CHAPTER 79

The guests and onlookers were beginning to crowd around, and the housekeeper realized that polite requests were not enough to disperse them. She resorted to slamming the guest room door shut, using her body to block the entrance.

"Mrs. Adler, please, you must calm down! It's crucial right now!" she implored, her voice firm.

Miriam, on the brink of losing control, bit her lower lip so hard that it