The sound of paper rustling wasnât loud but the old man wasnât careful and his hand bumped against a crystal ornament and his heart almost jumped out of him. He carefully arranged it back properly and calmed down.
He looked at the door guiltily and took a deep breath.
He was sure that there wouldnât be anyone coming at this time and his actions werenât rushed nor haphazard. He carefully erased any trace of his presence.
The document folder was exactly the same as the one he had in his hands.
This kind of document folder was easy to buy and there was nothing special about it.
Even so, the old man wasnât satisfied and opened the folder in his hands and pulled out some documents, and then did the same to the folder on the table to compare.
âWhat are you doing in Bossâs study?â
A curious voice sounded behind his back and the old man who was comparing the documents was startled!
At that moment, he broke out in cold sweat.
He didnât dare to turn around and slowly turned around... it was Kirk.
âYou, didnât you go with Master to the hospital?â
Kirk raised his eyebrow, âSam, you havenât answered me how were you able to enter Bossâs study?â
The person who went with Boss to the hospital was Ladd and not him. Two days ago Boss assigned him to carry out another task.
In the past, Boss would have him and Ladd on either side of him but recently Boss preferred Ladd. Just like that day when Old Master Shaw fainted, in an emergency Boss chose Ladd to drive him and assigned Kirk to remain to guard the manor. In this incident, he felt that he had drifted further from the Boss.
When he was mulling these, he arrived on the second floor and heard some faint sounds coming from the study. Though the sound was soft, it raised his curiosity.
Master had clearly left the manor, so who could be in the study?
Kirkâs mind was racing and immediately thought of ... that woman!
Once Master wasnât around, that woman will start messing around!
Kirk hated it when he thought about it.
This kind of hatred came from deep within him and canât be faked easily.
But when he thought about the womanâs sneaky actions, Kirk went towards the study and listened.
Though the sound was faint, there was indeed some rustling sounds coming from inside the study.
Kirkâs heart jumped... finally! Finally, he has caught the woman red-handed!
Kirk wanted to catch her red-handed and not alert her of his presence. He also wanted to find out what she was doing!
He also wanted to show Boss her true colors!
The study was very dark and without a light. The thick curtains blocked out most of the light and he could only see a black figure. Kirkâs heartbeat raced... Finally! Finally, I caught you red-handed and in the act!
But the next moment, Kirk was stunned, âWhat are you doing in Bossâs study?â It was Sam!
He was immeasurably surprised!
Not only did Sam not answer, but he asked in return. Furthermore, Samâs sneaky actions raised Kirkâs suspicious, âWhatâs in your hands?â
Samâs old face frowned, âNothing.â
Kirkâs hands were fast and snatched over the folder from Samâs hands.
âKirk! You canât see them!â
Sam suppressed his voice.
This increased Kirkâs suspicion and looked at the documents. With a hand, he pushed Sam away when he tried to take back the folder, âWhat are these?â
âNothing!â
âNothing then why did you sneak into Bossâ study?â Kirk didnât believe and by right he shouldnât be looking at these documents. But firstly, Samâs actions were suspicious, and secondly, he was curious about what could make this old butler so nervous.
With one hand pushing Sam away, the other hand raising up the document to look. He didnât mean to look at them in detail and only wanted to scare Sam, âWhy canât I look? Are these some shameful documents? Iâll see them for myself if you donât tell me.â
He was just going through the actions to scare Sam and didnât expect his eyes to catch a line of words and he turned somber.
He didnât bother about Sam and took up the document in surprise.
Suddenly, Sam lunges at Kirk and shouts, âYou cannot see them, you canât see them!!!â
Sam panicked.
Kirk easily pushed Sam away and he tripped over himself and fell down to the ground.
âWhatâs this! Sam! What is written here? Are they real???â He couldnât believe his eyes and his gaze fell on the document folder on the table. He remembered the black figure was comparing the documents... without delay, Kirk took out the documents and looked at them.
The two sets of documents had very different âTruth of the matterâ.
