Master Brian’s maid

After Oswat took his mother back to his room to sleep, he felt a bit bored so he went out to the yard to get some fresh air, on the way, he accidentally tripped and was helped by Dr. Henry. Henry was surprised to see Oswat injured and asked:

“Did you have an accident?”

Oswat was helped by Henry to sit down on a wooden bench in the yard, and replied:

“Yes, my father and I unfortunately had an accident while searching for my sister.”

Henry looked at Oswat’s wound and said;

“Your arm is off to the side, right?”

Oswat replied quickly:

“It was quite lucky for me. My arm was just dislocated and bandaged for a few days. I’m a bit unaccustomed to this position but it’s still better than breaking and having to heal for longer.”

Henry happily says:

“Well, if you’re broken, you’ll see me often. I’ll help you readjust your arm.”

Oswat smiled and replied:

“Yes, thank you doctor.”

Henry looked at the time on his wristwatch and quickly said:

“You should go back to your room and rest. I have work to do first.”

Oswat nodded silently, he said goodbye to Henry to move towards his ward. And Henry continued to walk quickly towards his office, when he entered the room and saw Mrs. Sadie – his grandmother was waiting with a cup of tea in hand, he quickly asked:

“What brings you here at this time?”

Sadie dressed elegantly, looking at her grandson replied:

“Am I not allowed to come visit you?”

Henry sat across from Sadie, lifted his teacup and took a sip.

“Of course, this hospital is under your control, you can come here anytime you want.”

Sadie was a little annoyed when Henry said it, she hit his leg with a stick and said:

“Henry, you are being a bit rude to me. Do I need to take the time to teach you again?”

Henry smirked and replied coldly:

“Working under the management of my relatives is really cramped. Now I’m not a kid anymore, so I won’t be an idiot to listen to other people’s orders, I have the right to do as I please.”

Sadie burst out laughing, saying:

“Adult? So you prove it to your father. Pay more attention to your poor dead mother.”

Henry adjusted his transparent glasses and replied:

“I won’t forget it, don’t worry.”

Sadie picked up the teacup and continued:

“I have heard from my subordinates that Norton has smoothly built up a large trading company, and he will consider your brother Kent as a director. Are you still not participating or getting involved? Kent is a naughty boy, he’s the son of that damn woman.”

Henry did not say anything, he went to the window and looked at the scenery outside. Madame Sadie saw Henry’s attitude, eagerly asked:

“This company is mostly shares your mother contributed to, it was taken by him, are you still sitting around indifferently, Henry?”

He turned his face inside, looked at Mrs. Sadie, ignoring:

“Enough, I don’t want to listen anymore. It’s his company, I don’t want to interfere.”

Sadie couldn’t hold her anger at this point, she went to hit him on the back with a stick and shouted:

“All these years, my teachings about your mother’s death caused by him, have they not influenced and made you do anything?”

She paused for a moment and continued:

“That year, I don’t know why Norton changed his mind and came to my house to apologize and take you back to his house, but if not to avenge your mother’s death. Do I agree to give you to his care easily? My purpose is to want you to be a child that makes him trust and hold an important position in the family. From there I will seek revenge on him for heartlessly killing my daughter.”

When Henry heard this, he was extremely annoyed, he retorted strongly to her:

“All of that is your will, you always planted cruel and selfish thoughts in my head to take revenge for my mother instead of you. Have you ever wondered how I would feel? Am I ready to do it? You just want me to be a tool to achieve your revenge. And I get really tired and fed up with that when everything in my life, you’re involved and in control of it.”

Sadie did not show any guilt, she replied indifferently:

“I just want to get justice for my little girl. You are my nephew. Why do you still not understand that?”

Henry said sharply:

“Yes, I used to understand. But I’m tired of having to deal with it. I have to live in a family where no one welcomes me, every day is subjected to their harsh judgmental eyes. They never treated me well. All they did was throw me food, clothes and a small room to live in and imprison me there.”

It seems that all his inhibitions and pent-up for so long have been poured out, Henry continued to say loudly:

“And even being a doctor that gave me some comfort was prevented by your efforts. I am a human being, not a puppet for you to manipulate.”

Sadie ignored what her grandson said, she said in a voice full of reproach:

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Henry coldly replied:

“I won’t forgive them, but I will do it my way, not yours. Don’t say anything from now on.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he took off his white doctor’s shirt, took the file and quickly left the office to leave Mrs. Sadie there alone. She still hadn’t finished what she needed to say, and Sadie called behind him:

“Wait, Henry…Henry…”

He told a nurse at the front desk, bother her to cancel all patient appointments for this afternoon, they will be rescheduled for tomorrow. Henry hastily unbuttoned his shirt to ease his breath, made his way down to the parking lot, and drove somewhere comfortable.

Right now, he felt so much discomfort in his chest that he needed a place to relieve himself. And when he was in a frustrated mood, it was hard for him to maintain the composure to communicate with his patients. Henry drove impromptu on the road, he kept running straight without knowing where his exact destination was. Everything was like his usual routine, he drove back to his house in the suburbs.

It is a large house with full amenities, it has a large garden and parking lot, in front of the yard there is a neatly manicured flowerbed. This was originally the old house of Lady Zola when she often came here to relax alone. His mother is a lover of painting, so she often comes here on weekends to rest and paint, she wants to find herself a quiet and independent space.

So after graduating from college, he finished it a year earlier than expected so Mrs. Sadie gave the house back to him as a graduation gift. The fact that Sadie really cares and loves him but that she always likes to control him makes Henry tired and frustrated.

There are only two servants here, Ted and Gula, both of them are middle-aged and they each have their own rooms. Henry selected his employees carefully including with criteria such as not talking too much, not caring about other people’s stories, working carefully and cleanly, not asking much about his personal life,…and other things.

They to Henry are just like working machines without emotions because he does not allow it to happen here, his life is extremely tasteless and boring, without any vivid colors of a life to live happily. It keeps repeating day after day nothing is new, and so are the people inside this house, they just work and work. Moreover, they don’t care about anything.

Henry drove into the yard and motioned for Ted to wash the car for him, while Gula was cleaning the floor in the great hall, when he saw him come in, he bowed once and continued his unfinished business. Henry is bored, his life is inherently one color, it has formed his eccentric lifestyle. Or was it created from the training and coercion of his family members for him.

He opened the door and entered the room, put the documents on the table and then sat in the chair to rest for a while, Henry was about to sleep a bit but was awakened by the noise inside the secret room. He rushed over to check and discovered Wendy had woken up when he stopped the experiment and laid her inside a large, previously locked cage.

Wendy had carelessly dropped the tray of food on the table when she had just finished eating, she watched Henry come in and scared back to her bed, sitting in a corner. He opened the barn door and entered, Henry saw that she had finished the tray of food he had prepared. He smiled and said:

“You really are a good girl, ate them all. The food I cook, how is it? Is it delicous?”

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