With tears obscuring her view, Rebeccah dashed out of the living room, covering her mouth to prevent any noises from escaping her trembling lips. As she ran, she bumped into Tina, the new housekeeper, who grabbed her by the shoulders and quickly pulled inside the kitchen.
"What's going on? What happened?"
The maid, still shaking from Samantha's outrage, took a seat behind the staff's kitchen table and accepted a glass of water from Tina, whose worried eyes had been fixed on her all this time. Once Rebeccah finally felt like she could talk again, she looked at the housekeeper and mumbled quietly, "Miss Blackwood got really mad at me just now. She told me to get out of here... Do you think it means that I'm fired?"
Tina glanced briefly at the entrance to the living room, mulling over her further actions, then shifted her eyes back to the maid and let out a long sigh.
