Queeny frowned and asked impatiently, "Who's out there?"
Ella walked in and whispered, "It's Miss Collins."
Queeny's frown deepened.
It was her again?
What was she doing here?
But it was so noisy outside that Queeny couldn't fall asleep.
She might as well get up.
So she got up impatiently and asked Ella to push her out.
As soon as she went out, she saw Bella reprimanding a maid.
She and Bella lived in the same building. Their rooms weren't in the same direction but on the same floor.
Because Queeny rarely went out, they rarely met unless one waited for the other on purpose.
That's why they had lived together for so long without really having any conflict.
At this moment, Bella was reprimanding a maid in the subsidiary building with her hands on her hips.
Queeny recognized the maid as a cook in the kitchen.
And she was in charge of her and Bella's meals.
Her cooking skills were not impressive but certainly not bad. Queeny was a picky eater but praised her cooking occasionally.
What was Bella doing here?
Because the maid cooked for both of them, Queeny asked Ella to push her over.
From Bella's scolding, Queeny learned that Bella wanted to have chicken soup in the morning and the maid made it for her.
When the soup was delivered, Bella said that it wasn't fresh and she remembered that the meat Donald had sent to her was fresh.
Therefore, she suspected that the maid had secretly replaced the chicken meat Donald gave her with the cheap ones and took them home.
Unlike other maids, she was married and had a child. Her husband worked in a big company in the city and her child was in kindergarten, so she didn't stay here at night.
Every day after making dinner she went home to see her husband and child.
Obviously, Bella was sure that the maid couldn't prove that she hadn't stolen the fresh ingredient.
After all, it had been several days since Donald had delivered them.
Even if the maid didn't have it on her, she couldn't defend herself as long as Bella insisted.
Therefore, facing the arrogant Bella, the maid was so anxious that she was almost crying and didn't know what to say.
Queeny narrowed her eyes coldly.
At this moment, she felt that Ella clenched the armrest of her wheelchair and that her fingers were trembling slightly.
She couldn't help but look up and see Ella's anxious and angry expression.
Puzzled, she asked in a low voice, "Do you know her?"
Ella lowered her head and saw her gentle eyes. She bit her lip and finally nodded.
"She's my friend. We come from the same place and we’re close. She's..."
After a pause, Ella continued, "She's decent and would never be a thief."
Queeny nodded slightly.
Then she turned to look at Bella with an angry look in her clear eyes.
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