"How are you now, Nieva?" Hale whispered. She invited me to eat outside. She said that she wanted us to have some bonding time."I am fine now," I whispered and gave her a small smile. She looked at me for a moment before she let out a deep sigh."Do not pretend infront of me, Nieva. I know you. It is not wrong to be sad. There is no need for you to pretend when you are with me," she said in a soft voice. I bit my lip as I felt it trembling. I swallowed hard. It has been almost a month since grandma left but the wound is still there. It is still too fresh. It is like it just happened yesterday, or earlier. Every night, I cry myself to sleep. I always visit her room, hoping to see her there. Hoping to hold her for the last time but I know that is a wishful thinking."I miss my grandma," I said in a trembling voice.Hale sighed softly as she held my hand on the table. Her eyes were bloodshot as she looked at me with pity and sadness. "I am here, Nieva. You are not alone. You know that I

I am not sure how I fell asleep in here. When I woke up, I could feel all the soreness in my body. I winced as I tried to stretch out my body as I sat on the ground. I was laying on the dirty ground. I am still grateful that I had a place to sleep in. But now, I need to find a decent place. I will not be able to stay longer in this kind of place. It was still dark but I am not sure that it is already dawn. Maybe around four in the morning or so.Where should I find a place? I am not familiar where I am. I walked for around thirty minutes until I found a person."E-Excuse me," I said in a soft voice. She stopped and knitted her brows at me."Yes?""I just want to ask if you know a place where I could stay like an apartment or something. A small place is fine with me." I gave her small smile.Her eyes widened a bit. "Oh? I have am apartment! And I still have one available bed space for you, dear!" She was smiling widely like she was very happy.I can't help but be surprised. Is this rea

"Miss," the man sighed. "The boss is waiting for you. We can't stay any longer here. We have to go. Come out now," he said. I could sense that he wanted to yell at me but he was trying his best not to. I swallowed hard as I shook my head multiple times. How did I even get here again?"P-Please. I changed my mind! Just find someone else to be your maid. I am not interested anymore," I said, begging him but he just sighed. He pulled out something from his pocket and I was horrified for a moment, thinking that it was a gun but when I saw that it was a phone, I sighed in relief. He turned his back on me after sending me a murder glare. I think he called someone. I could not hear what he was saying and after a few seconds, he went back to me."Come on now, Miss Dasha. We are not here to hurt you. You wanted a jo, right? Here it is. You are hired."I do not even know why he thinks that he is going to convince me with those words!"No. I am sorry. I do not want to work anymore. I told you. I

I wanted to ask about the owner of this mansion but I kinda feel embarrassed to talk to the other maids. They are not talking at all. I also noticed that they barely look at each other. Hilda did not say anything about this. I wonder if she forgot or... She probably did.I can't stop looking at the foods as we prepared the long rectangular glass table. I was literally salivating by the sight of it. I do not think this is for some party of anything like that.This amount of food must be for over ten family members. That is such a huge family then, huh? Maybe their in-laws are also living here? In this kind of huge mansion, even 100 people could literally fit here and it is even possible for them to not see each other or bump to each other. And I am not even exaggerating it.My heart pounded so fast in fear nervousness when I heard couple of footsteps coming. I could also hear hushed deep voices.The maids suddenly stood in line, as if getting ready to welcome whoever will enter. Of cou

I woke up at four am. That is when the maids are usually waking up every morning according to Linda. She told me about the things that we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. So far, I could say that the work here is easy. Well, not too easy but bearable. Not to mention it is tiring too.I helped Linda cooked breakfast for us this morning. She said that every two maids here is tasked to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner at different days. Basically, they tasked me to cook today with Linda. We fried some eggs, bacon, hotdogs and garlic rice. I also made them coffee.Britney is the first one who entered the kitchen. She immediately raised her brow at me when our eyes met. I smiled a bit even though I know that she will not reciprocate it."Good morning, Britney," I greeted her and as expected, she just ignored me as she pulled out a chair and sat there. I bit my lip as I looked away, feeling a bit embarrassed. I caught Linda looking at me with pity in her eyes as she quickly glanced