Chapter 345: Fired (2)
"Please don’t tell me that after an hour has passed, you have not heard the news from Mavis or one of the other maids? Surely you must know by now that I am meant to sit here or are you just going to play stupid to annoy me early in the morning?" Annalise asked as she straightened out her dress.
She wasn’t in the mood to listen to Aria being upset about her being picked as Beatrice’s maid then Rafael’s and now she was sitting at the table. There was enough time apart for Aria to have moved on. They were once friends after all. Annalise had moved on from this the moment Aria started to act differently.
If the friendship meant anything, Aria should let her feelings from not getting picked go, but from the frown Annalise saw, that wouldn’t happen.
"So it is true," Aria said, clenching her fist. She had thought the maids were telling a lie to have fun trying to say Annalise had climbed her way into Rafael’s bed. She believed Annalise being called the lady of the manor was a mockery. "Are you satisfied? Was this your plan all along after saying you weren’t interested in him? Acting all high and mighty while judging the maids who liked him?"
Ezra opened his eyes, intrigued by the conversation Annalise was having with the maid. He kept quiet to let Annalise and Rafael do as they wanted, but he couldn’t stay silent when someone disrespected Annalise. "Does someone care to enlighten me about what is happening? Why is she speaking to you as she likes? You are-"
"No," Annalise said, stopping Ezra from revealing too much. "She is someone who doesn’t know when to stop talking so she doesn’t lose her job. Since you heard that I am now the lady of the manor, you should know about the warnings given by Rafael and Beatrice. You are to hold your tongue before you are fired."
"I won’t be thinking of our old friendship when you are crying about losing good work. I have not forgotten our conversations about you needing this work. Shut your mouth before you need to look for other work," Annalise advised Aria.
Annalise had not eaten yet so now was not the best time to pester her.
Aria didn’t hear about any warnings. She had only heard the maids calling Annalise the lady of the manor. "I was right about you. How you got his attention. There was no reason for you to be picked as his maid. We all knew it. I’m disappointed that I let myself be fooled by you. Became your friend because I thought you were a good person."