394. A Particular Strange Comment

“Young Miss, are you in there? Please, you need to come out immediately!” Shouted the voice of a maid.

Not only did Heidi's forehead pound with pain, but her heart was pounding as well.

Exhausted from being deprived of sleep, she dragged her heavy body down from the bed.

“What's wrong?” Standing at the door, she covered her mouth and yawned.

The maid's eyes darted from her left to right. “G- Good morning, Young Miss. It's your grandfather! He's unwell again!”

Grandpa Jeffery.

Panicked gripped Heidi's heart. Forgetting to wear even her slippers, she followed the maid down the opposite wing to Grandpa Jeffery's bedroom.

Her mother met her on the way. “Where are you rushing to, Heidi?”

“Where's Grandpa?” Heidi asked, her eyes darting across her mother's shoulders.

The woman groaned. “I need to teach that girl a lesson,” she muttered under her breath. “Why did she wake you up when you're in this condition?”

“You haven't answered my question yet, Mum.” Heidi made to walk past her to