's grave and brought Laura and Mary exactly the day after.

Rosalin really loved Renessa like her own sister and based on her observations of Mr. Rudi and Mrs. Laura, she felt that both of them were very cruel and could hurt Renessa easily. Even though she could see the change in Renessa, she was still worried if something bad happened to her.

She had promised the late missus to look after Miss Renessa. She didn't know how she would have to face Claudia if something happened to Renessa.

"I'll be fine," Renessa answered with a laugh when she found Rosalin's cloudy expression. Rosalin was a maid who had always taken care of her since childhood, so it was only natural for this woman to be worried.

**

Renessa woke up when she heard the sound of someone knocking on her bedroom door in an urgent knocking.

Renessa lazily looked at the alarm which still showed 06.42 in the morning. She frowned and looked toward the door with narrowed eyes.

The knocking continue and after several seconds, she finally heard a faint desperate whispered from outside the door.

"Miss Renessa!"

"Miss Renessa!"

It was after she walked closer to the door that she finally recognised the owner of the voice. Rosalin's voice from behind the door sounded a little panicked and nervous. From her voice, Renessa could already guess what was going on. Looks like the show has started.

Renessa opened the door. She wanted to smile when she found Rosalin's pale face. It was fascinating.

"Miss Renessa, Master Rudi has been calling for you for some time. Vina, the insolent maid, was crying hysterically in front of Mary and begging not to be fired. And now Mary is pleading and crying at her parents. It looks like they're going to scold you, miss," Rosalin immediately burst into a long babble as soon as she stepped into Renessa's room. She was so panicked that she did not notice the smile on Renessa's face.

Renessa looked at the thirty-five year old woman in amazement. It was as if she was listening to rapping when she heard the never ending string of words coming out of Rosalin's mouth.

"Miss….! Did you hear what I said?" Rosalin shook Renessa's body in annoyance because Renessa didn't look panicked at all and only looked at her amusedly.

Renessa was now looking at Rosalin with an expression of holding back laughter and looking very relaxed.

"Master is calling you now. He looks like he's going to be very mad at any moment," Rosalin said again in panic and pacing back and forth in Renessa's room.

"Okay, then I'll take a quick shower." Renessa said as she walked casually to the bathroom.

"No. Miss, you must go to Master Rudi now or he will be very angry," Rosalin held Renessa with a pitiful expression.

"You said he was very angry, so just let him wait, maybe his anger would cool down a little after some time. Moreover it was just a quick shower. I need to take a bath," Renessa replied casually then walked into the bathroom.

Rosalin could not say anything as she saw Renessa finally disappear behind the door. She paced in the room, sitting down and walked again, but Renessa did not show any sign that she would be out. She waited anxiously and forty minutes slipped by. Three maids had already appeared at Renessa's door to call the girl, but Rosalin had to disappoint them by saying that Renessa was still in the bathroom.

Rosalin knocked on the door every five minutes and Renessa just said she would be out in a minute. After a while, Renessa stepped out of the bathroom with a satisfied expression, in contrast to Rosalin's expression who aged 10 years just by waiting for her lady to come out of the bathroom.

"Miss…. You have to hurry," Rosalin said with exasperation seeing Renessa who was still covering her body with cream. Renessa moved very slowly, making Rosalin feel like she was in a movie that was being slowed down.

"Miss… you will make the master even more angry by doing this," Rosalin wanted to kneel down and beg in front of this relaxed looking girl.

"Father will still be angry no matter what I do, my dear Rosaline. Please, don't worry, I'll take care of everything," Renessa replied with a laugh.

Rosalin really didn't know what to do with Renessa so that this girl would listen to her. She could not do anything and only looked at Renessa hopelessly.

Renessa finally stepped out of her room more than an hour after Rosalin came to call her.