JUDE'S POV
Something happened in the palace which shocked me to my bone marrow. When it was time to have dinner, I pleaded with Merida to prepare the meal and she did so without hesitating. We all had gathered round the dining table when we heard a knock on the gate.
Without being told, Raymond dashed out of the dining room to check who was knocking. I never for once expected to see the person standing right in front of me. "Madam Jennifer?" I screamed her name, shooting her an angry glare.
Had she probably come to finish up what her daughter started? Evil mother of an evil child! I knew all these while she had been the person ordering Cecilia to do what she was doing.
In an attempt not to let her know what I was trying to say, I gave a sign to Raymond to lock the gate and it took him
