Belle saw her mother take a seat to take a sip from the teacup, enjoying every drop that made Belle question if the woman who she had been calling as her mother was truly her mother.
When they both heard some sound come from the ground floor, Belle's body froze and she looked at the surface of the table before saying, "Would you like to have something with blood tea? Cassie made these amazing butter cookies that were baked yesterday," she tried her best to behave normal and shift her mother's attention back to her.
God only knew if it was Barron who was crashing things again or if it was Councilman Joshua who was trying to make his way out of the study room.
"Did you hear that sound?" asked her mother.
"Sound?" asked Belle with an oblivious look on her face, "What sound, mama?"
"It felt like something fell," said her mother who had her head turned, looking at the door of the kitchen which led outside to the other parts of the mansion.
