(SEVEN MONTHS AGO)
THE SOUND OF PLATES shattering was heard throughout the silent halls of the mansion. The maids rush inside the room to see Catalina's fingers bleeding. The food they served her was now on the ground, and her hands were trembling in fear as she continues to pick the shattered pieces of the plate.
"Where is she?" a man who appears at the doorframe asks.
"She's been like this after hearing about the punishment." Matilda – Catalina's butler – says to the man who he called so he could help with the mistress. The maids move aside as Tobias enters his sister's bedroom. He rushes to her side and pulls her hand away from the mess. He then takes out his handkerchief before wrapping it around her fingers.
"What are you doing sister? Father is arriving soon." Tobias says, his he
