Chapter 44: He was at the garden
If that was the case, then how could she have thought Rose was weak? Unless she was blind to it herself.
"Be rational and tell me what happened. Why did you come here barking at me?" Rose stared at Miss Stella like a tiger, her shoulders trembling. She forced herself to stay calm so she could explain the situation clearly.
But she wasn’t calming down. She wasn’t going to trust her mother.
"Where is my son, Mother? Minutes ago, I left him with you, and when I came back, I found out he had been kidnapped. Is that true? Was Tobi really taken from this house?" Her voice grew firmer toward the end as she shook her head, staring at her mother, waiting for an answer.
Miss Stella’s expression turned arrogant as she looked at Rose.
"Kidnapped? And what if he was? What if you never saw him again?" Miss Stella smirked, her eyes gleaming with mischief, almost daring Rose to react.
Rose shook her head. "Mother, no," she whispered, forcing back the tears threatening to spill from her eyes.
"Mother, Tobi was with you. Were you the one who had him kidnapped?"
Rose was trying to calm herself, but the tension in the air hadn’t settled. She looked at her mother, her entire body shaking with restrained emotion.
She was truly trying to keep herself in control. If not, she might have reacted on pure instinct.
"Oh dear," Miss Stella sneered. "You look like a wrecked doll on the verge of breaking, yet still standing like it has a few words left to say."