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Chapter 77: Eva's Excuse
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2020-11-02 12:45:43Flora was about to call out to Eva when she saw Emil. So, instead of calling out to the maid, Flora just watched them ascend the stairs to ground level. Just before they were out of view, Flora saw Emil place his arm over Eva’s shoulder. Eva turned to Emil and then wrapped her arm around Emil’s back.
“I guess I’ll have to unload the dumbwaiter by myself,” Flora told herself and she sighed heavily. She hurriedly went next door to the laundry room and immediately opened the door to the dumbwaiter where she found the laundry bins sent by the maids already at her level. She quickly unloaded it and pressed the button that took the dumbwaiter upstairs to the other maids waiting there. Flora had to stay and keep pressing on the button until the dumbwaiter reached the top floor. It would have been faster if she were able to just leave the dumbwaiter after pressing it just one time, but there may be other reasons why the dumbwaiter was designed as such.
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