I stormed into the guest house. "Serelith!" I shouted. I noticed the pool house was open and walked in.
She was in the pool, swimming. She had the right to swim after coming into my room?
"How dare you! Why did you go into my room?"
She remained silent and gently stepped out of the pool. Then spoke, "Oh, is that the reason you barged in here like that?"
I scoffed, wondering if Benson's friends were also mad people like him, because Serelith was ticking all the boxes of that fact.
"Did you go into my room?" I asked again.
"Yes. I had thought that was going to be my room, until Han showed me to the guest house."
I folded and bit my lip. I didn't think i had this much anger living in me and now I just wanted to rip her hair out of her head.
I let out a deep breath. "Don't let that happen again!"
I turned and was walking out when her voice spoke, and not something i had hoped to hear.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"If I do, what's going to happen?" Her voice was calm while speaking such idiotic words. Just like Benson.
I couldn't believe what i was hearing. I remained silent, looking at her in pure anger and wondering what to do next.
"This is Nathaniel's house and he invited me here."
My body trembled. I wanted to beat her up. Why did things always have to go this way for me. Why can't people just leave me alone and let me have my peace. I tried controlling myself.
"Well, if you had a functioning brain you would know that as Benson's wife this is also my house. And i decide who comes in and who goes out."
She let out a scoff and looked at me, "Well, would you look at that. Here I am."
I could no longer hold my emotions back and grabbed her hair. I wanted her out of here forever! As she struggled, I grabbed her hair tightly and dragged her with me, outside the guest house. She should leave. I didn't care how she left or what she had on. I just didn't want to see her again.
"What do you think you are doing!" Benson's loud voice startled me and i paused, causing Serelith to break out of my hold.
She ran towards him. Crying. "You didn't tell me your wife was crazy. See what she did to me."
Benson looked at her and then at me.
"How dare you put your filthy hands on my guest."
"Why don't you ask your crazy guest what she did to provoke me." I shouted.
"No matter what my guest does you have no right to put your hands on her. Didn't your mother teach you common courtesy before sending you here. Or have you gone mad?"
My hands trembled upon hearing his words. Why did he have to bring my mum into it? I felt a rush of emotions that immediately turned into tears. I tried holding back my tears.
"Well, I am not the one who was just released from a mental institution," I scoffed and looked at his guest, "and from the look of things it seems to me like your friends are also mad people like you."
His face changed into something I had never seen before. Like a beast. He rushed towards me and raised his hands but held himself back. Next thing, he stormed towards a mirror in the hall way and hit it several times with his feast, causing it to shatter.
I froze. My whole body was shaking. I had never seen something like this before. There was blood all over his hands and on the ground.
His guest was equally shocked and tried going closer to him.
"Get away from me and get to the quarters." He screamed at her.
I let out fast gasps, wondering what to do next. Do i leave here or call for help for him.
"Oh, my goodness. Mr. Theodore what happened?" Han rushed towards him.
"I am fine. Get someone to clean this up." He responded. And walked out.
I stood frozen. Sad and confused. I never meant to use those words but I lost it when he mentioned my mother. He didn't know anything about me, so why did he have to bring my mother into it.
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I haven't been able to get Benson's reaction out of my mind. And the more i think about it, the more i feel guilty about what I said. I didn't ever want to be someone who uses people's pain to insult them. I know he mentioned my mother first but he had no idea what her situation was, but me, I knew he was crazy for the longest time and grew up in a mental hospital, yet i used it against him at the slightest chance I had.
I sighed. I woke up early today. After running a bath i dressed up and went back in bed. I have been thinking about going to apologize to him but i am still hurt he supported his guest in disrespecting me.
I sighed again and got up from the bed. Like that, I made my way to his room. I had written a little note apologizing to him and planned on giving it to him.
I knocked a few times but he didn't say anything. I assumed the was mad at me and decided to go in any way.
When i walked in to see he wasn't there. I dropped the note on his bedside table and walked out. Now my mind felt at ease. Even though he hadn't read the note, I was happy I had at least dropped it in his room.
I decided to go and have breakfast. I strolled to the dining and Benson was seated there, with Serelith. They were laughing out loud and chatting.
Looks like i was worried for nothing. I suddenly lost my appetite at the sight of them together.
"What would you like to have ma'am." One of the maids asked.
"I'll be having breakfast upstairs."
"Okay, ma'am."
As I made my way back upstairs, I noticed boxes being taken to the elevator and immediately had thousand questions about whose it was and what was happening. Han, then showed up with a few handbags with her.
"What is happening? Whose things are these?"
"Oh, madam Violet. They belong to Mr. Theodore's guest. He asked me to move her things to the main building upstairs."
"What!"