Twenty Two

Twenty Two


Abigail’s POV

I knew they were trying to make my life miserable on purpose. It was going to take them a whole lot more than that for them to get to me.

I knew what they were up to so it was easier for me to just act like it wasn’t happening and continue with my work diligently. Amidst everything I made sure I avoided Laurie at all costs. I didn’t want to see her.

Anywhere I heard her presence I made sure I was in another place entirely because I just didn’t want to face her.

I woke up very early that morning because I knew I was going to be assigned a lot of duties even if I slept very late last night. I knew it was all to frustrate me because a job that was meant for two to three people was assigned to just me.

After waking up and getting ready, I got dressed and walked directly into the kitchen where I knew Sylvia would be to assign my duties. Sometimes I felt like slapping her hard across the face but now wasn’t the time to react.

I knew all these while they would be expecting an outburst from me but they were never getting it, I wasn’t going to give them such luxury to feel like they’d overcome me. I didn’t care what they asked me to do, because I’ll do it and life would go on. 

The only time I’ll accept I’ve lost is when I react to them. I knew they were purposely trying to get me to speak to attract unnecessary attention and punishment but I didn’t want that.

The duties gave me time to forget about everything around me and I left life without thinking too hard day in and day out. When I arrived at the kitchen there was no one there but the dishes were left unwashed.

I was pissed because this was on purpose, there was someone assigned to wash the dishes before bed each night and she didn’t. I was sure that Sylvia asked her not to and to leave it for me instead.

I Inhaled deeply, calming my nerves and I walked over to the dishes. Without wasting time I walked up to the dishes and started washing them. I was almost done then I felt a presence walk in and I immediately knew who it was before turning back.

“Good morning.” I greeted calmly but I got no response. Instead, she poured herself a cup of water and drank it, dropping the empty glass in the sink.

She then stepped back and rested her back against the wall.

“Do I have to tell you everything? Do you have to be so sluggish? How long does it want to take you to wash these dishes? When did you wake up?”

“I woke up very early and I started washing it as soon as I got here, I didn’t know that the dishes were not washed…”

“Why wouldn’t you know that they were not washed? Who was supposed to wash them for you? Or do you think there’s someone to do your job for you?”

“That’s not it, I just thought there was another maid that was supposed to…”

“Would you just shut it and stop trying to give films excuses for your laziness?”

“I’m sorry,” I said plainly as I silently continued washing the dishes. When I was done I cleaned my hands and stood in front of Sylvia waiting for her to assign duties to me like before.

“Did you clean the garden yesterday?”

“Yes, I did.”

“Do it again.”

I was shocked at her outburst because I just cleaned it yesterday and it took me hours to get it sorted. We had gardeners who could tend to that but I knew what she was trying to do. 

“But I cleaned it yesterday..”

“Shut it and listen to your orders, and you better not leave any single one out of them because I would be inspecting every single thing myself. “ she said with a cold glare plastered on her face.

“Yes.”

“Then clean the store room and cupboards too.”

“Okay, I’ll get started right away,” I said calmly with a smile plastered on my face. I knew the look on my face was only going to get her annoyed but I didn’t care.

All I cared about was doing what she asked. 

“And scrub the floors too.” She ordered and walked out of my sight leaving me there as I got started with my chores.

After some hours into it, I was cleaning the cupboards when my maid approached me.

“The Alpha has sent for you that he has something to discuss with you.” She said and walked away without saying anything.

I found it odd that he was calling me into his chambers because I felt uneasy. If he wanted to talk to me, why was he in his conference room or something?

I didn’t remember doing anything that would warrant being punished or questioned so what could he be calling Me for?

I continued what I was doing for some minutes as I planned to go and see him later since I was busy and I didn’t want to have issues with Sylvia. 

“Didn’t you hear that the Alpha sent for you?” One of the maids inquired, tapping me gently to get my attention.

“He did.”

“And you’re still here?”

“I wanted to finish up with what I was doing here before I…” 

“Didn’t she tell you that he said he wanted to see you immediately? Didn’t you warn me about the mood he is in? When you get into his bad side you’ll see that even madam Sylvia won’t be able to do anything.”

I scoffed inwardly and dropped what I was doing reluctantly. I still didn’t understand why he was calling me for anything.

And the only way to find out was to go and hear what he wants to discuss with me.