Following Natasha's death the previous night, the Mendoza estate was cloaked in heavy silence by the morning fog.
Each person remained hidden in their bedroom, as though fleeing from some unseen evil.
Natasha's corpse had been discreetly disposed of, but her venomous words before she died still rang in everyone's ears, promising ruin.
When Rosella finally took the bold step out of her bedroom, she learnt from one of the servants that the old patriarch had left the estate very early that morning.
None of the servants knew where he went, but Rosella couldn't care less at the moment. She had bigger fish to fry, like keeping her husband silent and verifying his late mistress's claim about the twin children in her possession.
The previous night, she had barely escaped with her life after Luzon attacked her out of the blue with the intention of strangling her to death for Natasha's murder.
