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Zelma immediately stood and followed behind her madam. The car ride back was silent until they arrived back at the estate.

i“/iZelma…you’re not to inform my husband of ithis /iimeeting /iifrom /itodayi…/iiunderstood/ii?/ii” /i

“Yes madam…of course.”

Pause…..

i“/iiAlso/i…ithat /iichild/ii…/iishe’ll /ibe ireturning /ito ithe /iiestate/i. iYou /iiare /iinever/i….iand /iiI /iimean /iiNEVER /iito /iitell /iiher /iithe /iitruth /isurrounding iher /iibirth/i. iUnderstood/ii?/ii” /i

i“/iiYes /iimadam/ii./ii” /i

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“iThe /iiday /iiyou /iido/i…iit’ll /iibe /iithe /iist /iiwords /iiyou ever /iispeak/ii. /i

“iYes /iimadam/ii./ii” /i

Zelma wasn’t concerned however; she knew she would never betray her mistress.

Once the child arrived, Sir Rochester informed us all, the child’s name was Grd. Naturally, Zelma assumed since returned, the child would be treated no different than the other children. However, it quickly became painfully and pitifully obvious that was not the case.

Over the years, Zelma stood by in silence as the family abused, mistreated, and used the child. They stole her academic and talented creativity leaving her starving for approval and love. They doted on their adoptive daughter Olivia, never once revealing the truth. That SHE was in fact the adoptive daughter and Grd was their biological daughter. The night it came into question, Sharon convinced Calvin it would bring shame to the Rochester name if others learned the truth. That for the sake of the family, the truth must remain hidden.

The only ones that were aware of the truth were the Brooks, the Rochesters long time friends and business associates.

Throughout the years, Zelma stood quietly, never voicing her opinion, never wavering a thought. Even when she silently felt bad, cried, and would try to help the child, she never betrayed the Rochesters. It wasn’t until the night the ne was stolen that Zelma had finally reached her limit of loyalty.

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The night Grd was used of stealing the ne at the time; no one was aware that Olivia had stolen the ne from the Sir and Madam’s room. That is ept for Zelma. She was in the room the morning Olivia took.

“iZelma/ii…/iie /iihere/i.”

Zelma never liked Olivia, she was unusually cruel,zy, and unremarkable. Over the yearsb, /bshe didn’t understand why her sir and madam invested so much into her instead of their biological daughter. Stillb, /bshe was the family heiress, so Zelma had no choice but to respect and follow her orders.

“iYes /iiyoung /iiMiss/ib./bb” /b

i“/iiI /iiwant /iiyou /iito /iitake /iithis /iiand /iiin /i30 iminutes/i, iwalk /iiup /iito /iime /iias /iiI /iiam /iispeaking /iito /iimy /iimother /iiand /iitell /iime /iiyou /ifound iit /iin imy /iisister’s /iiroom/i.i” /i

Olivia dropped the ne into Zelma’s hand.

i???????????? /i

i“/iiMa’am /iI idon’t /iiunder-/i”

i“I /iididn’t /iiask /iiyou /iito /iiunderstand/ii!!/ii” /i

Of course, Zelma followed the order of her young miss. That night, Grd was used of stealing the ne and when the truth came out, Olivia was dangerously close to ming Zelma. That

morning, she was scared that she may be terminated or worse so Zelma told Sharon the truth.

Sharon stood in horror as Zelma detailed the events surrounding the ne. Afterwards, Sharon thanked Zelma for her loyalty and promised to take care of everything. She could remember seeing Grd that next morning feeling beyond sad that she was forced to stay bound to such a family. Still, she was loyal to the Rochesters. That was of course until she overheard the conversation regarding her marriage to Jonathan Brooks.

i“/iLook iJonathan/ii, /iiI /iiknow /iiyou /iilove /iiLivie/ii. /iiWe /iihave /iino /iiintentions /iiof /iiinterfering /iiwith /iithat/ii. /iiJust /iimarry /iiGrd /iiand /iihave /iia /iibaby /iiwith /iiher/ii…/iiyou /iiknow /iihow /iiyour /iigrandfather /iiis/i. iAfterwards/ii, /iiyou /iican /iidivorce /iiher /iiand /iido /iias /iiyou /iiplease/ii./ii” /i

Zelma stood in shock…why…why had they treated this girl in such a way! What had she done to earn such hatred from this family? Zelma never knew the full truth regarding Grd’s birth and why her madam wanted to get rid of her so bad.

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Still, in that moment…Zelma saw her 20 year old self…being sold off by her father. It was in that

moment she decided to help that child escape; because unlike the others, Zelma knew of the marriage proposal from the Christiansens. She’d found the contract while cleaning Grd’s room.

She also knew that Grd traveled at least twice a year to South Bay to honor the death of her

adoptive mother. She figured that was how she met the Christiansens. Later that evening, she

reached out to Ma Christiansen.

A few weeks after, she was approached by Tyler Green, Kai Christiansen’s PI.

And now….

i“/iiLord /iiChristiansen/ii…/iiallow /iime /iito /iiintroduce /iimyself/ii, /iI’m iZelma /iiFynch/ii…/iihead /imaid of ithe /iiRochester /iiFamily/ii./i”

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