章節 634: Seed of doubt- Part 1

Music Recommendation: Love lost by Mattia Cupellia

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With Calhoun, who had gone to put the man's body somewhere else out of sight, Lucy stood in front of the cemented grave that now Ruby laid in. Calhoun had not closed the lid, and it allowed her to look at the older woman's face whose eyes were closed. One would peg that the woman was asleep, but by the discolouration of the maid's skin, it was evident, and it was only a matter of days before her body would reduce itself to bones and dust. 

Not in her wildest dreams, Lucy had imagined that Ruby would die this way. 

She remembered the time in her past that she shared with the woman. It was when she was around ten years old and had been hurt. 

'Again?' questioned her mother, vexed with Lucy's actions. 'Can't you ever learn to take care of yourself? At this rate it is better you don't step out of your room. Every time I see you roaming in the garden and wasting your time.'