Leia reminded her in a hushed tone, "I'm going to take a nap. Don't open the door no matter who rings the doorbell later. Just
pretend that no one is home."
The maid nodded in agreement and replied, "Yes, Ms. Norman."
As Leia stepped into the bedroom, she turned around and reminded her again, "Keep in mind that I don't want to be disturbed
during my nap. So, don't open the door to whoever rings the doorbell."
"Got it," replied the maid. Even though she found it strange, she refrained from probing further.
After Leia closed her bedroom door, the maid picked up her phone and sent a message to Jack: [Ms. Norman was discharged
from the hospital today. She told me not to open the door no matter who rings the doorbell.]
After a while, Jack replied to her message: [Okay.]
It was noontime.
The apartment's doorbell kept ringing.
The maid stood hesitantly in front of the smart doorbell camera, unsure of what to do.
Leia's instructions were clear. She told her not to open the door for anyone.
However, the person ringing the doorbell seemed to be certain that someone was inside the house. The person was constantly
pressing the doorbell without stopping.
The maid reluctantly muted the doorbell as she was concerned that the noise would disturb Leia.
However, even with the doorbell muted, the smart doorbell camera continued to light up. The person outside continued to ring
the doorbell.
The maid could see that the person ringing the bell was a woman through the camera. She appeared to be older than Leia, but
she was much younger than the maid.
Jack called when the maid decided to ignore the person outside the door.
She immediately answered, "Yes, Mr. Norman?”
"Is someone ringing the doorbell?" asked Jack.
"Yes, Sir,” replied the maid, puzzled. Could it be that the woman outside was sent by Jack?
"She's here to take care of Leia. Let her in. She'll be responsible for attending to Leia's physical wellbeing from now on, while
you take care of her daily life," said Jack.
Relieved to learn that she was not being dismissed, the maid set her worries aside and opened the door for the woman. She
thought to herself that having someone to share the responsibility of taking care of Leia would be beneficial to her. Leia was not
an easy person to attend to, after all.
After a while, a knock on the door echoed from outside.
The maid went to open it.
The woman standing at the door was the caretaker who had taken care of Leia at the hospital.
She was indeed assigned to keep an eye on Leia, but she did not force herself to come here. It was Leia's grandmother who
admired her working attitude and how she had taken care of Leia at the hospital. That was why she hired her to continue taking
care of Leia.
All of this was orchestrated by Jack.
Luke mentioned it to him, and Jack immediately came up with this solution.
Jack approached Leia's grandmother, expressing concern about Leia's physical condition. He suggested hiring a caretaker from
the hospital to take care of her.
However, Jack also conveyed to Leia's grandmother that he did not want Leia to know it was his arrangement. After all, Leia had
become distant from him. If she found out he was behind it, she would definitely turn it down.
Leia's grandmother was quite pleased when Jack showed concern for her granddaughter. She agreed and made the
arrangements while stating that they were her own orders.
It would be difficult for Leia to refuse when it was arranged by her grandmother.
Having someone constantly by Leia's side was much better than watching her day and night at the apartment entrance.
Perhaps Leia heard the noises coming from the living room. She pushed open the bedroom door not long after the caretaker
came in.
She widened her eyes and could not help but ask when she saw the caretaker standing in her living room, "What are you doing
here?"
"Hello, Ms. Norman. Old Mrs. Norman sent me here to take care of you," said the caretaker as she spoke with a smile on her
face.
Leia had a lingering sense of unease and suspicion. "Don't lie to me."
"Old Mrs. Norman sent me here. You may call her if you refuse to believe me," said the caretaker confidently. Jack had already
taken care of these details.
Leia decided to make the call.
Then, Old Mrs. Norman spoke kindly and caringly as she admitted that she had arranged for the caretaker to continue taking
care of Leia.
She believed that having a caretaker dedicated to taking care of Leia's health would be better than relying on a maid. It gave her
peace of mind.
There was no way Leia could reject such a kind gesture in front of her grandmother!
After all, her grandmother was the only one who still cared about her in the entire Norman family. She would be one step closer
to being expelled from the Norman family if she lost her only support.
The caretaker smiled when Leia hung up the call. The look on her face was telling her that she did not lie to her.
Leia was frustrated looking at the caretaker's smiling face. The caretaker always had a smile on her face no matter how many
times Leia scolded her. It seemed like the angrier Leia got, the happier she was.
In the end, Leia was the only one upset.
"I don't have any spare rooms here. And I don't need you to take care of me. Hand me the money my grandmother gave you and
leave. Get out of here and go back to the hospital." Leia immediately wanted her out.
However, she did not forget to take the money back when she tried to kick her out.
The caretaker secretly mumbled to herself, "What a miser..."
However, she had prepared herself before coming here. Therefore, she said, "Ms. Norman, doesn't this apartment have a maid's
room?"
"I already have a maid. She's already moved in," said Leia.
"But it's a bunk bed.” The caretaker pointed at the maid's room, which had its door wide open.
It was indeed a bunk bed. The maid did not have many things in the room either. The top bunk was empty as the maid was
sleeping on the bottom bed.
Leia was at a loss for words.
The caretaker added, "You'll have to talk to Old Mrs. Norman if you'd like to dismiss me. She's the one who hired me, after all. I
appreciate how much she trusts me. I can't just take my pay and leave, right?"
Leia became furious when the nurse blatantly ignored her request to hand over her salary.
The caretaker asked, "Would you like to discuss the matter of dismissing me with Old Mrs. Norman?"
Leia did not dare to do so.
She dared not to defy Old Mrs. Norman's wishes. Even though she despised the caretaker, there was nothing she could do. Her
face turned red, then she turned around and returned to her bedroom.
The bedroom door was slammed shut with a loud bang.
The maid felt somewhat awkward. Leia rejected the caretaker, but she had no choice and could only accept Old Mrs. Norman's
arrangement.
The caretaker was put in an awkward position...
The maid broke the silence and said, "Ms. Norman has a bad temper, but she won't harm anyone. Don't take it personally."
The caretaker smiled. She secretly wondered if verbally abusing someone was considered harming someone even if it was not a
kind of physical harm.
Leia had a venomous tongue.
"It's okay. I was Ms. Norman's caretaker when she was staying at the hospital. I'm used to it. She's just all bark and no bite." The
caretaker felt disgusted with herself for defending Leia.
It was nonsense...
Leia had a sharp tongue and a heart made of stone!
The maid understood the situation and said, "That's why you look so familiar. So it's you."
The caretaker looked different after she took off her hospital uniform. The maid did not visit the hospital often. That was why she
failed to recognize the caretaker as the one who had been taking care of Leia while she was in the hospital.