"You mean the thieves will come back...!" Pia was shocked by this revelation."En...and most likely they will try for the tree farm this time, seeing as they cleaned out almost everyone residences" already. Plus Sienna won"t give up the money she has been making off of the stolen honey." Glazing the pastries with honey, Pia and Lyra put tonight"s dessert into a separate oven.
"...then why did you think the thieves will turn on Miss Sienna? Wouldn"t they profit more from working with her?"
"Right now there is a shortage of honey, and Sienna can"t let them take too much, or Mano and the authorities will be alerted. However, people with dishonorable means will see the tree farm as money to fill their own pockets...not Sienna"s."
"What should we do? Do we tell the elders..." Pia stopped working, getting ready to deliver a message to the elders.
"No."
Pia stopped at the door and looked back at her mistress.
"No...?...but...the thieves..."
"Sometimes the greatest defense...is not doing anything at all." Lyra washed her hands and left the kitchen. All the meals were ready and waiting.
Inside Amara"s council room, the elders were going out of their minds with how they should handle the robbery case.
Although all signs point to Lady Jaelah, she refuses to admit she did it. Plus they couldn"t step too harshly on her because of her family"s background.
With no culprit to take the blame, all the clan members and servants were complaining about the favoritism, they were showing towards Lady Jaelah.
Especially, Lady Delju, whose funds were taken away for the same reason.
"If we continue to drag our feet any longer, we will have chaos on our hands. We must punish Lady Jaelah, all the evidence points to her!"
"But we have no motive, Lady Jaelah"s family is wealthy why would she steal."
"Plus, we can"t get on the wrong side of her family, they eat with the royal family!"
" But if we don"t, the clan members and servants might revolt against us. Turning the Amara clan into a war zone!"
"Then what about the guards! They let the thieves walk right in and out..."
"We can"t punish the guards and not Lady Jaelah..."
"I know that, but maybe it"ll give us a little time to..."
"To what? To procrastinate some more!"
Back and forth the elders went, those who were close to Lady Jaelah wanted to protect her and whose who wanted what is best for the Amara clan, wanted to punish her.
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It wasn"t until the following next two days that the elders finally pa.s.s down their judgment.
*Crash*
Lady Delju threw her teacup on the floor.
"They only took her money away for six months...? That"s it!" Delju"s yelled could be heard from outside.
"Yes, my Lady. They told everyone due to no conclusive evidence, they will only punish her because she had some of the stolen items in the house..." One of Delju"s maids reported before leaving the room.
"I can"t believe this...!" Lady Delju sat down on her bed.
After the work they put into bringing Lady Jaelah down, the elders let her get away scot-free.
"Mother, relax. We knew the elders wouldn"t punish Lady Jaelah severely, that why we spread those rumors...You think just because the elders let her go that the rest of the clan will do the same?" Sienna smiled at her mother.
Though Lady Jaelah not receiving a harsh punishment is upsetting, but the treatment she"ll get from now on from the displeased clan members and servants will more than make up for it.
"Sienna, are you sure? I don"t think those rumors can do much..." They were up against a powerful foe, can just hearsay bring her down?
"Sigh...Mother, you seem to forget the gossip running around outside about us, didn"t they cause a lot of damage to us...?"
Delju thought about all the things she had gone through due to those rumors, and a vicious smile bloomed on her face.
"Oh! My daughter, you are right... Jaelah, who prides herself on being a socialite, will cave under the scrutiny. I can"t wait to see it!"
"En..." And while everyone is focused on making Lady Jaelah"s life miserable, I can focus on getting my honey.
Lady Delju was so center on seeing Lady Jaelah"s wretched state, she didn"t see her daughter"s covetous look.
Lady Jaelah steps out of her room, livid. Not only had she and her servants been placed under house arrest for the past three days. The elders also dared to cut her allowance for the next six months following her house being rob.
"I can"t believe this! I"ve done nothing wrong, but I"m being punished like the filthy money-grubbing mongrel Delju!"
Jaelah"s thin lips twisted into a malicious smile as she looked back at her bare room.
"Lady Delju, prepare yourself. From this day forward, I am going to make your life a living h.e.l.l..."