Chapter 90: Suspicious (1)
Annalise decided to use the free time Rafael gave her to find Cara and speak about what happened yesterday. She didn’t get the chance to speak to Cara yesterday evening since she did not show up to dinner and was not in her room. Annalise assumed she left to visit her parents after Mavis spoke to her.
Annalise couldn’t look for Cara when she woke up this morning since she went straight to Rafael. Before Cara could feel like Annalise was being a bad friend for not checking on her, despite the fact that Annalise could not find her, Annalise wanted to speak with Cara as soon as possible.
Annalise avoided as many maids as she could as she walked to the servant quarters on the other side of the manor. She stopped in front of Cara’s door, which was already wide open, like Cara was expecting her.
"Good morning," Annalise said, knocking on the door to get Cara’s attention.
Cara looked up from the pile of dresses on the floor to Annalise, who smiled and waved her hand. She squinted her eyes, wanting to know why Annalise was there, but did not ask and went back to folding her dresses. She unfolded them just to fold them back so she could get her mind off missing a day of work.
"I don’t want to come in unless you invite me in, and I am sorry for being a bad friend with what I say next. Why do you seem angry with me?" Annalise asked, not seeing why Cara should be angry with her. It was not yet confirmed that Cara had gotten into an argument because of her. "Are you angry that I became his personal maid?"
"Of course I am. I wanted that job just like everyone else, so I can’t help being angry while also wanting to congratulate you. It is frustrating," Cara sighed, balling up a dress instead of folding it.
On one hand, she was glad the position was given to Annalise instead of someone she did not like, but then she felt jealous. Jealous that she had been overlooked and the job given to Annalise.
"Is that why you are ignoring me? It’s fine for you to be jealous, but I sense there is something more to why you looked away when you saw that it was me standing here. Can I come in?" Annalise asked, not wanting to go inside without Cara’s permission.