In the middle of a crowded ballroom, the young maid stands there with tears in her eyes.
She finally asks the question she has been holding in:
“Why are you treating me like this?”
The woman in the green dress looks at her, frozen.
For a moment, she says nothing.
Then the truth comes out:
“Because I was told to… and I was wrong.”
The whole room watches as her face breaks.
Because this was not just cruelty anymore.
It was regret.