Which was true and which was fake... it wasnât important now. Kirk was clear that if what Sam had in his hands were fake, then why did he act so sneaky and came to the study to replace the documents?
Sam sat on the floor and then crept on his knees towards Kirk and tugged on his trousers, âPlease donât tell Boss about this!â
Kirk was shocked!
âPlease pretend that this didnât happen, I beg of you!...
I did all these because of Wallis! Kirk, think about it, Wallis had been kind, gentle, and meek. How could she do those things? All these are due to Grace!
Think about it, externally, Wallis was cherished by Master and everyone knew that. But Wallisâ good friend was Grace and she didnât give up and kept pestering Master.
Wallis had an inferiority complex and it was I who didnât give her a good status in the family. She was just the daughter of a common family while Grace came from an elite family. She was talented and admired by all.
The only thing was that she was loyal to Master and pursued him fervently. Wallis was afraid that Master would one day be snatched by Grace. Wallis erred in her anxiety. But it was because that woman was late that night that she was gang-raped.
Wallis paid for her anxiety with her life! Isnât this enough? No matter how big the incident, isnât a life enough of a price?â
Sam wept bitterly, âKirk, Wallis did do something wrong but that was because of Grace. Now that Master had married that woman and that woman willingly married Master, isnât this her wish all along?
Why the need to dig up the past to analyze it? Why seek the truth behind those things that had happened?
That woman became Mrs. Shaw ... Willis became a pile of ashes... I, Sam Venus, only had one daughter. She had gone to another world and I only wish that her name on this world was clean. I wish that in Masterâs heart, she was always that kind, warm and timid little girl... Kirk, I beg of you! Iâll bow to you! Just treat it as if you had no heard nor seen anything!
That woman had obtained what she wanted, hadnât she? Isnât the current situation good? Amidst a joyous environment, I only wanted to ensure that Wallisâ reputation remained good and not be ridiculed.
Kirk, I knew that you ... liked Wallis since you were a kid. Iâm sure you donât want others to think that Wallis was a vile person, right?
Furthermore, Wallis did it at a momentâs folly! She didnât intend to harm anyone! That woman was her best friend! How could she be so vicious to hurt her own friend?â
Kirk started to frown... From the moment Sam said âyou liked Wallis since you were a kidâ, he had already made up his mind.
âSam, tell me first... in fact, you had known this since very long ago, right?â
âI... Wallis did mention to me once and I thought that she was just joking. Wallis also said that she simply wanted to scare Grace and take some photos as evidence. She will not let them do anything untoward Grace... She just wanted Grace not to pester Master again. I... I treated it as a joke since Wallis was so timid.â
Kirk clenched his fist and closed his eyes. He tossed the documents towards Sam, âRemember this, Iâm not helping you conceal. Iâm not helping you but Iâm doing this for Master to maintain a good memory of Wallis in his heart. Today I didnât come here, I didnât see you neither did I see those documents.â
After finishing, he turned and walked to the corridor. Only in the light, could Kirkâs pale lips and bitter frown be seen.
As he was walking down the stairs. He heard the sound of a conversation.
It was that woman!
Kirk was distracted and, at that moment, he tripped, and although he didnât fall, he sounded out in surprise.
He looked up and saw that womanâs back was towards him but started to turn and look at him... his heart jumped!
He had a feeling of guilt that he had done something wrong.
He glared back coldly and expressed his displeasure.
Kirk saw that she looked away from him and easily disregarded his disdain.
Perhaps... all his supposition, all his paranoia was exposed suddenly.
Those pages, sentences, and every word were telling him that his hatred for this woman was unfounded!
A person who he hated, looked down upon and criticized, in that instant the truth was telling him that his hatred was unreasonable!
He didnât have any more reason to hate and be disgusted with this woman!
Kirkâs heart was in a strange mess and exceedingly guilty, he could only let off a cold âhumph!â.
He walked by her without so much as to greet her âMissusâ and walked quickly out of the main door...
as if he felt guilty and disgusted with himself.
âMr. Garcia, today is Missusâ birthday. I need to go to the James residence.â