Chapter 10
“You’ve all been duped by her!” the housekeeper shouted, shaking her head.
“Sir, Madam, every time you couldn’t sleep or had a headache, the aromatherapy was made by M. Eliza herself Mr. Margot just took the credit.
“And, Mr. Evan, remember the earthquake years ago? It was Ms. Eliza who braved the danger to pull you out of the rubble, not Ms. Margot, who claimed it was her.
“And that time in the garden, the one actually dancing was Ms. Eliza, but Ms. Margot took the credit in front of Aiden, leading you astray.”
Her words were like grenades going off in the hospital room.
The Newell family and Aiden just stood there, shell–shocked and full of regret. Who would’ve thought the truth was this brutal?
Margot’s face went ghostly pale. She glared at the housekeeper, her voice cracking as she screamed, “You old liar! What are you talking about? I did those things, not her!”
The housekeeper gave a bitter smile. “Deep down, you know what’s true. Ms. Eliza never got much love–not from her parents, her brother, or even her fiancé. But we, the staff, saw how she treated everyone with kindness.”
“Once, I asked why she never told the truth, and she said, ‘What good would it do? No one would believe me. Everyone loves Margot, and no one loves me.‘ She even wished sometimes she’d never been born.”
Those words nearly floored the Newell family and Aiden.
Margot couldn’t take it anymore. She jumped up, pointing at the housekeeper, shouting, “You bitch! How dare you twist the truth! Eliza must have paid you to lie!”
The housekeeper chuckled softly, unfazed. “Your allowance is a hundred grand a month, while Ms. Eliza only gets six hundred. Where would she get the money to bribe me? I’ve been with the Newells for so long, I can’t stand seeing Ms. Eliza treated so unfairly.”
The family and Aiden were even more stunned by her words.
Aiden’s voice shook as he asked, “You only give her six hundred a month?!”
Greg and Thea exchanged guilty glances, their voices trembling. “We… we didn’t give her a regular allowance. Just a few hundred here and there when we remembered her.”
But they hardly ever thought of Eliza. Most of their attention was always on Margot.
Evan’s face was ashen. He remembered Eliza’s worn–out clothes and shoes, and all those times he caught her working part–time jobs.
What did he do back then?
He scolded her for being a Newell and yet taking on such menial jobs. Didn’t the family give her money?
Eliza just kept her head down, silent, her eyes red.
It was obvious she wasn’t given any money. And since she was always ready to donate blood to Margot, she couldn’t have a normal social life or job.
His mind buzzed, emotions flooding through him, making it hard to breathe.
Margot knew she was losing the argument, and rushed forward. “Dad, Mom, Evan, I’m your real daughter and sister. Aiden, I’m the one you truly care about. How can you believe a housekeeper over me?”
Once, they wouldn’t have. But just ten minutes ago, they overheard her on the phone.
She was bragging about how she faked an injury to get Eliza out of the way.
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Chapter 10
For the first time, Greg. Thea, and Evan pushed her away, disappointment written all over their faces Aiden’s face was stormy as he made a phone call, “I need you to look into a few things for me?
At that moment, Margot crumpled to the floor.
She knew, deep down,
It was all over for her.
