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.

it challenging to approach her." Sean

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

in her

knitted her brows together

a mad woman!" Alyssa and Sean could hardly believe

staff members who cared for her, and

a matter of time before the truth came

her most severe episode was when she went berserk, unable to

of the helpers bringing her food, biting a chunk out of

horrifying!"

like a—" He felt too

is a serious mental condition," Alyssa sighed

point, she had lost her self-awareness

couldn't control herself anymore." Hearing this made her

her husband completely despised her, it was understandable why she would ultimately lose control

a nondisclosure

this secret to my grave." Filled with worry, Rosie held onto Alyssa's hands so tightly that her fingers turned

must tell you everything I

Justin has likely

he has violent tendencies that are even

reached out to soothe Rosie's tense

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