Lulu stared warily at the woman. "You're the maid from before, aren't you?"
She did not let down her guard even though she recognized Erma—why would Erma return after she was gone?
Moreover, considering how impatiently Erma treated her baby, Lulu's expression became stern as well. "Didn't Mr. Slate tell you not to come anymore? What are you doing here?"
"Hello, miss," Erma said fawningly. "May I ask for your name? And you don't look that old… Others might think you're the mother with your pretty face—"
"Shut up!" Lulu suddenly snapped, cutting Erma short.
She was surprised by her own reaction, despite knowing that Erma's flattery was exaggerated.
Nonetheless, she calmed down, realizing she had lost her composure there.
"This is my employer's baby. Why would she be related to me?" Lulu demanded, rearing her head. "I was an hired employee like you, and if you have a problem, take it up with Mr. Slate—not me!"
She more or less understood from Erma's fawning that Erma wanted her to talk to Zachary.
Even if she was not Luna's mother, she would not allow such a heartless woman to hang around a baby!
However, Erma planted herself on the concrete when she saw that Lulu was leaving. She then wrapped her left hand around Lulu's right and anchored herself with a brick on the right!
"How could you be so cold?!" Erma cried. "It was an accident! How was I supposed to know the baby had a fever? Mr. Slate was the one who promised to get a babysitter and that I would just be helping for a while! Was that so wrong?!"
It was noon, and the apartment was quiet until Erma's outburst, causing several people to gawk at them!
"What are you talking about?!" Lulu snapped as she tried her best to pull her leg away, but she could not overpower the woman when she was carrying Luna too!
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