The next day, I left home earlier than usual, hoping that I won't see Regina. I was worried with Nancy, today is her first time to be alone in this house without me. She is a tough girl, I'm sure of that but it is still different when I can defend her if something happens. Despite knowing her for less than a week, I have come to like her a lot. She is like a younger sister to me and I also trusted her easily.
Luckily, I was able to leave the mansion without any problem. I promised Nancy that I will call her from time to time to check on her. I ask her to call me immediately if something happens. There are many maids in this house, many of them are older than Nancy. I want to be familiar with some of them so I can leave Nancy there at peace but no one among them seems to like me. Everyone looks at me from head to foot whenever I see anyone around. Some of them avoid me intentionally.
As usual, I was busy in the office the whole day. I like that better, at least I can forget my problem with Regina. At lunch, I decided to check on Nancy.
"Hello. How is everything there? Are you okay?" I asked.
"Everything is okay madam." She said panting. It seems like she walking or running continuously. "I am now cleaning the rooms. Don't worry about me madam, I am enjoying going from one room to another."
"You sound so tired. Are you really okay?" Then I heard a woman's voice.
"Who told you, you can use your phone while working? You are really like your employer, both of you are rule breakers!" So what rule have I broken now? And who is this woman giving orders to Nancy. It is definitely not Regina's voice. That means there is another woman bullying Nancy now.
"Who is that?" I asked angrily.
"I have to go now madam. Please don't forget your lunch madam." And the call ended.
I couldn't help but be worried about Nancy. I know the feeling of being bullied and I don't want other people to experience what I had experience in the past. I can't wait to go home and check Nancy.
At exactly five, I went home immediately. I headed directly to the kitchen, thinking that Nancy is there but she wasn't. There is one maid in the kitchen cooking.
"Have you seen Nancy?" I asked.
She shrugged as a reply then left the kitchen. I went to my room to put my bag and change clothes. To my surprise, Regina is inside our bedroom. She is sitting on the sofa comfortably.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her. "I don't think you have the right to come inside this room. I'm sure Geoff won't like it if he finds out."
I can come here anytime I want. I have to check everything in this house personally. I am just making sure that this room is cleaned. Geoff has a dust allergy." He explained.
You don't need to do that anymore. You can check other rooms except this one. I am already his wife. It is now my responsibility to check everything for him."
"Whatever!" She said.
"Please get out now before I call my husband." I warned her. Actually, I didn't plan to tell Geoff what she is doing or telling me, but this one is already too much. She is invading my privacy.
She stood up and started to leave. She stopped before the door. "By the way, your maid is quite good. You have to learn from her. She does everything without complaining. I would like her better as Geoff's wife than you."
At that time, I wanted to pull her hair and make her regret what she said but I tried to control myself. I changed clothes immediately before going down to look for Nancy. I saw her outside cleaning the pol. I almost cried when I saw her. She looks very tired and while she was cleaning the pool, another maid was standing behind her giving her orders.
"Nancy, come here. I need your help." I said.
The other maid looked at me and then to Nancy.
"You can do that yourself! Nancy needs to do something for me."
The main then took the pool cleaner from Nancy. Nancy's optimistic characteristic is very obvious. She smiled at me like nothing happened. At that time, I couldn't help but cry. I grabbed her hand and pulled her back to my room.
In the roo, I prepared snack for her and asked her to take a rest.
"Don't worry about me madam. I was busy the whole day but I think that was better than doing nothing. I was just tired but I'm okay."
After some time, she fell asleep, a sign of how tired she is.
A bang on the door made me startled. The banging from the door becomes louder and louder each time. I was a bit shocked and scared but I opened the door anyway. It is Christof.
"What's your problem?!" He shouted. "What did my mom do to you? How dare you shout at her when you're just new here? You've just moved in for less than a week now and you're already causing so much trouble! You're even making the maids work more than what they normally do? I thought you're okay, that you really love my brother. Now, I'm starting to believe that you married him just because of money."
"I didn't do anything. I just arrived less than an hour ago and I saw your mother inside our bedroom. She was the one who keeps insulting me. She even made Nancy do work which shouldn't be part of her job." I tried to explain. I don't know why I should explain to him, Of course, he would believe his mother. That witch!
"Stop lying. I thought my mom was just assuming things when she said you don't like her but now I know that it's true. Do you want us to leave? Just let me know if you don't want us here? My mom doesn't need to receive allowance from Geoff anymore, I can give her what she needs. I don't want us to live with a disrespectful and pretentious woman like you."
I was speechless with what he said. I wanted to defend myself, shout at him and tell him everything his mom told me. I wanted to shout at him and slap his face but all I could do is to stand in front of him and cry. I was not a confrontational type of person, I didn't even fight with anyone who bullied me when I was a student. All I did was to have revenge on my head, imagine that I make the people who hurt me suffer.
"Say something. Stop pretending to be a nice person. I already know who you are. If you can fool my brother, ten I and my mother are different."
"Please leave. I don't want to argue with anyone. I'm tired." And I close the door gently behind him. I ran to the bedroom and cried. It's like everything I experienced in the past is happening again. I feel like everywhere I go, people dislike me even I didn't do anything. I wanted to call Geoff and tell him everything but like when I was young, I'd rather keep everything to myself.
Due to tiredness physically and emotionally, I slept unconsciously. I woke up with the soft touches on my hear. when I opened my eyes, Geoff is already lying beside me, he looks tired but smiling.
I hugged him immediately and I couldn't stop myself from crying.
"If I knew that you would miss me that much, I should have come home earlier. I miss you too my love."
I cried even louder when he said this. I feel like a child reunited with her father. I felt safe again and crying in his embrace makes me feel better, a lot better.
"Are you okay? What happened baby? Did anyone make you cry? I don't think you are crying because you are happy to see me." He said.
I didn't say a word. I couldn't say anything. I hugged him tighter, I don't want to let this man go.
"I am free tomorrow. I will make your schedule free tomorrow so we can spend time together okay?"
I nodded in response. I decided not to tell him what happened while he is gone. I will try to sort things out by myself first. What I have to do now is to make sure Nancy will not be left here alone again. I won't let anyone hurt me again like how people hurt me when I was younger. I should be stronger by now. I need to make a plan.