The Duchess's legs trembled from disbelief.
A pair of eyes that did not intend to conceal the disgust and displeasure at her presence had also humiliated her frail pride easily by the obvious absence of respect for her authority by her own child.
She stared aghast at his chilling back, turning away from her, completely uninterested in the teary eyes she portrayed after hearing her only son utter words of honest despise to her.
Nonetheless, as soon as he disappeared into the long hallway, leading to his chambers, the woman flinched in awareness and hastily searched her surroundings with exasperated eyes and made sure that no other eyes had witnessed such disgrace.
Gulp...
'... I need to get out of here...'
Holding her tears back out of the disheartening humiliation, she went upstairs to the Head's bedroom shared with her Husband.
