Arthur kept sleeping while had a cold bag over his eyes to lower the puffiness. Today he would take the day off to rest.
Leen agreed to notify her supervisor so that he would be calmer while Sonia would go to work to keep up appearances. It bothered him to leave Arthur alone and she arranged to return to take him to the hospital in case he felt ill. They all left and left him snoring on the couch.
When they got to work, they split each other up. The usual greeting was given and began with the testing wands and waiting for the opening of the doors. Leen and Ross taking advantage of the break, they prepared to pass out the invitations quietly.
Ross would be in charge of inviting Pryor and company, in addition to the foreigners. He met up with Helix and handed him the valid invitation for two, then went to the accounting and marketing area to give them to Rocket's cousins.
When he touched the aliens, Ross gave them to him inside a notebook to avoid suspicion. The griffin named Angus laughed out loud as he read the content:
On this special day we want to have your presence to bless and toast our union to be held at the Johannesburg Botanical Garden on Saturday, August 5, 2034 at 9 am.
You are cordially invited to the reception and party at Yamal Golf Club. Valid for two people.
The invitation had star and butterfly decorations and appeared to have been handcrafted with sublime calligraphy.
-Thanks, but I thought they would get married in September and we didn't think they wanted us to go to their wedding either. Why the change of mind? -
-We advance for a private matter that is not your concern, we also invite you to have fun for a while and for the rest of my family to know you-
-Is that so? What a nice detail-
-But aside, they must bring some of these gifts and agree with the others not to repeat- Ross took a list from his pocket and handed them to them.
-Hears! This is extortion-
Their talk continued, until Susan appeared and greeted him. Ross didn't flinch and to silence her, he started speaking Russian. Susan was still stubborn in staying there.
-Russell ... I just wanted to say hello. Why are you so bad?- Susan claimed, stroking her hair with discomfort
Everyone turned to look at the young woman with annoyance.
-Кто эта женщина? Это очень грубо.-
(Who is this woman? She is very rude)
-Не знаю, он меня давно приставал. Он даже на днях хотел забрать у меня блокнот-
(I have no idea. She keeps harassing me. The other day she tried to take the notebook from me)
Just hearing that was enough for Susan to earn their hatred. Ross smiled thinking that now the foreigners would be the ones to keep Susan and anyone who dared to mess with him and Leen away.
-Ужасная женщина, я не знаю, кто тебя послал, но убирайся отсюда сейчас же! -
(Horrible woman, I don't know who sent you but get out of here)
Angus was angry and rebuked Susan, who, not understanding the language, scared her off running.
-Oh! Thanks. That woman really is very pushy and annoying. No idea what she wants-
-Tell us if something like this happens again. The deal was with us.
-Okey dokey-
Ross continued on his way handing out the invitations while the foreigners carefully watched his footsteps.
-Niki, find out who sent that brat and tell the central that there is someone trying to interfere with the delivery-
-The Americans...-
-It's not them, although we will warn them about this. We must increase vigilance in Ross so that there is no delay.
Ross achieved what he wanted, all that remained was for Leen to enjoy Saturday without interference.
At the buffet, Leen had already handed out the invitations and was now eating with the Pink Sugars and the Jolly Roger logistics team.
Waiting for Ross to make an appearance, she was chatting about the music and catering on Saturday.
While she was more animated, someone stood behind her. Sonia made a face of disgust and that put the entire table on alert.
-Edaleen, how have you been? - Jonathan waited for her reaction
He was ignored and that upset him.
His insistent greeting did not affect the diners who preferred to continue talking. Until at one point, Jonathan touched Leen's shoulders and she stood up angrily.
Seeing Leen so arranged and beautiful, generated a desire to want to conquer her. He knew that she had an unrequited love for him at the academy and decided to use that to his advantage.
-What brings you here Mr. Flake? It seems to me that you is disoriented to the point that confuses the buffets - the anger made everyone feel the frozen air.
From the other floors, they looked at the buffet of the support fairies. They believed that Jonathan lost his head when faced with the wrong person while the other fairies waited for Leen to hit him.
Susan arrived, found her brother standing in front of Leen, and walked over to complicate matters.
-Johnny! I was looking for you. I already talked to Russell and he said he would go out with me this weekend-
The satisfaction with which she said that did not let her see that in a corner, Ross was shaking his head while he was leaning against the wall along with the Americans.
-Ah..but it is Edaleen. It seems that you and Johnny are getting along very well. Surely you are already ...-
-Director Fairchild for you. Miss Flake, it seems that she doesn't know her place, at this moment I have a higher rank than yours-
The taunts were not lacking both on the floors above and below.
-Eda, excuse Susie. Sometimes she ..-
-The same for you Mr Flake-
The unflappable Leen looked at them with disdain.
-Why don't you go back to your hole and leave us alone. Oh poor! Susie wants to cry- Sonia teased mercilessly
- Better close that mouth of yours Pinky, the only thing that is good for is to gossip-
-Force me bitch! Sure you can't because you can break a nail hahaha-
Susan took a glass and threw juice at Sonia. Everyone saw a Susan who was embarrassed by herself. Jonathan tried to stop her without success.
-Apologize to her or I'll take care of you- Brad stood up to defend Sonia
-Shut your mouth Trudy. Why don't you go to bother somewhere else, you fucking useless.-
-...-
-See, you are and will always be useless. That's why not even your family loves you-
-My family? ... you have no idea who they are-
Brad's brothers watched him from above. They knew that he could not defend himself, much less fight. They only waited mockingly, for Brad to get beat up for his stupidity
-Hey Trudy, stay out of it. Now you can't even consider yourself a fairy, nor do you have a wand- Johnny annoyed him the most
-I don't need one to kick your ass, fucking bastard-
An angry Jonathan sent a right hand to Brad, but he tilted his head to dodge the blow. When Jonathan was about to hit him again, he received a punch in the stomach that made him fall.
Brad was pissed off and seeing him on the ground, he started kicking him. A murderous aura was released from Brad, leaned on Jonathan and started punching him in the face over and over again. The crowd was shocked.
-You think you're very smart, huh? You do not know what terror is, you have not run for your life or fought to survive ... I better give you a fucking blow as a gift to get air into your brain-
Everyone was witnessing a Brad who had lost his temper and appeared to be someone else.
-Don't .. get close ... to my family or I'll kill you-
-Enough! Stop Brad- Sonia and Leen came out to stop him
-Get out of here now Susan and take your brother before Brad kills him-
-Outside here!-
A terrified Susan dragged Jonathan to the infirmary.
Everyone was demanding the departure of the Flakes from the buffet. Nobody wanted to intervene for them, instead they looked in horror at a Brad who had a twisted smile on his face.