"When was the last time you saw her?" Cherline Lindsey asked, furrowing her brows.
"...It should have been when she went into the kitchen to do chores," the butler recalled.
"And then no one witnessed her doing anything afterward?" Cherline pondered.
"Yes, miss."
The butler said somewhat regretfully, "Because everyone is used to taking a break at noon, and it happened to be her turn to work in the kitchen today, so none of us paid attention... Moreover, at that time, you left in a hurry... The master and the madam were also taking their nap..."
"What was Laura doing?" Cherline inquired meticulously.
"Miss, are you asking what she was doing at that time, or now?" The butler was somewhat puzzled.
"Tell me everything."
Cherline's clever eyes involuntarily drifted toward the house, silent as a grave, could something have happened?
"At that time, we didn't know what Laura was doing."
