June rushed over to her side, taken aback.
"What happened?" June asked.
Alice halted in front of her, tears dripping down her chin. She sobbed even harder, hesitating to speak because of Allison's presence.
"Go ahead," Emilia ordered.
"I was on my way back from the mansion when I ran into Missy", Alice began, and Emilia narrowed, turning aside to June.
"Isn't she supposed to be at the hunting grounds with Eleanor?"
"I have no idea why she was there, but she started to question me and when I refused to disclose anything to her, she suddenly started to shout and lie to others that I had taken things belonging to consort Eleanor…"
Alice choked on her words, her cheek still stinging from the slaps, and she placed a hand over it.
"The three of them ganged up on me and also stole the letter from the young master," she finished.
Emilia rose to her feet instantly, her expression darkened at her words and she exhaled in anger.
