Cover of The Housemaid Is Watching

The Housemaid Is Watching

by Freida McFadden


Genre
Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
Year
2024
Contents

Chapter 56

Overview

After the police ransack their home during a long search, Millie and Enzo scramble to clean up before their children return. Millie challenges Enzo about Suzette’s claim that he married Millie only because she was pregnant, and Enzo denies ever sharing their private business.

Cecelia calls with a dire warning: police reportedly found something in the search and believe it may be a “slam dunk” once tests come back, raising the immediate threat of an arrest warrant for Enzo. Millie’s renewed trust wavers as she confronts the possibility that the evidence could finally trap her husband.

Summary

Police spend hours searching Millie and Enzo’s house, leaving it wrecked. With both of them off work, they clean frantically, hoping to restore order before their children get home and panic.

As they put the kitchen back together, Millie confronts Enzo about Suzette’s claim that Enzo married Millie only because Millie was pregnant. Enzo denies ever saying it and suggests Suzette could have deduced the timeline from their daughter Ada’s age and the length of their marriage, then grows angry over how much damage the police caused.

Millie sends Enzo to clean the bedrooms while she finishes the kitchen, privately noting there is more breakable damage in the kitchen. During cleanup, Millie receives a call from Cecelia, who confirms the police are “laser-focused” on Enzo despite Cecelia verifying there is a way into the Lowell backyard without passing the front of the house.

Cecelia then reveals a more alarming development: during the search, police found something, and her contact believes it could be a “slam dunk” once testing is complete. Cecelia says Enzo already knows, but she suspects he may not tell Millie. She asks Millie to keep the information confidential and promises that she and Benito are monitoring for any move toward an arrest warrant.

Shaken, Millie spirals into doubts about Enzo—about Suzette, about Jonathan Lowell’s murder, and about what will happen to their family if Enzo is arrested. Cecelia steadies Millie, insisting they will figure it out and urging Millie to trust her and Enzo, while Millie fears the police may have found incriminating evidence—without yet realizing it could be even worse than she imagines.

Who Appears

  • Millie
    Cleans after the police search; confronts Enzo; receives Cecelia’s warning and spirals into fear.
  • Enzo
    Denied telling Suzette about Millie’s pregnancy; fumes over police damage; knows police found something.
  • Cecelia
    Calls Millie with confidential intel that police found incriminating evidence and may seek an arrest warrant.
  • Suzette Lowell
    Off-page source of the pregnancy-marriage allegation that intensifies Millie’s doubts.
  • Benito
    Mentioned as working with Cecelia to monitor police developments and potential arrest plans.
  • Ada
    Millie and Enzo’s daughter; her age is used to explain how Suzette could infer the pregnancy timeline.
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