Ooc, thank you, it was rather fun to write.
Ic: I understand, and that is one thing I have always appreciated ?about you, Doctor, in the short time in which I have been working for you and serving as your assistant, Mary Beth replied with a nod. ?some doctors would indeed change their treatment, simply because they did not like the patient¡¯s family, or the patient themselves, or, simply because the family or patient had insufficient funds with which to render payment for the services.
Victor remained unconscious, his breathing becoming increasingly shallow, and labored. ?The face and hands were now cold and clammy, the skin has become so pale, that it could well make a ghost look Rosie cheeked and healthy.
Oh please forgive me, dear Mistress, Heidi simpered, spooning out a generous spoonful of honey, and stirring it into Elizabeth¡¯s?tea. ?bloody rich folk, she thought to herself, they always had to have everything just so-so, exactly Taylor to their liking. ?She thought how pleasant it would be to switch places with the lady of the house, if only just for one day, to?have her, Elizabeth, grow up as the orphan she had been, with barely enough food to suffice, and not always that much luxury. ?but it soon would not matter, not when she was so distraught from watching her beloved Victor suffer, and gradually succumb to his demise.
Oh you¡¯re quite welcome ma¡¯am, of course I will fluff them for you, Heidi replied, dutifully?fluffing the pillows, and making them so that they would be comfortable. ?she couldn¡¯t help but wonder just where the mistress had gone to affect such a change that she was seeing in her; she still seemed kind enough, but she also seemed subtly more demanding than she had been. No doubt, she had been to visit relatives or the like, and they had fawned?on her, and caused her to think of her self more highly than she should, Heidi?reasoned. ?people, it seemed, we¡¯re always doting on the well to do, but she would play the part of the best little servant girl anyone could ask for, no one would be able to desire any better than she, she decided.
How she¡¯s so intensely longed?to sprinkle a few drops of that substance into the mistresses tea, but no, the mistress had to live long enough to suffer, through Victor. ?she, could never have him, that much was certain; so he, would pay physically, and she, would pay emotionally. Heidi decided that revenge would be her payment in full for all her services rendered.
