Chapter 36: [Bonus - ] Returning gifts (1)
"Why are all of you staring instead of cleaning the floors? I will tell Mavis," Cara warned the other maids. Since she had walked out with Annalise to start cleaning up the grand hall the morning after the party, the other girls could not stop staring and whispering something about Annalise.
"They are going to be talking about what happened with Connor for a few hours. It is the only thing that happened last night that is worth talking about," said Annalise. She did not mind that the other girls were talking about her and Connor. Coming up with many stories about what happened.
So far Annalise heard what really happened, then there was the story about her being with Connor and framing him for trying to force himself on her when she was caught by Rafael, and other stories that just made no sense in her opinion.
For the most part, many of the maids who were uncomfortable with Connor around visited her room late in the night, early in the morning, and then when she went to breakfast, to tell her that they were glad she was alright. They even offered her kind words to help her move on from it.
It was a horrible experience for anyone, but Annalise was glad some good came out of it. Now the maids did not have to worry about Connor being around to make them uncomfortable. Annalise was told that Rafael had the butler announce that anyone who felt uncomfortable around someone should come to him if Mavis or Edwin was not helping them.
"Stop talking and get this room cleaned!" Mavis yelled.
Mavis wasn’t too happy with Rafael questioning if she was right for the job. She devoted too many years to this house for her to be fired and have to look for work all over again. There was no telling if she would be hired as a head maid elsewhere if Rafael were to fire her. Mavis could not go back to being just a maid.
"Try not to get in trouble today. Mavis is in a terrible mood," Cara whispered. She didn’t see why Mavis was taking her anger out on them when it was her own doing for not telling Rafael about Connor. She would have liked to see Mavis fired and then one of the other women who had many years of experience be given the job.
Annalise wasn’t thinking about Mavis. She was still stuck on what happened outside of Rafael’s study. Who had created the noise and was trying to get into the room? Was there someone else looking to steal information from Rafael? If they were, who were they working for and what was their purpose?