Chapter 11: Marina (2)

Chapter 11 – Marina (2)

The next morning, I awoke to the sound of birds chirping sweetly outside my window. Yesterday, I had fallen asleep much faster than usual. It seemed that the events of the previous day had truly tired me out—from touring the mansion, to dealing with Kyle, and then Marina and the maids.

I didn’t even know if Kyle had come by our room last night. Last night, I had slept so soundly that I was totally unaware of anything happening around me. I did remember that before I retired to my chambers, I told Jean to take care of the maids who bullied Marina. He didn’t need to fire them, since I knew that this mansion was suffering from a workforce shortage as it were. Instead, Jean only punished them by adding more chores to their workload and cutting their salaries. The latter was a far more effective punishment since nothing was more painful for a worker than a salary cut.

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