"Miss Cloud, aren't you making this hard for me? If the master finds out you want to leave, don't you think about the harm you might come to?"
When Nanny Thompson followed Sophia Cloud to the door, Sophia was gesturing in the air, asking the gatekeeper to let her out.
"I'm sorry, Miss Cloud, but the master has ordered that you cannot leave. Please go back."
By this time, everyone up and down in the Harrell Family knew that Sophia Cloud was on Leo Harrell's blacklist. They couldn't risk their own safety for her, letting themselves be punished as well.
—I beg you, Arthur is sick, I just want to see him. Can you please make an exception for me?
Even though she knew it was unlikely, Sophia still wanted to try with all her might. Faced with the cold words of the gatekeeper, Sophia's heart felt exceptionally pained.
How much of a failure must I be to only find out about my own child's illness so late?