No one dared to make a sound. Everyone was terrified they’d be next.
Lucinda just let out a cold laugh and headed upstairs without looking back.
Grace, meanwhile, looked like she was about to burst with pride. She shot Tina a smug, mocking stare, practically gloating at the sight of Tina’s hands trembling with pain and her forehead beaded with sweat.
“Tina, really? Look at them. Were any of them actually on your side? Did a single person even try to defend you?”
Tina clenched her jaw. “They’re just trying to survive, Grace. I don’t blame them for that.”
Grace rolled her eyes and grinned. “Yeah, keep telling yourself that.”
Then she glanced at the mess. “You broke the glass, made a mess of the floor. You clean it up.”
Tina’s fingers shook even harder. The blisters on her hands throbbed. Everyone could tell Grace was just being cruel.
But Lucinda had given the order. Tina was just a housemaid here, so she didn’t have a choice. She knelt down, wincing as she started picking up the shards of glass with her blistered hands.
Grace folded her arms and scoffed. “Hurry up. Mr. Norwood will be home any minute. If he slips and hurts himself because of this water, do you really think you can take the blame?”
Judy and Alexis, who always trailed after Tina, finally couldn’t take it anymore. They rushed over and started helping her clean up.
Grace’s face went red with fury. “Judy, Alexis, what are you doing? You two want to get kicked out of the Norwood house?”
Usually, Judy and Alexis were timid and kept their heads down, terrified of Lucinda and Grace. But today, they just couldn’t stand by and watch Tina, the lady who’d always treated them like family, get treated like trash.
Lucinda and Grace were just going too far. With Lydia, Mr. Norwood and Mrs. Norwood out of the house, they were making life hell for everyone else.

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