We left shortly after that without John and when I arrived into the house it looked as if every single member of the family was there. I looked at the rows of men and women in the house lined up on either side of the entrance area all tensed up. It looks like its official, I am the new boss of the family business. Which means that I am now in charge of the goings on of the house and business. I am not sure if John will be coming to stay here or if he's going to live elsewhere. Who cares, this is now my house and I will do as I see fit. I look at everyone's nervous faces and clear my throat.
" I do not like to speak a whole lot, however, be sure that when I speak you understand it is important and should be followed. I hope that just because I have become the boss you will not forget your duties and the level of expectations that are required of you. From now on if you have any problems you are to come to me, I will not tolerate any mistreatment of any of the women that are employed with us. If I find out anyone of you men have mistreated a woman, be prepared to deal with me. I will not hold past grudges against you, this is a new slate you are given with me. Do not make me regret giving you this chance. Now I will be off to my room, if you need me or have any questions feel free to come see me. " I announced hoarsely.
Everyone seemed to be waiting for something and out of impulse I bowed to everyone in front of me before turning to leave.
"Thank you Boss Park, Welcome home!" chorused everyone.
I looked back and smiled at everyone before leaving for my room. I loosened my tie as I walked down the hall and when I felt the presence of Marcos still at my side I sighed frustratedly. This guy was going to irritate me to death I swear. I rubbed my forehead before turning around suddenly, causing Marcos to run smack into me.
" Marcos, I think it would be best if you go rest fo the night as if I see you enter my chambers again unless it's an absolute emergency I will break your legs." I seethed angrily.
I turned and left before Marcos had enough time to recover. Closing the door I sighed with relief before locking the door and just after that I heard juried footsteps stop just outside of the door. They paced back and forth before you could hear some grumbling from the other side. This guy seemed to think that now that I was the boss he could come and visit me in my room anytime he wanted. I snorted at the audacious behavior Marcos was displaying. Seems like I will have to assign a new guard for myself since Marcos is getting too attached to me.
I took of the suit and tie and climbed into my bed. I don't know when I will be roused for work things so I may as well get as much sleep as I can now. I head my phone buzz suddenly and I reached over to see who it was that dared to disturb my peace.
Parker, it's Jacobi I'll see you at school. Don't worry about being the boss now it takes some time to get used to. Make sure to rest early.
I smiled unconsciously as I read Jacobi's message and laid there for a moment deciding how I should reply. After some deliberation I decided to just be myself.
Thank you Jacobi, I'll do my best to prove my worth in this new position. See you tomorrow and make sure you get some rest too. Don't need you dozing off in class too.
I set the phone down and rolled over to sleep. Though I found I couldn't sleep, nothing in this was going the way that I had originally planned. All I wanted was to go to school and go off to college but now. I was taken from my home, brought into this mafia business. Now I'm the boss of the family business, but I didn't want this. I don't want to keep doing this, but I fear John will take it out on my mom, I don't care about myself but mom. I felt my eyes start to sting and knew that I was crying. This was my first true low that I've had since coming here, my life is now about not mine at all. I have so many people watching my every movement that it's stifling, everything seemed to drop on me. I fell asleep with tear stains on my cheeks, but little did I know that John was standing above my bed watching my tear stained face in deep sleep.
John stared at the sleeping face looking pained. He sighed and silently crept out of the room heading to the study. The entire senior members were all gathered and looking at the drooping shouldered former Boss of the family. Many of the men exchanged looks of concern before returning their eyes to their boss.
"Parker, never wanted this position or this responsibility. I had to push this upon him for the families sake, and now I feel like the worst human being in the world. I have never realized that this is not his world and he didn't want this at all. I am asking that you as the senior members of the family to do their best to handle most of the business until he has accepted his new role. " John announced.
The entire room was silent, but the eldest man stepped forward and bowed to John respectfully.
