Pia was serving Lyra some tea when a steward entered the garden to deliver a message."Lady Lyra, the elders have asked me to transfer this to you. It"s this month"s allowance."
"Oh...?" Pia took the envelope from the steward"s hands.
"Yes, the elders have found out that Lady Delju has been stealing money from the other wives. As punishment, she has been sentenced to no allowance for the rest of the year and a cut every year after that until the money is paid back in full to all the wives." Bowing the steward left the garden.
"It seems the rumors were true, Pia. Lady Delju and her maid were scheming..." Lyra counted the money then pa.s.sed it for Pia to put it away.
"Yes, Lady Lyra... and I even heard that Sienna testified against her mother!"
"Gasp...now why would she do a thing like that...?" Lyra looked down into her teacup as she swirls her spoon.
"Perhaps she received a note telling her that if she doesn"t testify, Lord Mano will know about how she been sneaking into the tree farm and harvesting her private collection of honey." Pia played along with her mistress" joke.
"Who would do such a thing?"
"My guess would be Lady Jaelah..."
"....my guess would be Lady Jaelah too." Lyra leaned back in her seat and continued to sip her tea as she enjoyed her garden.
Back at Lady Delju"s residence, Delju and Sienna were thinking of ways to get revenge on Lady Jaelah.
"Jaelah has been keeping a low profile since she and her daughters had poison and disfigured Mikaela. We probably won"t be able to find anything on her..."
"Think!... There has to be something we overlooked..." Sienna was anxious.
She didn"t know how Lady Jaelah found out about her pilfering honey from the household"s trees, putting a wrench in her plans.
With her mother no longer receiving an allowance and Lady Jaelah knowing about her black market sales, they will have to depend on the Vlacca clan to supply them with money. Just until she can find a way to get the honey again.
Thinking about her mother"s brother, Sienna thought they should contact him to see how much money he will be willing to lend them.
"Mother, have you spoken to Uncle Kendel lately?"
"No, not since the rumors and investigation about kidnapping happened."
"You should try calling him now...maybe he can lean us some money until we can get back on our feet."
"Sienna...your uncle was willing to kidnap Mikaela for money, I doubt he will be able to give us anything..." Though Delju said that, she still went to call her brother on the off chance that they can get some money from him.
After waiting for ten minutes with her mother just staring at the screen, Sienna couldn"t take it anymore.
"Well, what did he say..?"
"Nothing, the call didn"t go through..."
"So try again!" Her mother couldn"t be this stupid, right?
"No, Sienna. It says his comms have been disconnected..." Delju was getting worried.
She thought that even though the governor"s office investigated her, they shouldn"t be able to touch her brother since the Vlacca clan lives out in the Steppes where Kaia Kingdom"s laws don"t apply, right? So why wasn"t he picking up her comms?
"Mother?...Mother!"
"Huh...What?"
"Forget about uncle Kendel for now...he probably knows you"re being investigated for the kidnapping..." Thinking her daughter was probably right, Delju threw her brother to the back of her mind.
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"Then Sienna what we are we going to do? We can"t even blackmail the maids around Jaelah for information. We have no money..." Delju didn"t want to go without money after having a surplus of it for so long.
"If we have no money, then we"ll just have to think of a way to get money..." Sienna smiled as she thought of a plan to get money and for them to take care of Lady Jaelah at the same time.
While Sienna and her mother were conspiring in their residence, Lady Jaelah was laughing along with her maids at the downfall of Delju and Sienna.
"Seeing the look of Delju"s face when Sienna, her own daughter!....testified against her, just made my day.....Hahaha...ha...if only Kamryn and Lula were here to see it."
"Lady Jaelah, I"m sure Lord Mano will forgive them soon. They"re his precious daughters, after all, no father can stay mad at their children forever." Jaelah nodded her head, she hoped when Mano comes back, he can forgive them.
"En, you are right....but I wondered what made Sienna turn against her mother?"
Sienna is a smart girl why would she do something so stupid...maybe her mother is rubbing off on her.
Turning down for the night, Lady Jaelah slept peacefully, unaware of the threat coming her way.