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.

the Beckett family found it challenging to

"Could it be that she was really mentally ill?" Alyssa recalled the speculation she and her

in

her brows together

mad woman!" Alyssa and Sean

for her, and she lived alone in

only a matter of

when she

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

horrifying!" Sean's eyes widened

she even human? She just sounds like a—" He felt too ashamed to utter that

mental

point, she had lost her self-awareness and

control herself anymore." Hearing this made her feel

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

a nondisclosure

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

now, I must tell you

has likely inherited his mother's

tendencies that are

out to soothe Rosie's