"This elder, will do the extra steps to make sure the Master is well taken care of. We will be sure to protect him and guide him to the best of our ability." He declared.
"Thank you Daniel, I appreciate it. I will be moving out in the morning to the other Mansion, be good to Parker. " John announced.
John turned around and faced the window. This was a sign for the elder members to vacate the room. Marcos, however entered the room shortly after the elders had left. John was staring out at the side lawn in silence when he heard Marcos' entry. Turning his head, he waited for Marcos to speak.
"Sir, I think there is something that you should know about Parker, and I think that it is something that you should know now that I have discovered it. " Marcos said hurriedly.
" Parker is a girl, a teenage girl at that. She has lived her live in between both genders because that is what makes her feel normal. She thinks that I am a ruthless, and heartless person because of how I treated her mother. What she doesn't know is that I know she is a girl and that you have feelings for her." John stated flatly.
"Sir, how long have you known that Parker was a girl?" Marcos asked dazedly.
"When Parker and I fought, when she was on top of me about to finish me off. There was something off about his build and his figure. Thus I looked at his birth certificate and found it there in plain sight. Parker was indeed a female, I already verified with Jane. Once I leave this house, Jane is permitted to live here and I will not bother either of them. When Jane left it tore me apart, that is why I have no other heirs. I loved Jane with all my heart and I knew that if she stayed than she would see me turn into my father right before her eyes and I didn't want her to see that. It was something I had to become but Parker will take this family to a whole new direction and hopefully to a whole new level that I had not been able to create. " John whispered.
"Sir, if the other bosses find out. Parker will be in danger what should we do?" Marcos asked.
"You will be removed from your post as Parker's personal bodyguard but you will still remain close to her side. Assign the strongest person you can to her, even if that man is her grandfather or her own mother. In the upcoming months you will be the one to assist in maintaining the ruse of Parker being a man, buy her binders and all of her feminine products and place them in her room. Change the locks and give her the only keys, you will become her personal assistant. Anything that she needs or asks for make sure that she has it. However, if I find that you try and approach my daughter in a romantic fashion again at her bedroom door. I will make sure that you will never be found even by a cadaver dog. Do I make myself clear?" John threatened.
"Yes, sir. Everything will be done as per your instructions." Marcos affirmed.
"Good now see to it. I will be using my remaining time in this house to tie off loose ends." John stated.
Marcos looked at the dark look in his former bosses eyes and knew that blood would be shed tonight. He shuddered at the thought before making a hasty exit. Things were coming to light and from now on he'd have to step up. Upon leaving the room Marcos immediately left the mansion heading to the closest feminine store that he knew. There he walked straight to the lady at the counter and coughed awkwardly.
"Hello, How may I help you sir?" The lady at the counter asked.
"My employer is too embarrassed to come in and ask for a binder, she does gymnastics and a sports bra just isn't working for her so she was looking for a few different style of binders. This is a picture of her figure. " Marcos lied.
The sales lady looked at the photo of Parker before she came to the mansion and nodded her head. She quickly left and collected several different styles and colors of binders before coming back to the counter. She displayed them on the counter as if displaying the newest victoria secret bras. Marcos' face turned beet red from embarrassment, as he'd never dealt with this straight forwardness from any female.
"Based on the photo she looks quite petite these should all be her size, three different styles that we carry and in all the colors that we have. Would the young sir be paying cash or card?" She stated pleasantly.
"Cash." Marcos stated plainly.
The sales lady rang him up and collected the cash before ushering Marcos out the door. Marcos was still red faced and hurriedly went to the car and placed the items into a suitcase so that way no one else would see the store that he had just gone to. He made several phone calls on the way back to the house first to a locksmith, the other was to a high level security company that was good about keeping their secrets. There will be a whole new security system set up as well as new locks for Parker's rooms. Marcos looked up at the mansion as he drove up and wondered what was to become of his new mistress now that there were others who knew about her secret as well.