Chapter 67 - - 67 : The owner of Arvis
Norma watched as Elysee von Herhardt, Matthias' mother, kept walking back and forth all over her room. She fluffed up her pillows, tucked her in securely in bed, before checking over some last minute details to ensure she was comfortable.
"I can't help but feel sorry for Bill." Norma piped up, making Elysee turn around in shock at the matriarch's words.
"Sorry?" she asked incredulously, before sitting down at the edge of Norma's bed, "How could you say your sorry for him? You're the one injured by his negligence and destroyed the greenhouse!" she exclaimed in an outrage.
Normally Elysee wouldn't dare raise her tone at Norma, she respected the Herhardt matriarch too much. However, in this case she couldn't help herself.
"I didn't get hurt that badly." Norma softly explained, making Elysee scoff in disbelief at her words.
"I can't believe how forgiving you are of this!" she exclaimed, "You have broken bones! You almost died! The only reason it wasn't worse than that was because the maid took most of the brunt of the explosion." she pointed out.
She got up and began to fix the medicine by Norma's vanity, posture tense and angry as she tried to calm her tone as she reasoned with Norma.
"Also, Hessen had already given them warnings about not stacking firewood too close to the generators, and yet he deliberately did the opposite!"
"He's not some rookie employee Elysee, we've known him for years." Norma added, "You and I both know this was all an accident."
"Well, that accident of his cost me my birds, and around half of your rare plants! We were fortunate that no person was involved in the casualties, but you could have been one too. Even the year end party at Arvis is ruined now because the generator is gone." Elysee ended her argument.
The rest of the banquet hall and dining room were now stuck with old fashioned lamps just to light them up. The mansion's electricity was practically non-existent at this point because most of the lamps had been replaced to use the electricity, and now they were completely useless.