It shouldn't have been like this.
After the attack at her employer's house, the one that led to the old housekeeper and Secretary Lee discovering what had happened to Mr. Mercer, they didn't waste a second.
They rushed to get him to the MBE.
Honestly, they could have run away. They really could have.
But in all the years they had worked for the man, he had treated them with nothing but respect and sincerity, and it made it nearly impossible to abandon him now that he clearly needed help.
It was easier for the housekeeper to say that, of course.
She had been behind Ms. Lee the whole time, and it had been the younger woman who faced the intruder with the only weapon they found at the house.
And because she had been shielded like that, the old housekeeper hadn't immediately seen what had become of the very human boss they had always known.
Not until—
The secretary dropped to the floor.
