The first person who had arrived pointed at Aveline, saying, "When I got here, I saw her standing next to Madam Barbara, who was crying continuously." All eyes turned to Aveline.

"She's the one who took Madam Barbara away. Did she mistreat her?"

"Madam Barbara seems to like her a lot. I doubt it."

"What do you know? Women like her can deceive men and old ladies alike. Who knows what she did to

Madam Barbara behind our backs."

Frederick looked at Aveline with a dark expression. "What exactly happened?"

Aveline took a deep breath and recounted the events, concluding with, "If you don't believe me, you can check the security footage."

Frederick glanced at the butler, who immediately went to review the recordings.

butler returned with a complicated expression. "Sir, the young madam took Madam Babara to a blind spot in the cameras. We couldn't capture what happened." Frederick's face darkened further. "Aveline, what did you do to Madam Barbara? How can you be so malicious?

sobbing loudly. Panicked, Aveline forced herself to calm down and said, "There was someone else - a servant here. He stopped the wheelchair. He

have time for your excuses. Someone, lock her up until we get to the

"Yes, sir!"

butler summoned servants who covered Aveline's mouth and forcibly

trying to say

busy entertaining guests and knew

- likely an abandoned storage area. The air was thick with the smell of rot and mold, dust and cobwebs everywhere. Aveline pressed her lips together and found a relatively clean spot to sit down. She took out her phone and called

he was her only

call connected, it wasn't answered and eventually disconnected

Aveline's expression darkened.

Barbara's wheelchair? Why were they trying to

and damp. As night fell and temperatures dropped, it

formal gown provided little

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