'SLAP!'
"You DAMN girl! What have you done to make Madam cry so terribly?!"
This slap was actually deeply personal—Heena had been wanting to hit this particular servant for days now. This was the same bitch who'd helped hide food, who'd given Maya the idea to starve Heena out.
And now Heena had the perfect excuse to vent her anger publicly without anyone questioning it.
The servant girl—her name was Meili—was completely shocked by being slapped.
She literally couldn't believe it. Her hand went to her reddening cheek, her mouth open in outrage.
Maya herself felt choked inside, torn between her genuine grief over the fish and her shock at a lowly servant daring to strike HER personal maid.
"What are you DOING?!" Maya shouted at Heena.
Hearing that, Heena looked at Maya with wide, innocent eyes, then back at the servant girl Meili, and said urgently:
