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“What happened to you?” May was first to ask as she rushed towards the maid who was still shaking.

“Tell me, why are your hands soaked in blood? Where is the maid I asked you to fetch? Why did you take so long?” May asked, shaking the maid with anger.

“Let her go,” Amby said and removed May’s hands from the maid’s body but May proceeded to hold the maid again.

"May, what's wrong with you?" Amby asked, alarmed at the way May was treating the maid. "She's obviously distressed - you can't just grab her like that. Let her go, right now."

May glared at Amby, her eyes full of anger and frustration. "Don't tell me what to do," she snapped, but Amby was undeterred.

"You're scaring her," Amby said firmly. "We need to help her, not scare her even more."

The maid was trembling, her eyes wide with fear as she looked between the two women.

“Can't you see she is frightened? Why are you trying to make her more frightened than she is?” Amby asked as she tried to help the maid relax.

May looked at her