"I very much admire your bravery and determination to find Jamie but that was going too far," Lady Asquith said sternly. "As it turns out the only reason Mrs. Garcia didn't want to hear Collins's name was because," she coughed, "she had been in an affair with his brother. the name he mentioned had been that of his brother. Where Jamie and Collins are, well that remains to be uncovered. We do, however think that they are together, as we have received these." She placed two letters that had not been written but letters had been pasted onto the grainy page. "Ransom notes. Whoever has Jamie and Collins must be very close to this family otherwise they wouldn't have bothered taking servants."
"Excuse me for asking, but I know Jamie was close to you but what about Collins?" Clara asked confused.
"I've no idea. I'm sorry."
"Will you pay the ransom?" Clara inquired.
"We'll try. But our best option is to try and get the police involved," Lord Asquith responded gravely.
"Just because the police are involved it doesn't mean we don't have a chance," I said to Clara who was starting to accept life without her mother, father and brother.
"It's not that. Something feels wrong here. I just can't figure out why these kidnappers would waste their time on servants. What scares me is that they must be someone really close to the Asquiths. Maybe someone here. It might be you, or Mathias or Lottie or anyone." Clara suggested.
"You don't actually suspect us. Do you?" I asked, offended. Clara shrugged.
"It's more likely to be you or Mathias anyway. Everyone else here has been working with Jamie for years and none of them have ever shown any grudge." I didn't know if she was serious but it still sung. Upset, I turned around and ran back towards the house, blinking back tears. I arrived at the back door panting and rushed into the kitchen to peel the forgotten carrots.
"Hello Miss Summers. Nice of you to grace us with your presence," an elegant voice said. It was Collins, and he was back. How?
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