Chapter 96 The Pushpin (2/2)

Panicked, Zola replied,”Sir, this room was cleaned by Kate...” Then she briefly paused, perhaps feeling sorry for having thrown Kate under the bus. ”It was all my fault,” Zola continued. ”I should have double checked the room more carefully...” Her moment of remorse quickly turned into a slight fear of possibly being found out.

The worried expression on Zola's face actually affected Emily. She always saw only the be

mind, and settled for an ”Okay.” Reluctant to actually obey him, Zola slowly dragged her heels towards the door hoping he would change his mind. However, Jacob was set on his decision, so she conformed and went downstairs to inform Sam.

Even though confused by Jacob's sudden instruction, Sam didn't try to argue with Jacob about it. After all, he knew how important Emily was to him. So his decision did not surprise him in the least.

After informing Sam, Zola came back inside the mansion when she noticed a maid suspiciously pacing around in the garden. Uncertain who that was, Zola approached the scene and noticed Kate, her scapegoat, distressed, crying and talking to herself.

She quickly walked towards Kate, clutched her arms and asked her in a low voice,”What are you still doing here, Kate? Why haven't you left yet? Didn't I tell you to leave right away? Mr. Jacob would be furious if he saw you're still here.”

Kate's eyes were bloodshot from all the crying. With a shaky voice, she proceeded to speak,”Zola, I really cleaned that room well, and checked it thoroughly. There couldn't have been a pushpin on that carpet. Could you please allow me to explain myself to Mr. Jacob?”

Being a servant for the Gu's came with quite high salaries and benefits; so Kate didn't want to lose this job. She couldn't understand what had happened that day. Where did that pushpin come from? She knew it was not her fault and couldn't simply accept the blame for it.

Even more afraid of being found out, Zola continued to keep herself calm while addressing Kate sternly,”I'm sorry Kate. I can't help you. It was you who cleaned that room, and it was in that room where Miss Emily got hurt by the pushpin. She's very angry about it, and so is Mr. Jacob. If you stay here, your situation will only get worse.”

”Zola, but I...”

”I've given you three months worth of salary than you have not yet earned. You should know what's good for yourself. If you keep staying here, you will only make Mr. Jacob angrier and you might even lose all that money too! You must leave now before he sees you.” Zola briefly paused and then continued on an even more frustrated tone,”Go! What are you waiting for? If anything happens to Miss Emily again, Mr. Jacob won't show any mercy to you!”