It took her longer than she planned to make her way to Winnie's room. She first made a stop at her room to speak to Margaret. Her maid wasn't very happy about not finding her in bed.
She did make it worse by telling Margaret that she would be going away from the house for a bit. She had insisted on tagging along but Maya had refused. Seeing that she couldn't convince her mistress, Margaret accepted, albeit reluctantly.
She exhaled as she got to Winnie's door. Lifting her hand, she gently knocked thrice times and waited for a response. So far, her interactions with Agnes and Margaret hadn't been as bad as she had braced herself for.
However, the hardest part of today hadn't even begun yet. A part of her was happy Winnie was going first.
Pathetic, she knew. But regardless of how good she felt about her current relationship with Alpha Keenan, it was a completely different matter to tell him she was Penelope.
"Took you so long," Winnie cried as she opened the door.
