These two maids look horrified.
“Gamma Aurora, what are you talking about? How would we know what happened to Miss Maxie?” one maid said stiffly.
“I heard what you said earlier. And please don’t be afraid. I am not going to tell you off. On the contrary, I am here to help so you can totally trust me.”
Aurora said that to ease off their guards.
But the maids still seemed even more tensed.
“Please, Gamma Aurora, don’t drag us into this.” one of them begged, “It was wrong of us to gossip about our masters. We promise not to do that ever again. Please let us go this time.”
Aurora sighed helplessly, “I already told you—I won’t tell anyone what you said. This is between you and me.”
One maid bit her lip reluctantly. Yet after a long moment of silence, she still shook her head and mutte
