Chapter 15 - Greer’s failure
Greer eventually sat across from me and said:
“You should fire me.”
“I did.”
She nodded.
We had terminated her employment after police advised separating household staff from the environment during investigation.
Not punishment.
Practical necessity.
Then she said:
“I should have called you.”
“Yes.”
“I should have called somebody.”
“Yes.”
“I kept telling myself Mrs. Norwood was her parent too.”
“She was her stepmother.”
“I know.”
“You knew Pippa was locked outside.”
“Yes.”
I wanted to be cruel.
Instead I asked:
“Why did you finally act?”
Greer looked at her hands.
“The suitcase.”
She had entered the pantry to replace cleaning supplies.
Saw Pippa’s suitcase behind dog food.
Opened it because she recognized it.
Then Camilla said casually:
“Beckett leaves tomorrow. I’m done letting that child run the house when he’s gone.”
That sentence changed Greer’s understanding.
“This wasn’t one punishment anymore,” she said. “She was planning for it.”
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So when she heard Pippa screaming that afternoon, she retrieved the suitcase.
Then I came through the gate.
