Chapter 250 Special Leah
Leah insisted on rescuing people, which made sneaking out of the manor less sexy.
So Laura proposed to simply be a big vote and encourage more people to join the escape. However, she was still very cautious and did not tell others the news immediately. On the contrary, she only revealed it to a few people during lunch the next day. Someone they can trust and prepare them for.
This can minimize the news being leaked in advance. On the other hand, Leah also has important things to do. She will take advantage of the opportunity to tidy up the study for Malcolm once a week to sort out the things in the study with Normand and Raymond. Bring out all the letters related to Germany.
What worried Leah most was that Malcolm was still in the study when it was cleaning time.
But the good news was that Malcolm seemed to have something to do that day and left the manor early in the morning.
In the afternoon, Lia came outside the study as usual and greeted the guard at the door with a smile. As the door closed behind her, Lia also breathed a sigh of relief, but she still had time to clean up the house after cleaning it. She didn't have much time to act.
Leah quickly walked to a bookcase and opened the drawer below, but there was nothing inside. Leah was shocked. When she cleaned the house last week, the letters were still inside.
Could it be that because of the recent tense atmosphere and the incidents involving Nadia and Daisy, Malcolm had all the important things in the study moved away?
But judging from the storage and placement of those letters, Malcolm didn't attach much importance to those things.
Leah forced herself to calm down from her panic and thought about various possibilities. At the same time, she searched the study room without stopping, but she still found no trace of those letters.
Leah began to feel more and more nervous, but she made another mistake at this time. When she stepped back, she accidentally bumped into a shorter cabinet on the other side, and the amphorae on it fell.
By the time Leah turned around to pick it up, it was already too late. The porcelain bottle fell to the ground. Fortunately, the ground was still covered with carpet. The porcelain bottle was not completely broken, but one ear was still broken.
Leah's face turned pale. She knew that this was Malcolm's favorite porcelain vase. It was brought back by an adventurer from a distant and mysterious ancient country in the East. It was priceless, and the selling price alone was hundreds of hers. Times, she used to be extra careful when cleaning.
But this time, because she was distracted by the letters, Leah didn't notice what was behind her, which led to a big mistake.
Before Leah could think of a remedy, she heard footsteps coming from outside the study.
Those were Malcolm's unique steps. The frequency was a little faster than that of ordinary people, but each step was very stable, and the time in between was almost the same. It was like he was himself, efficient, serious and calm.
The guard outside the door opened the door for Malcolm. The latter raised his eyebrows and saw Leah holding the porcelain bottle with one hand and wiping the counter with the other.
Malcolm seemed to be in a good mood today and said to Leah, "Stop cleaning now and let the kitchen grill some veal steak."
"Okay, haven't you had lunch yet?" Leah turned around, blocked the amphora with her body, and tried her best to put a smile on her face.
"Well, I had a few bites of apple pie on the way, but the taste was average." Fortunately, Malcolm didn't look here and picked up the bottle. Leah quickly came over and poured half a glass of red wine for him. Kom moistened his throat.
"I heard from Wallace that you and Daisy have a good relationship."
Leah was shocked when she heard this, thinking that Malcolm was suspicious of her, but she heard the latter continue, "Then do you know who she is walking closer to?"
"This..." Leah hesitated.
"What's wrong, are you worried that you will be excluded by others in the future if you tell me? But aren't you already being excluded by others now?"
Leah was a little surprised. She didn't expect Malcolm to know such a thing.
"Are you surprised? The preferential treatment I give you will naturally cause dissatisfaction among other people. They don't dare to hate me, so they have to transfer this hatred to you who are closest to me. But in this way, I can also know what's going on in the manor. Who are the unstable elements? Don’t worry, I won’t let them hurt you. Haven’t you noticed that the people who have had the worst relationship with you over the years are gone?” Malcolm drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp. , "And this way, I can rest assured that you can do things for me."
When Leah heard this, not only was she not happy, but she felt a biting chill in her heart.
In fact, she still felt a little guilty when Laeri let her peek at Malcolm's letters. No matter what other black slaves in the manor thought of Malcolm, at least the latter had always been kind to her, and after all these years of talking to him, he It was obvious to Malcolm that although Leah still had black skin, her thinking was actually closer to that of the white people on the island.
This also made her an outlier in the group. Sometimes Leah even felt that Malcolm could understand her better than her compatriots. The latter played a similar role as a father and mentor in her growth. Leah Ya did feel a touch of warmth in this.
However, it turned out that this was just her hallucination. Malcolm treated her differently, not really because of how special she was, but because he needed someone to look "special" to her.
"Okay, I'm hungry. Let's go to the kitchen to cook." Malcolm paused after saying, "By the way, the weather has been relatively humid recently. I asked someone to take out all the letters in the study before leaving in the morning. Let it dry in the sun and take it back when the sun sets."
"Okay." Leah nodded and exited the study.
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Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
When the clock in the living room pointed to 12 o'clock, Laura woke up another maid in the next bed and told the latter that they were preparing to escape. At the same time, the same thing happened in another room, and eventually there were more than twenty people. The black maids meet in Leah's room.
This is almost half of the black maids in the manor. Except for Laeri's tribe, the remaining female blacks who are willing to escape are basically gathered together, while those who are worried about running away and being caught and tortured are taken by Laura. They were tied up and gagged, firstly to prevent them from snitching, and secondly, it was for their own good, otherwise they would definitely be punished once Leah and others escaped.
As for those male black slaves, they do not live here, there are other people organizing and leading them.
Leah's eyes swept across the faces in the room, and she saw anxiety, fear, and... desire for freedom in their eyes, so the next moment she no longer had any hesitation in her heart, and she said, "Let's Let us break the shackles around our necks together, sisters.”