CHAPTER FIFTEEN
It was several days later before Ruby brought up her suspicions about the maid Daniela to the master of the house. After all, she loved the girl and didn’t want to believe what her eyes reported. However, those suspicious wouldn’t go away; they’d been burning in her gut, ignored but never forgotten. For a time, she hoped the worst-case scenario wasn’t true. But then the girl gave her more ammunition in more suspicious behavior. She had to say something… she had to.
The afternoon that Ruby finally made up her mind to tell Miles what she knew, he was crossing through the foyer just as she’d bent over to gather the mail. She turned about, and called to him, “Sir!”
He stopped and turned around.
“Something you need, Ruby?” he said.
“No, there’s something I need to tell y
