
Marchel rushes to the back shed where Mom and Audry locked Sheila away. Upon arriving there, Marchel knocked on the door of the room several times while calling Sheila by name. However, Sheila did not answer either.
Marchel knew very well that the little girl who became his wife was very afraid of the darkness. The man began to guess if the wife fainted inside. Aunt Yum who had been tailing behind Marchel could only be silent with a worried look.
Sheila has yet to fully recover from her illness, but has to endure the violence of both mother and Audry.
"Where's the key, Auntie?" marchel asked the middle-aged woman.
"It looks like the key to the warehouse, the mistress who kept it," Aunt Yum replied.
Panicked, Marchel immediately stepped into the mother's room downstairs. Then knocking on the door of the room loudly made Audry and mother immediately stop their activities.
"Who would dare to knock on a door that loud? I asked her to look at Audry.
"Mothers... Open the door" cried Marchel from outside. Mom and Audry got up from their seats and opened the door.
"Marchelle... What's up?" ask mother.
For a moment, Marchel stared intently at Audry. The man had guessed, that Audry must have done something to anger Sheila. Marchel then turned her eyes to mother. "Mom... What did you do? Why did you keep Sheila in the barn?"
"He deliberately spilled oil in the kitchen to make Mom or Audry fall. Look, mom's forehead is bruised like this from a fall. Good thing there was Audry helping me," said the mother with a face that looked clearly so angry.
"Did you see Sheila spilling oil?"
Mom was silent to hear that question. Then look at Audry.
"Who else is Sheila? He was angry that she punished him. I just told him to clean the kitchen. And no one goes into the kitchen but him."
"What's? You're telling my wife to clean the kitchen?" Marchel had already clenched her hand. "There are many servants in this house, ma'am! If it is less I will add more. Then why did you tell Sheila to do all that? I forgot Sheila is still not fully recovered from her pain? Did you deliberately torture Sheila?"
Mom was trapped by her own words. The middle-aged woman had never expected that the child who had been so obedient to her could snap at her, only to stand up for a girl like Sheila. Audry was speechless. His head shrieked just by looking at the face of Marchel who was being overwhelmed with emotion.
"Why are you defending that girl? You've never said this out loud to me before. Now you choose mom or her?" mom's screams blaring.
Marchel closed her eyes, then let out a long sigh. I hope I can still be patient with my mother's treatment of Sheila.
"Mom, Sheila is my wife!" Marchel raised her voice. "Don't ask me to choose between my mother or my wife! I know that it should be for a boy that his mother's worth is above his wife's. But if you ask me to choose, then I will choose my wife!"
Mother was silent, very clear on her face the look of anger heard the words of the child alone puppet. He tried several times to stifle his emotions.
"I am fully entitled to Sheila, Mom! Her husband! Before giving her this kind of punishment, I should have asked her first."
"Marchel, mother only..."
"Don't defend yourself, Mom! Enough's enough! Now give me the keys to the warehouse!" Marchel raised her hand before mother with a still growling look. Forcibly, she coded Audry to get the keys to the warehouse she kept on the dresser.
Marchel snatched the key from Audry's hand violently, "And you're Audry, I let you stay in my house just because of my mother. But if you can't keep your attitude on my wife, you better get out of this house right now!"
After saying that, Marchel rushed towards the warehouse, while mother and Audry followed behind with anxious looks. Anxious, for fear that Marchel would return to wrath.
Marchel then opened the warehouse door with the key. Upon entering the room full of used goods, he shook his hands in front of his face because the warehouse felt crowded and full of dust. Marchel circulated her gaze at every corner of the room, sharpening her vision due to the extremely dark warehouse. Then, a moment later, his eyes caught Sheila's body lying on the floor.
Instantly her joints felt limp seeing Sheila lying there.
Quickly, Marchel carried Sheila's body out of the room. Out there, Audry and mother just looked at each other without daring to make a sound. Every now and then they glanced at Aunt Yum with intimidating looks. A very furious look at the housekeeper who had complained about their actions to Marchel.
"Don't try to do this to my wife again!" Marchel stared intently at mother and Audry. "Aunt Yum, please come with me" Marchel said, then took Sheila to her upstairs room.
Meanwhile, Audry was already looking frightened, while mother still looked annoyed that Marchel kept on snapping at her. They then went upstairs to make sure. However, Mom and Audry are again surprised, as Marchel takes Sheila to her room instead of Sheila's.
Marchel laid Sheila on the bed, then took a stethoscope and tensimeter to check on Sheila. The worried Marchel kept trying to resuscitate Sheila from her stupor. While Aunt Yum was standing back there with a similarly worried look on her face.
"Auntie, please change Sheila's clothes. I'm going downstairs to get some wind oil" he asked the assistant
In front of Marchel's room, mother and Audry whispered to each other, "Mother, why did Marchel take Sheila to her room, Sheila's room was there," Audry pointed to Sheila's room not far from Marchel's room.
"Because starting tonight, Sheila will sleep in my room!" Marchel suddenly appeared from behind the door, leaving both mother and Audry shocked.
"What?" Mom and Audry widened their eyes.
"Why are you surprised? Sheila. Isn't it natural that she's staying in my room?"
Mother and Audry returned speechless. Marchel leaves the two bad guys to the bottom floor where the medicine box is located.
"Come, Audry, let's go to Mom's room, please" she said.
"But, Mum... Are you gonna let Marchel and the camp girl room?" ask Audry.
"You calm down first. I'll figure out how to separate them. Marchel won't do anything to Sheila."
"How is it possible, Mom! Marchel's a normal man."
Mom took Audry's hand to her room downstairs. "Marchel is still in a state of emotion. As soon as her circumstances improved, she must have asked Sheila to return to her own room."
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After retrieving the medicine box, Marchel rushed back to his room. Aunt Yum had finished changing Sheila's clothes in pajamas. Marchel immediately smeared a drop of wind oil and rubbed on the wife's temple.
"Auntie, please have someone bring Sheila dinner. He must not have eaten."
"Alright," said Aunt Yum, then exited the room.
Not long after, Sheila's eyelids began to move, her body wriggling slowly. Slowly, Sheila began to open her eyes. Marchel breathed a sigh of relief.
Marchel stroked that paled Sheila face with a guilty feeling. "Where is sick? You passed out in the barn?" said soft Marchel.
"Sister Marchel..."
Marchel grabbed Sheila's body and hugged her. He stroked the top of his head lovingly. "I'm sorry, Sheila... It's all my fault. If I hadn't ignored you in the first place, they probably wouldn't have dared to do this to you."
Sheila was speechless. The little girl could only immerse her face in Marchel's chest.
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