Beverley couldn't believe she was being blamed: "It's clear as day that you were stirring the pot, and somehow I'm the villain? Try talking nonsense again and see if I don't give you a piece of my mind!"
"Oh, bring it on. If you don't lay me out today, consider it your loss—"
"Sadie—," Beverley was shaking with rage, "Call Murray, tell him to get here now! Immediately! Right this second!"
"Right away, my lady!"
The call was dropped twice before finally getting through on the third try.
Murray asked, "What's up?"
"Sir, the lady of the house needs you at the hospital."
"I'm tied up."
"But... Mrs. Sherwood and Ms. Millie are having a spat."
"Oh."
Sadie was speechless.
Murray continued, "Please inform Mrs. Sherwood that it was her who insisted on keeping Millie's baby. Now that there's trouble, she needs to handle the aftermath and not bother me!"
With that, he hung up.
When Sadie tried calling back, she got a voicemail.
"Ma'am, Mr. Sherwood said..."
"What did he say?"
Sadie steeled herself, "He said it's your mess, you deal with it. He won't help, and to not bother him."
Beverley was speechless!
Suddenly, Millie screamed—a sound far more agonizing than any slap.
Chaos ensued in the room.
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