She can never be like them !
The continuous knocking on the door prompted Yvonne of something, she turn to look at the wall clock and was amazed at the how fast time had gone by.
It has already pass 6pm. She slowly got out from bed and entered the bathroom without answering to whoever was at the door.
She splash water on her face and wipe it with a towel before emerging from the bathroom. To her surprise, the knock was still ongoing! Making sure of her appearance, she opened the door, and a hand ready to knock was paused in the air.
"uhhm.... uhhm... your hand " Yvonne pointed to Emil's hand that was still hanging in the air
Emil immediately retracted his hand and grinned "Thank you, but aren't you forgetting SOMETHING?" he deliberately emphasised on the word something
Yvonne frowned at his words "What did I forget? "
Emil curled his lips as his hand reach out and touched her stomach "this, your junior sister"
Now, Yvonne became totally confuse as she didn't understand what he was trying to hint at to her !
"Mum told me you didn't eat anything before we went out and due to my stupidity, you didn't have lunch either. So in short, your junior sister is hungry " Emil held her hand and led her towards the dinning area as he spoke
As they neared the dinning area, a table full of dishes greeted her. Daniel and Aunt Phillis sat at one side of the table and the other was left vacant for them.
"Are we celebrating something? " Yvonne giggled as she spoke, she didn't address it to anyone thou. She was just wondering why this family like to waste food.
'There are thousand of people out there who can't even afford a bowl of rice. Children are begging for food on the street !' But all these words were stuck in her throat, she couldn't afford to bring them out.
"Yes, we are celebrating your birthday " Daniel, the busy body teased.
"But my birthday is a month away and more importantly I've stopped celebrating my birthday" Yvonne said but her last sentence wasn't voiced out.
Yes, she had stopped celebrating her birthday. Her birthday happened to fall on that day, if nothing had happened after she met little Emil at the airport, then her birthday would have really been special but sadly that's life. We never always get what we want !
Fate brought someone special and took away a more special someone !
"That's great, then this will be your pre birthday celebration and the major one will be celebrated in a grand style! " Daniel was ecstatic to have finally found an occasion for his comeback into the entertainment industry as a pianist
His sister in law's birthday party will be the perfect occasion !
" A month away " Yvonne's words echoed in Emil's memory.
"what date exactly? could it be as the same date we met for the first time? " Emil mulled over these words
" Alright, let's eat. The food will get cold" Aunt Phillis said and closed her eyes, everyone followed her lead. She was about to pray as usual but Yvonne beat her to it and said the prayer. Everyone was eating but their focus was on Yvonne.
Aunt Phillis served her a semi large bowl of soup. This action made Yvonne a bit embarrass.
She was suppose to serve her as she was an elder and her employer . Moreover, she's Emil's personal maid but ever since she got employed, it has been the other way round !
She felt unease. She didn't want to get use to this life !
"What if one day..... " she immediately shook her head to shake off the bad thoughts popping in her head
Emil who sat close to her didn't miss any of her reactions. He saw her frown, her unease and her shaking of her head.
"what's going on in that mind of hers? "
How he wish he could split her head open and have a look at what's inside !
That evening, on the dinning table, Yvonne ate to her satisfaction. One third of the bowls sat funnily before her.
"when did I finish all these?"
"..." The other occupants on the table were really speechless
"How was I able to eat all these? " Yvonne's next words made the people at the table more speechless.
"Who else would know how you ate those food if not for you? " Daniel rebutted back to Yvonne
That was when Yvonne realised that she had said those words out loud.
How embarrassing!
She buried her head into the soup before her and drunk it one spoonful after the other to conceal her embarrassment.
Emil shot Daniel an angry look. 'why did this guy have to speak? '
Daniel innocently looked at his brother, his face seem to say "I just answered her question"
After dinner, Yvonne soaked herself in the Jacuzzi tub. Fresh scented soup wafted into her nose luring her to sleep. She felt heavy and lazy to even walk to her bed and sleep.
'How she wish she has wings so she could fly to her bed !
How she wish she has an attendant to carry her to her bed !
But, who cares! She could try and sleep here once right !'
Emil couldn't concentrate on his work because he was worried about Yvonne. He decided to check on her, before he could knock on the door, he found out that the door was half open so he entered.
"Where's she? " his eyes roamed the room but there was no sign of the girl. He turned to walk out of the room when he saw the glass gate leading to the bathroom half open.
"Yvonne ? Are you in the bathroom? " there was no response so he pop his head to take a peek in there, what met his eyes scared him.
Yvonne had fallen asleep in the tub with her head almost sinking in. Her nose was already touching the water!
Emil quickly entered and pulled her up, he carried her and left the bathroom.
"What was this girl thinking! Did she wish to kill herself! " And for the second time that evening, Emil wish he could split her head open!
The girl was deep in slumber that she didn't wake up even after Emil had cleaned her and tuck her in bed. All this while, Emil didn't realise that this was his first time seeing her naked.
Because he was scared earlier, he didn't even consider before pulling her out of the tub.
Emil stared at himself in the mirror and felt his ears turn red, it had suddenly occurred to him about the earlier episode.
He should have taken extra look! , but now it's too late. He didn't want to act like a pervert !.
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