Chapter 2: The Name Inside the Envelope
Mrs.
Gable finally found her voice.
“He gets confused.
Nora should never have entered this room without permission.”
Old John’s son stepped closer.
“Then why is she the only person feeding him?”
Nora lowered the spoon.
Her hand was shaking now.
“The kitchen stopped sending his lunch three weeks ago.
Mrs.
Gable told me he refused to eat.”
“That is a lie!” Mrs.
Gable snapped.
“This girl has been taking food without permission.
I was going to dismiss her today.”
“I bought the soup myself,” Nora said softly.
“And I can prove it.”
The man looked at Nora’s round belly, then at the nearly empty bowl.
“Why didn’t you report this?”
“I tried.
Mrs.
Gable said no one would believe a pregnant maid over the woman who ran this house.”
Mrs.
Gable reached for Nora’s arm.
“Get out.”
“Don’t touch her,” the man said.
Old John suddenly tapped the blanket across his knees.
Nora hesitated, then lifted one corner.
Beneath it lay a sealed envelope with the son’s name written across the front.
Mrs.
Gable lunged for it.
But Old John tightened his grip on Nora’s hand and whispered, “Not her, son…
the papers will show you who has been taking everything.”
The son tore open the envelope—and froze when he saw the first name on the page.
What was hidden in Old John’s envelope, and why was Mrs.
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