Maria
The hug broke when someone else walked into the room, it wasn't Theo.
"I tried to stop her," the maid said, completely out of breath as she tried to stop an older lady from coming in, "she insisted that what she wanted to speak with you about was a life and death discussion. She came in through the other exit, we couldn't stop her."
The 'other' exit was synonymous with a secret exit. It was a little gate at the other side of the house that was created for emergencies or a case where a person had to sneak in, or out. No one apart from the workers and his family members knew about it. The woman looked like she was in her late fifties, like his mother, except she looked older and wearier. She c
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