Chapter 5 - Mrs Gable Claims She Protected The Family
Mrs. Gable was brought to Lorenzo’s study with counsel present.
She did not deny Carlo was in Room 4B.
She denied abusing him.
“Your father instructed me.”
“My father has been dead six years.”
“He told me the matter was permanent.”
Lorenzo placed Carlo’s recent medication records on the desk.
Several prescriptions had been obtained under a false name.
Mrs. Gable said it protected privacy.
Lorenzo asked why Carlo’s door had an exterior lock.
“For his safety.”
“Why did you threaten Nora with a false theft report?”
Mrs. Gable’s face changed.
She realized he had heard everything.
“You were listening.”
“Yes.”
For the first time, she looked frightened.
She claimed Nora had become emotionally attached to Carlo and was
disrupting household order.
Lorenzo asked about the potato sacks.
Mrs. Gable said she did not know Nora had pregnancy complications.
Nora’s written request for lighter duties had been filed three weeks
earlier.
Mrs. Gable had signed it.
Lorenzo suspended her immediately pending investigation.
He did not order security to throw her into the snow.
She was an employee with rights too.
But she lost access to the estate, records, and staff.
Before leaving, Mrs. Gable turned toward Lorenzo.
“If Carlo talks, your father’s name will be destroyed.”
Lorenzo answered:
“If the truth destroys it, the truth was already there.”
Mrs. Gable smiled strangely.
“You still think this is about your father.”
May you like
Then she left.
That sentence followed Lorenzo all night.
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