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."

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

Madam Salvador really did have a mental illness?" Bella recalled her

unease. "To be exact, Madam Salvador was completely insane!" Bella and Steven were both

back of Tideview Manor, over time, rumors began to spread. There was no way to keep it hidden forever. The

"That's no longer

sentence, unable to say the

mental illness," Bella said, sighing in frustration. "Madam Salvador must have lost all sense of reality, experiencing hallucinations and delusions, along with violent impulses. She couldn't control herself

a deep sorrow. It made sense now why Grant's mother had spiraled into madness, abandoned by her husband,

gone for years now. I had planned to take this secret to my

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

face grew serious. She gently placed her hand on Wilma's tense back. "Wilma, what

Young Master Grant had only been living in the Salvador household for a short time. It was my

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