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Leia reminded her in a hushed tone, "I'm going to take a nap. Don't open the door no
matter who rings the doorbell later. Just pretend that no one is home."
The maid nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, Ms. Norman."
As Leia stepped into the bedroom, she turned around and reminded her again, "Keep in
mind that I don't want to be disturbed during my nap. So, don't open the door to whoever
rings the doorbell."
"Got it," replied the maid. Even though she found it strange, she refrained from probing
further.
After Leia closed her bedroom door, the maid picked up her phone and sent a message to
Jack: [Ms. Norman was discharged from the hospital today. She told me not to open the
door no matter who rings the doorbell.]
After a while, Jack replied to her message: [Okay.]
It was noontime.
The apartment's doorbell kept ringing.
The maid stood hesitantly in front of the smart doorbell camera, unsure of what to do.
Leia's instructions were clear. She told her not to open the door for anyone.
However, the person ringing the doorbell seemed to be certain that someone was inside
the house. The person was constantly pressing the doorbell without stopping.
The maid reluctantly muted the doorbell as she was concerned that the noise would
disturb Leia.
However, even with the doorbell muted, the smart doorbell camera continued to light up.
The person outside continued to ring the doorbell.
The maid could see that the person ringing the bell was a woman through the camera.
She appeared to be older than Leia, but she was much younger than the maid.
Jack called when the maid decided to ignore the person outside the door.
She immediately answered, "Yes, Mr. Norman?”
"Is someone ringing the doorbell?" asked Jack.
"Yes, Sir,” replied the maid, puzzled. Could it be that the woman outside was sent by Jack?
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"She's here to take care of Leia. Let her in. She'll be responsible for attending to Leia's
physical wellbeing from now on, while you take care of her daily life," said Jack.
Relieved to learn that she was not being dismissed, the maid set her worries aside and
opened the door for the woman. She thought to herself that having someone to share the
responsibility of taking care of Leia would be beneficial to her. Leia was not an easy person
to attend to, after all.
After a while, a knock on the door echoed from outside.
The maid went to open it.
The woman standing at the door was the caretaker who had taken care of Leia at the
hospital.
She was indeed assigned to keep an eye on Leia, but she did not force herself to come
here. It was Leia's grandmother who admired her working attitude and how she had taken
care of Leia at the hospital. That was why she hired her to continue taking care of Leia.
All of this was orchestrated by Jack.
Luke mentioned it to him, and Jack immediately came up with this solution.
Jack approached Leia's grandmother, expressing concern about Leia's physical condition.
He suggested hiring a caretaker from the hospital to take care of her.
However, Jack also conveyed to Leia's grandmother that he did not want Leia to know it
was his arrangement. After all, Leia had become distant from him. If she found out he was
behind it, she would definitely turn it down.
Leia's grandmother was quite pleased when Jack showed concern for her granddaughter.
She agreed and made the arrangements while stating that they were her own orders.
It would be difficult for Leia to refuse when it was arranged by her grandmother.
Having someone constantly by Leia's side was much better than watching her day and
night at the apartment entrance.
Perhaps Leia heard the noises coming from the living room. She pushed open the bedroom
door not long after the caretaker came in.
She widened her eyes and could not help but ask when she saw the caretaker standing in
her living room, "What are you doing here?"
"Hello, Ms. Norman. Old Mrs. Norman sent me here to take care of you," said the caretaker
as she spoke with a smile on her face.
Leia had a lingering sense of unease and suspicion. "Don't lie to me."
"Old Mrs. Norman sent me here. You may call her if you refuse to believe me," said the
caretaker confidently. Jack had already taken care of these details.
Leia decided to make the call.
Then, Old Mrs. Norman spoke kindly and caringly as she admitted that she had arranged
for the caretaker to continue taking care of Leia.
She believed that having a caretaker dedicated to taking care of Leia's health would be
better than relying on a maid. It gave her peace of mind.
There was no way Leia could reject such a kind gesture in front of her grandmother!
After all, her grandmother was the only one who still cared about her in the entire Norman
family. She would be one step closer to being expelled from the Norman family if she lost
her only support.
The caretaker smiled when Leia hung up the call. The look on her face was telling her that
she did not lie to her.
Leia was frustrated looking at the caretaker's smiling face. The caretaker always had a
smile on her face no matter how many times Leia scolded her. It seemed like the angrier
Leia got, the happier she was.
In the end, Leia was the only one upset.
"I don't have any spare rooms here. And I don't need you to take care of me. Hand me the
money my grandmother gave you and leave. Get out of here and go back to the hospital."
Leia immediately wanted her out.
However, she did not forget to take the money back when she tried to kick her out.
The caretaker secretly mumbled to herself, "What a miser..."
However, she had prepared herself before coming here. Therefore, she said, "Ms. Norman,
doesn't this apartment have a maid's room?"
"I already have a maid. She's already moved in," said Leia.
"But it's a bunk bed.” The caretaker pointed at the maid's room, which had its door wide
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It was indeed a bunk bed. The maid did not have many things in the room either. The top
bunk was empty as the maid was sleeping on the bottom bed.
Leia was at a loss for words.
The caretaker added, "You'll have to talk to Old Mrs. Norman if you'd like to dismiss me.
She's the one who hired me, after all. I appreciate how much she trusts me. I can't just
take my pay and leave, right?"
Leia became furious when the nurse blatantly ignored her request to hand over her salary.
The caretaker asked, "Would you like to discuss the matter of dismissing me with Old Mrs.
Norman?"
Leia did not dare to do so.
She dared not to defy Old Mrs. Norman's wishes. Even though she despised the caretaker,
there was nothing she could do. Her face turned red, then she turned around and returned
to her bedroom.
The bedroom door was slammed shut with a loud bang.
The maid felt somewhat awkward. Leia rejected the caretaker, but she had no choice and
could only accept Old Mrs. Norman's arrangement.
The caretaker was put in an awkward position...
The maid broke the silence and said, "Ms. Norman has a bad temper, but she won't harm
anyone. Don't take it personally."
The caretaker smiled. She secretly wondered if verbally abusing someone was considered
harming someone even if it was not a kind of physical harm.
Leia had a venomous tongue.
"It's okay. I was Ms. Norman's caretaker when she was staying at the hospital. I'm used to
it. She's just all bark and no bite." The caretaker felt disgusted with herself for defending
Leia.
It was nonsense...
Leia had a sharp tongue and a heart made of stone!
The maid understood the situation and said, "That's why you look so familiar. So it's you."
The caretaker looked different after she took off her hospital uniform. The maid did not
visit the hospital often. That was why she failed to recognize the caretaker as the one who
had been taking care of Leia while she was in the hospital.
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