Chapter 3 of chapter 10
I was lost in my own thought, engrossed on the view of the boiling soup. We're assistance cook but never allowed to cook or touched the surface of the cooking pot, just looked was an instruction given to us by the head cook.
Every other things seem visible to me. I don't know what I'm thinking or what was in my mind.
Even today I went to clean his room, he wasn't inside. Which I be grateful for that?. I couldn't tell anyone about the bondage on my head. But some suspect I was punished for my own evil deeds. I even lied to Emma that I skipped on my feet and fall down hitting my head hard on the wall beside, and she buys it.
The incident of yesterday was a surprise to me. Was she planning to take my life? She was so burtal and never cares about my pleading. Was that how she hates me?
After I passed out, I didn't remember what happens next. Even forget to asked Lady Pearl how she carried me. But I was sure she might have asked for the help of a guard.
The thoughts keeping replaying in my head until I was wake up by a slaps of a finger.
"What the hell do you think you're doing," the cook barks...
"I'm... sorry Madam"
"If you valued your useless life, you better work as you were told to do!"
"Yes, madam" I nods.
She checked on the boiling soup, while I stands behind her waiting for any instructions she gives next.
"Who's Isabella?" A grumbled voice asked, I turned, being frighten by the voice, it was one of the guards. Have I done something wrong again?
"I-l'm...the one" I stermmer, all eyes gulped at me. " Then, come with me" he command.
I left what'I'm doing, and walks my way to this scary man. The head chef didn't bother to ask the guard where he was taking me to, all he even what for me to leave the kitchen. He hates seeing my face Everyday after the incident between us.
I see the way he smirks at me rejoicing, that's means whatever place this guard is taking me to, is not good but hell.
We walks out of the kitchen, Now in the corridor approaching the exist door out. I was shrivering, drowning in the world of fear. Did I makes any mistakes or break one of the rules? I asked myself that question but couldn't find the answer.
I looked at the man in front of me. Should I asked he, what I have done wrong? Or I'm going to died.
Before I could stop myself. " Sir, where are we going?" I asked. But no answer came out of his mouth, as he continues walking.
"Sir... Please, can I know what I have done wrong to be punished?"
He stops, and turns on me. " The best you can do, is to shut the hell up!" He yells
I quickly zipped up my mouth, and we continue walking in slience.
We walks pass the exist door and down to the path, when I spot the Duke.
He was relaxing on the path with maids attending to his needs, just like the king he is. I saw someone kneeling in front of him. It's was Lady Emily? What was going on? At the other side was Sir Marcus sitting.
Was I in another messy situation. Marcus saw me first and whispered something into the Duke ears. He glanced at my direction and smirk, Yeah that evil smirks.
"Just the maid I want to see" he said the moment we're close. " My lord, here she is" the guard man informed him.
I wasn't comfortable with what I was seeing, I bow down my head fearly, did Lady Emily reported me to the Duke? She gazed angrily at me. The men were slience, as they observed the curiosity of both I and Lady Emily.
"A report was bought to me that you were attacks by her. Was that true?"
I looked scarily at lady Emily who didn't seem to move her gaze from the ground, likes she was lost in her own thought. The only thing that melt my heart that time was her crying. Was she really crying? She was one of the high court member and she can do whatsoever she wants.
Before I could say out a word, she barks out.
"I swears, I didn't laid a hand on her! Trust me I'm telling you the truth" she cried out..
"Shut the fuck up!" He growled angrily, "she's my possession now and no one laid a hand on her! What's mine is mine!"
I was confused and shocked to what I'm seeing, can a high court member be scolded? The event was so serious, I see she was shivering. Marcus didn't say a word out.
"Please... Forgive me I begged of you" she pleaded.
"Forgive?" He chuckled. "Begged the maid" he said next. My ears almost died off.
I widened my eyes to look at the man sitting on the couch saying. " I said, begged her" he repeated. The lady wides her eyes at me and back to the man. Did he really mean it?
She turns her gaze on me. " I'm sorry, for hitting you"
She said that to me, a maid? It's was impossible to believe this exactly happened to me. I was short of words and didn't know what to say, I just kept muted with thought lost.
Her head were still down. " Marcus get your sister out of my side now " he commands.
She's Marcus sister? I never remember he had a sister before. Was she the little witch Emily, that's the name I used to called her years ago.
Yeah, she's the one, I totally forgotten about her, but there's something also amiss .Like some of puzzle to fixed from the past.
Marcus quietly stood up and drags the crying Emily out but all seen strange to me. If Emily was Marcus sister how would he allowed his sister to plead right in front of him.
He didn't give me a gazed and his face seem serious and cold. I didn't get.
I stood there like a lost soul wondering to myself what just happened.
" You can leave" he command, I gulped confusedly at him without a words out. My words gets stuck in my throat.
"Didn't you heard what I just said?" He asked harshly, "....." It's was hard to speak. And I went. Alone by myself. The thoughts of Lady Emily apologize to me still seem strange, and she being a sister to Marcus. I didn't even bother to ask him about his sister the first place.
Emily had been a little witch to me years back in Lord Mayors. She hates the color skin black. Black was her most disliked color. Seeing me in the site tortured me daily. She turns me into her hitting ball whenever she felt bored. I all suffer for it.
But why will the master of the house defend me? There some awkward about him.
"Isabella!" Emma called, she seem to checking all places for me. Approaching close enough.
"Where have you gone to?" She asked
"I ...."
"There's a meeting in the hall for all maids" she announced not giving me a room to speak.
She drags on my hands, and start running.
"We can't be late, the other maids said it very important and we have to hurry up before it all began"
We ran down the to the Hall, the place is always crowd as always. We link ourselves into the crowd and pushed more further to the front to get Lady Pearl voice clearly.
She cracks her throat, "As you all know, the Duke is single. All parents will give up theirs daughters to lives in the mansion for seven days to get the Duke attraction. for that there will be lots and more chores to do" She announced.
"Wow, a set up ceremony for the lord" Emma whispered and giggled. I didn't respond to her joke as my mind still pierce on what happens a minute ago.
"Isabella, are you okay?" She asked, looking worried at me. "Sure" I cupped up with a lightly smile across the lips.
We keep our ears back to the lady speaking, giving all the news rules we have to follow to keep our guests happy.
"You have to do anything they asked for, don't upset them and get they ready for any retrieve them wants to attend."
She cracks her voice again. And continue the announcement. After one hour, The meeting dismiss.
"Isabella, are sure you're okay?" Emma asked again. I blinks at her. She always seem concerned of me. "Of course I'm"
"But, it seem something is wrong with you. I heard a guard Man came to take you from the kitchen. I thought you might have gotten into trouble"
"No"
"Where did he take you to?"
I sighed, i couldn't tell her, " is nothing serious, he took me to assigned a lord request"
"Really?" Still kind of disting
"Yes"