Chapter 45


    “ She said you arezy , moody and do n’t help around the house . _ _ Furthermore , she said that Carl


    os is the one who served you all these years , and you oftenmanded him like a ve … ”


    “ What ?! _ How


    can she say these things about me ? I treated her like my best friend and never mistreated her . Why di


    d she treat me like that ? ” I made a saddened face .  _


    “ You simply cannot judge a book by its cover ! Linda , you are very naive and ignorant of all the twists


    and turns buried in the human heart . _ Some people are simply traitors ! You really have to keep an ey


    e onJoana ”, advised Vitória , with great patience .


    “ Thanks Victoria , I’ll take that into consideration ” . Seeing how sincere she was , I had to be more gra


    teful for her kindness .  _


    As soon as I entered my room , I pulled out the drawer and put the pills in my purse . With that, I


    decided to let Sara check the meds I had been taking .


    Only then did I hear voicesing from outside and I thought that Joana and Morais must be back .


    Without thinking too much about it , I stayed in the room and did n’t n on going out to meet them .


    At first , the conversation was quite harmonious , but after a while , I heard my mother-in-


    “ Sorry ! I ‘m really sorry ! ” Victoria apologized .  _


    “ What ‘s the use of apologizing now ? _ Please be more careful next time ! _ _ I spent an arm and a le


    g to hire you , so your service has to be worth the price . _ _ Otherwise , what is the _advantage of hirin


    g her ? _ As usual , my mother – in –w


    ‘ s words were harsh and spiteful , but Victoria remained silent , without answering . So , after spending


    some time lecturing Victoria , my mother – in –w gave up  .


    Just when I thought themotion was about to subside , another loud scream from Joan was heard .


    _ “ Look what you ‘ve done to my clothes ! This needs to be hand washed , not machine washed ! “ .


    “ Mrs. _ Ramos , before washing this , I asked if this can be machine washed . _ You didn’t say no ” , Vi


    ctoria retorted .


    “ Did I say yes then ? As a maid , youckmon sense ? _ This garment is extremely expensive ! _


    _ How should


    we resolve this?” Frankly , this was the first time I saw this side of Joana , as she was always kindand e


    asy to deal with in front of me .


    “ I … ” Victoria stammered .


    “ What else ? Pay for the damage ! ” My mother – in -


    it , you have to buy her a new one .  ”


    “ Several tens of thousands ? How can I pay for it ? ”


    “ Is n’t your monthly sry about twelve thousand ? _ _ _ You can pay me as soon as you


    receive your sry ! Joana demanded in her high- pitched voice . “ This garment costs eighty thousand


    . _ I do n’t expect you to pay all at once , so amonthly installment is fine with me ” .


    Completely dumbfounded , I found the idea of   monthly installments simply bizarre !


    “ I didn’t do


    it on purpose . Besides , this garment is not even new . _ _ How can you ask me to pay the original pric


    e ? ” Victoria did not intend to give up .


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    “ I see you are very good with your words . This piece is a limited edition from a renowned brand . _ Th


    ere


    are only about a hundred pieces left in the entire world , which means you ca n’t get your hands on one


    of them , evenhave money ! _ If you think it’s


    expensive , so be it ! I don’t need the money . Can you give me the exact same piece .


    Without giving up , Joana was really annoying , and my mother-in –


    w threw herself : “ Exactly ! Joana ‘s piece was a limited edition . _ If you refuse to pay for the damag


    e , you can just buy her a new one ! ”


    “ I … ” Vitória stuttered when feeling intimidated by Joana and not finding a word to refute .  _


    “ I


    think Vitória did n’t do it on purpose , and considering that it’s not easy for her as a domestic worker , c


    an I suggest to Joana that she lower thepensation amount ? ” My father-


    in-w , who was silent the whole time , suggestedabruptly .


    that Mr. _ Morais spoke in his name of Him, I will dly give in . You can only pay me eight thousand .”


    It was a dramatic turnaround –


    the price dropped dramatically from eighty thousand to eight thousand . Listening to everything that ha


    ppened , I realized that they nned this all along . Initially , the sry agreed between Vitória and my


    mother-in-w was four thousand ,so my mother-inw


    was just concocting a scheme to im the extra eight grand .


    In this case, they used Joana ‘s clothes as an excuse . Next time they would probablye


    up with other ways . How could I let this group of thugs go their selfish ways ?


    Rubbing my eyes , I left the room while acting all sleepy . “ What ‘s going on here ? ”


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