Chapter 77
SEBASTIAN’S POV
I got home late from my friend’s luncheon because he threw an unexpected party for special guests, including me. Afterwards, I stayed back to help him clean up.
Ever since I found out that Catherine cheated on me, I have been staying in one of the guest rooms. It’s been more than a week of me staying there now and I have decided to stay there until I figure out what to do next. I had no plans of going back to that bedroom and sleeping in the same with Catherine. Never! Not after the dreadful scenario I witnessed.
After I took a quick shower and changed my clothes, I made my way to the servants’ quarters to find Amelia and ask her if she had fed Brianna like I instructed her to after the poison incident, before I went to my friend’s luncheon. My dinner was set and ready at the dining. But I needed to find out if Brianna had eaten first before I could eat. Moreover, I ate and drank more than enough at the luncheon. I wasn’t that hungry.
The other maids said they hadn’t seen Amelia since afternoon. They thought she left to visit her family because one of them said she saw her leaving with bags.
I was baffled. I couldn’t understand why Amelia left without telling me. She always informed me before visiting her family. I used to send gifts for them, knowing her parents well and considering them like my own.
If the other maids were right about this, that meant she didn’t feed Brianna as I told her to. Fuck!! Why would do she such a thing to me? I told her only she could handle Brianna’s meals from now on due to the poison incident this morning. Why would she fail to feed her and not tell me before leaving to visit her parents? I felt something was wrong because Amelia never acted this way. Maybe something came up. An emergency. I would have called her to find out but she didn’t have a phone. So, I decided to go to the head maid. She’ll know why she left so suddenly.
I knocked on the head maid’s door twice. Unlike the other maids who stayed in the servants’ quarters, she had her room in the castle, a gift from my parents, due to her seniority.
I knocked a few times, but there was no answer. I thought maybe the head maid was sleeping, even though it was still early, not even 6:30 pm yet if I was correct. Since she was middle-aged, she needed her rest. I decided to wait until tomorrow to find out why Amelia left suddenly.
I will go feed Brianna myself. I was the one who put her in that cell, it wouldn’t be fair if I starved her too. My conscience would trouble me if I did, and I’d spend the whole night regretting and feeling guilty about it.
I was walking away when the door creaked open.
“Sebastian?” The head maid called out, clearly surprised. I turned and walked to her. “What brings you here at this time my son? You just came back. You should be having dinner and afterwards, a good night's rest. You must be tired from the occasion.”
“I’m sorry for bothering you,” I apologized. “I came to ask if you’d seen Amelia. I can’t find her anywhere and the other maids said they saw her leaving…probably to visit her parents.”
“I’m sorry, Sebastian,” she sighed heavily, making me worry. Did something bad happen to Amelia? Was she involved in an accident? Did something happen to her family? “But Amelia doesn’t work here anymore.”
“Why do you mean she doesn’t work here anymore?” My brows furrowed deeply.
“I think she did something Catherine didn’t like, and she ended up firing her this afternoon,” she said, delivering the news gently, like a caring doctor talking to a worried family member.
I blinked in confusion, the force of her words hitting me like a fast-moving train. Catherine never ceases to surprise me. How on earth would she think of firing Amelia… without even informing me about it? Amelia was the oldest maid in the castle after the head maid. Not only that, she was more like the castle doctor. She has treated Brianna and Catherine on several occasions. So what could Amelia have done to make Catherine fire her?
“And what did she do?” I asked, curious to the core.
“I don’t know,” she shrugged. “Even I am surprised. This is something you’ll need to speak to Catherine about?”
“I’ll do just that. Thank you for telling me and I’m sorry for disturbing you.”
“It’s nothing, my son,” she sighed heavily, giving me a sympathetic look before closing the door.
Furious, I headed straight to the bedroom, shocked by Catherine’s actions. Why would she in a thousand years think of firing Amelia? What could Amelia have done that made her so angry? I knew Catherine was home because the bedroom lights were still on when I returned from the luncheon.