The housekeeper looked at her appearance and shook her head after a moment’s careful scrutiny, “I don’t even know if I’m happy about this or if I should feel ashamed.”
Elena Bush bowed her head and ate slowly for half a second before speaking again, “Mr. Butler, I heard you mention Joanna Lake earlier, can you tell me about her? I’d like to hear.”
“Joanna Lake?” the latter froze.
Elena Bush nodded, “Yes, Joanna Lake, I know almost nothing about her, so would like to know about her.”
“That, that can’t be ……” the butler looked instantly nervous.
“Why can’t it? It’s about my mother, and I can’t even if I want to know?”
“”Miss Elena, just don’t give me a hard time. I really don’t know much, and besides, you know that Mr Ford doesn’t like other people talking about Miss Joanna Lake, and I’m afraid he wouldn’t be happy if he heard about it …… ”
The housekeeper looked embarrassed, even more at a loss for words.
Elena Bush put down her chopsticks and slowly wiped the corner of her mouth and laughed, “It’s just you and me here, if I don’t say anything, no one will know.”
“That’s not true either!” The butler was extremely quick to deny it, “It’s a forbidden word, and everyone who enters the Fords bears that unwritten rule in mind.”
“How do you know that no one would talk about it?” Elena Bush asked rhetorically.
The butler was momentarily taken aback by the question, then reacted only with a kind smile, “That’s someone else’s business too, and it hasn’t reached my ears, I can’t be blamed, but I’m at least a butler at the Fords, I can’t knowingly break it.”
“Not even if it’s me?” Elena Bush looked at him, her gaze tinged with expectation.
The steward was inexplicably a little weak and after a moment’s hesitation nodded in the end, “I’m sorry, Miss Elena, I can’t help you.”
Elena Bush immediately understood and withdrew her gaze without moving, “In that case, then I understand.”
The butler mentally sent a sigh of relief, “Miss Elena has always understood things, so it’s naturally best if you do.”
“Well.” She nodded, “If you don’t want to talk about it, I can always go to Edward Ford, and I think he will probably tell me truthfully if it is my wish.”
“Miss Elena!”
The housekeeper was nervous again, sweat pouring from his forehead, he kept raising his hand to wipe it away, and his face was full of anxiety, “You, listen to me first, Mr. Ford just doesn’t want anyone to talk about it, that’s why he ordered no one to talk about it, if you ask, I’m afraid… . afraid he’ll be upset ……”
“How will I know if I don’t ask?” She had an innocent look on her face, “Besides, he might get angry if other people talked to him about it, but I’m Joanna Lake’s daughter, maybe …… he’ll forgive me?”
The butler smiled sardonically, “Miss Elena, you are not only Miss Joanna Lake’s daughter, but also Mr. Ford’s.”
“What’s a father in name only?” She acted very coldly at this, not acknowledging his words.
The housekeeper became more and more embarrassed, but he could not help but worry, his heart hanging in the air, “Miss Elena, no matter what, just take my advice, it is not good for you to know more.”
Furthermore, if she knew, it would only make her situation worse.
“Why?” Elena Bush was even more confused, “Why are you all saying the same thing? Why are you all so ……”
Even Kent and Logan Brown, even Zach Stone, said the exact same thing from start to finish, the more she knew, the less good it would do her, but why did they get to know everything, but only her?
“You guys?”
The butler inexplicably caught something wrong in her words and immediately raised his guard, “Miss Elena, did you hear something from someone and that’s why you keep asking questions? Or …… do you know something?”
Elena Bush instantly woke up like a dream, quickly responded with a cold face and said, “No, I just said it casually, you don’t have to take it to heart.”
The housekeeper was still a little sceptical, but Elena Bush had smiled and stopped talking.
Elena Bush lowered her eyes and did not pursue the matter any further, fearing that he might have sensed it.
Seeing that she was not moving, the housekeeper sighed helplessly and said, “Miss Elena, I don’t care what you have in mind to know about Miss Joanna Lake, but I must advise you, don’t ask, don’t do, just stay at the Fords.”
That would be the best act that would save herself and her child.
“Thank you, I will.” She guffawed, no difference visible on her face.
The housekeeper couldn’t see anything and just shook his head.
Seeing that all the food on the plate in front of her had been wiped out, the housekeeper was slightly relieved that, at least, yesterday’s events hadn’t completely taken away her hopes for the Fords, and that she at least wanted to continue to stay well.
“Miss Elena, when you’ve finished eating, go out and walk around a bit, to get some digestion and exercise.” The housekeeper suggested as she cleared the table.
Elena Bush grunted, “What’s the point of going out? There’s no difference between going out and staying in the room, besides, if anything else happens, I’m not sure I’ll be able to stay alive.”
The housekeeper froze for a moment at the unforgiving words, “Is Miss Elena blaming auntie Julie, or Mr Ford?”
“Neither.” She smiled to herself, “If I really have to blame myself, it’s only on me, in the end, I’m too powerless to do anything about it, that’s why it’s come to this ……”
“Miss Elena ……”
“Well.” She quickly withdrew her mind so that he wouldn’t see anything, “Mr. Butler, if you really pity me, talk to me more when you have free time, and talk about things I don’t know about, so that I can have something to think about, and something to hold on to.”
The butler was flattered, “If Miss Elena doesn’t mind, I’ll be sure to come and keep Miss Elena company more often.”
“If so, that would be better than any time.” She smiled, the joy on her small face impossible to conceal.
“I will go down then, Miss Elena if there is anything you can just ask auntie Julie, I will see a round of the main house later. If there’s nothing else I’ll come and keep you company to relieve your boredom.” The butler slowly retreated, half bowed, with her dinner plate.
Elena Bush watched the departing figure, a glint of disappointment spilling out of her eyes early on without notice.
In the end, she hadn’t been able to get anything out of the butler, and he had even raised his guard!