Chapter 340: The mourning of Lady Jane
For someone whose ball was being whispered about as a beautiful failure in the news, Sigrid had rather a serene smile on her face. Unlike all of her servants and the people around her that were trembling, worried that she would explode at any moment, she was in a great mood.
She was in such a great mood that she ate a lot at breakfast before heading to the Fairfax manor, to call on the family of the late Lady Jane Fairfax.
When their car pulled up outside the gates, bells on the watchtowers of the manor were tolling a mournful peal. A mixture of cars and carriages were waiting in line to enter the gates. Those that could not stand the wait were walking into the gates on foot.
All of the nobles that came had grim looks on their faces. Some of them had not come to morn but rather confirm for themselves the sordid details of her death. The news claimed that she had been stabbed in the heart with a pen by her stepdaughter Emmah Fairfax.
It was such a terrible thing to happen that it clouded all the news on the ball, with the exception of Emmah’s appearance and her scandal. She was more famous than she had ever been before and she would be remembered forever in Eldoria’s history, after all, she was the first noble daughter to stab her mother in the heart.
She was now a fugitive, a wanted woman. Her pictures were in every newspaper and her face was shown on television every after a program.
A handsome reward of one thousand gold had been offered by Lord Derrick Fairfax for any information that led to her successful capture. It was another reason why there were many mourners at the Fairfax estate, all sorts of people were showing up to trade information and collect the bounty.
Sigrid and Roland passed the mourners, exchanging glances and small words of condolence.
"Sorry for your loss." People said to them. "It is a pity." Others said as she tried to shake the hands of the royal couple.