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."

puzzled, "Why was that? Did Madam Salvador have something

did have a mental illness?" Bella

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

was no way to keep it hidden forever. The worst incident was when she lost control and attacked a maid bringing her food-biting off

"That's no longer human....

the sentence,

lost all sense of reality, experiencing hallucinations and delusions, along with violent

It made sense now why Grant's mother had spiraled

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

her 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

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

she was pulled back into a bloody, horrific memory. "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 dinner at the separate villa where

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