NINE

"Oh my goodness!"

Nanny Isha's jaw dropped on seeing the condition Lora was left in. She had prepared breakfast and came to her room to inform her that it was ready as it was her weekend duty. The sight of Lora's bruised body puzzled her and made her hair stand on edge and it got her misty-eyed. Lora had fallen on the floor after putting on her dress, crying and breathing hard. Isha approached her and called out her name.

"Madam Lora!" Isha called, lifting her arm. "What the hell happened here? Anyone there? Sam! Come over and hurry!"

"Nanny Isha, what's wrong with Madam Lora?"

Sam asked frighteningly...