Chapter 87 – Untrusted

Serena's POV: The look on Mrs. Hernandez did not seem too impressive and for a second I was beginning to think that she would reject my gift, but instead, she returned my gesture with a wide smile that I did not and had not been expecting at all. I smiled back too as I should. I had to. "Thank you" she said to me. " I will certainly appreciate and cherish this." Her words seemed empty of any real emotion behind them, but I just had to take it the way I could so. "Mel!" she called out and the assistant with the Bob haircut came back around. "You called, ma'am," Mel said in a polite tone. She seemed to be staring right back at the floral brooch as if it was some sort of specimen. "Yes. Take this gift by my associates over here." Mrs. Hernandez held the gift by the tips of her fingers almost as if by any chance she did not want the brooch to touch the other parts of her hand. "Keep it where we usually keep gifts, you know, the place where all gifts of this kind go."