Can’t Win Me Back

The moment Rosie spoke, the atmosphere in the car came to a standstill.

The air turned frigid.

Alyssa and Sean exchanged terrified glances.

Alyssa then asked, " Mrs. Rosie, you said he's mentally disturbed...

What do you mean?" Rosie felt a slight twitch around her eyes as if she had fallen into a deeply unsettling memory.

She took a deep breath and explained, " I've been working with the Becketts for almost 30 years.

"Among all the staff at Seaview Manor, apart from Mr. Durham and Mr. Odom, who assists Mr. Javier, few have been here as long as I have.

"When I first joined the Becketts, I was tasked with serving Mrs. Beckett and Mr. Justin, though I wasn't their personal helper.

I was simply following the lead helper, doing heavy manual labor like laundry.

More conscientious tasks—pouring and serving tea and the like—were outside my job description then.

"Initially, I thought Mrs. Beckett didn't like me because I came from ahumble village and seemed careless.

I later realized that her daily needs were handled by specific staff members—trusted individuals she brought with her from the Dutton family.

Beckett family found it challenging to approach her."

needed to hide from the Becketts?" "Could it be that she was really mentally ill?" Alyssa recalled the speculation

look in her

her

mad woman!" Alyssa and

mad woman?" "Mrs. Beckett had specific staff members who cared for her, and she lived

matter of time before the truth

severe episode was when she went berserk, unable

bringing her

bloody and horrifying!" Sean's eyes widened

She just sounds like a—" He felt too ashamed to utter that

a serious mental

that point, she had lost her self-awareness and was hallucinating, displaying aggressive

control herself anymore." Hearing this made her

despised her, it was understandable why she would ultimately lose control and take her own

signed a nondisclosure agreement

many years since Mrs. Beckett's passing, so I had originally planned to take this secret to my grave." Filled with worry, Rosie

tell you everything I

likely inherited his

that are even more terrifying than hers!" Alyssa's

reached out to soothe