Torn Threads of Fate

James Duke and Lydia Duke were childhood sweethearts, deeply devoted to each other, as everyone in the capital knew.
But once, after being drugged while drunk, he mistakenly slept with a maid who had been randomly pulled in during the confusion.
Lydia flew into a rage, accusing the maid of deliberately seducing James, declaring her worthy of death. She had the maid stripped and beaten to death.
After the misunderstanding was cleared, they reconciled and put the incident behind them.
No one remembered that maid anymore.
No one knew she had a sister waiting for her to come home.
Just one more month, and she would have saved enough money to buy her freedom.