Behind Closed Doors

"Lucy would have been a better option." The head maid candidly suggested, "I'll be needing a lot more hands by tomorrow morning, but have you seen the list of stocks needed? Half of the servants here are presently useless and clumsy once they step out of the Palace. Thanks to my ill-luck, I have no choice but to choose from one of them since Crystalline has chosen to be under the weather." She irked.

Albert, who silently listened to the head maids complaint, rolled his eyes in a 'whatever' kind of manner and didn't respond to her criticism concerning the servants. Samantha could tell that the head maid would be a bossy one, the air around her already felt pompous, which wasn't to Samantha's liking at all, but nevertheless, her likes or dislikes never really mattered, and this was her only chance to flee from the Palace without Lord Ivan catching up on her.

'you can do this.' She mentally encouraged herself.

"Ahem..!"