After ten more minutes of argument and heated retorts from Ruth, she and Thea stood a little away from the gate with a frown on their faces. While the guards stood tall, crossing their hands over their chest and glaring at the two women, who had given an earful to them.
"What now, Ruth?" Thea asked in frustration.
With every passing moment, the uneasiness in her heart grew by an inch. She could feel the danger and the tension lingering in the air of the O'Dell property. She wanted to see behind those giant brick and stone walls. She wanted to see what had happened with Rees.
Why the O'Dells had restricted entry of any person in 'the great manor' except specified personalities and their servants?
"I am so sorry, Thea. We have tried our best but those chauvinistic men are so dense to understand anything. I don't think we can enter in there today." Ruth glanced up at the dark sky. The coldness in the air had increased than the daytime.
