As soon as Wilma uttered those words, the air inside the heated car turned icy, like the bitter cold of winter.

Bella and Steven exchanged a startled glance, both hearts racing.

Bella quickly asked, "Wilma, what do you mean by 'mental issues"?"

Wilma's face twitched slightly, as if recalling something deeply unsettling.

She took a shaky breath before speaking. Tve worked for the Salvador family for nearly 30 years now, mostly at the Tideview Manor. Other than the head butler and Chairman Salvador's secretary Paul, not many servants have been there as long as I have.

"When I first joined the Salvador household, I was assigned to serve Chairman Salvador's wife and Young Master Grant. But I wasn't their personal maid. I was just part of the staff doing laundry and other menial tasks. I wasn't trusted with things like serving tea or handling delicate chores.

"At first, I thought Madam Salvador looked down on me because I came from a poor village and was clumsy. But later, I realized that all of Madam Salvador's daily needs were managed by her own trusted people- servants she brought from the Fowler household, her maternal family. It was almost impossible for any of the Salvador family's regular staff to get close to her."

that? Did Madam Salvador have something to hide from the rest of

mental illness?" Bella recalled her and her brothers' earlier suspicions, her eyes

unease. "To be exact, Madam

keep it hidden forever. The worst incident was when she lost control and attacked a maid bringing her food-biting off a piece of the woman's face.

"That's no

sentence, unable to say the

mental illness," Bella said, sighing in frustration. "Madam Salvador must have lost all sense of reality, experiencing hallucinations and

this, Bella felt a deep sorrow. It made sense now why Grant's mother had spiraled into

all this, and Madam Salvador has been gone for years now. I had planned to take

face lined with concern. "But now, I have to tell you everything I know! I believe Young Master Grant inherited his mother's mental issues. Although he seems normal on the outside, he harbors a

She gently placed her hand on Wilma's tense back. "Wilma, what exactly do

"This was over 20 years ago... Young Master Grant had only been living in the Salvador household for a short time. It was my turn to serve

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