Third person point of view
Elijah mentally took a note of the password. He went back into the room to sleep. He threw himself on the bed; lifelessly sprawled all over and slept. After a little more sleep, he woke up again. He checked the time and didn't want to have any breakfast. He got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. He showered and got dressed up. He walked to the living room and sat on the couch. He picked up his phone and dialed a number. " Good morning sir ". A male voice is heard from the other side. " Come over ".
Elijah hung up. He just scrolled through his phone and wasted time as he waited. After a while, he heard the door bell ring. " The door is open ". He said without looking up. A man dressed up in a perfect suit with a good looking face walked in. He wouldn't be any older than 30, but managed to look younger. He smiled at Elijah. " Good morning sir ". " How many times will you say the same thing ? Nicholas " Elijah used an accent. He put his phone aside and looked up. " I should be proper in my duty, shouldn't I ? Sir Elijah ".
" Schwachsinn ". Elijah snarled. Nicholas changed his posture standing casually and smiled wider. He would definitely think it was the wrong person if he didn't see Elijah being snarky. He knew too much to take any offense. " Why did you call me anyway ? " " I need your help ". Nicholas's eyes sparkled. " You finally have some work for me. So tell me. What can I do for you ? " Nicholas asked rubbing his hands and his eyes were glowing with excitement. Elijah smirked.
After an hour
Nicholas sighed heavily and put the bags in his hands in the kitchen and came back to the living room where Elijah was still sitting. " I thought you were up to something and you make me do this ?! " He exclaimed loudly while gesturing to the things he put in the kitchen. He scoffed at his own fate. Elijah was sitting on the couch with one leg crossed over the other and his hands on his knee.
Nicholas removed his coat and put it on the chair. He folded his sleeves up till his elbows, as he glared at Elijah like he wanted to punch holes through his face. He was one of the top notch employees. He was trained in all ways and the personal secretary of Elijah. But now he was sent to bring groceries, vegetables and all the household necessary items.
He knows his job, but he never did things like this. He isn't used to doing this errand boy job. He was used to doing a lot of work instead of Elijah. Even a lot of other things too. But he felt this was just too much. He couldn't get rid of the feeling he had for buying all these just because Elijah ordered him to. " You should do whatever I say, shouldn't you ? " Elijah said plainly. How ridiculous can his life get ? Nicholas scoffed at his fate. What can he do though ? He has to do it. He wants salary.
He nodded not able to say anything else. " First clean the house. Then, go and unpack all my things and arrange them neatly ". Nicholas stared for a while without moving. " You know it is a wrong thing to order someone older than you, to do things like this ? " Elijah looked up. " You know I can fire you right away? So that your old self will take rest at home. I can totally do that favor for you. I absolutely don't mind it ".
Nicholas immediately gained his composure. He gave a tight lipped smile and got to work. As told he brought the things he would need for cleaning. He cleaned the whole house. He finished the last room and put the things aside. Since he is done he went to Elijah . " This room ? " Nicholas showed his finger towards the room. Elijah nodded and Nicholas immediately walked to the room.
Elijah saw the time and it was a little past lunch time. He was too lazy to go get it and Nicholas is still working in his room. He decided to order it online. He picked up his phone and ordered food for both of them. The order arrived after a few minutes. " Nick ! " He called out loudly. Nicholas walked out and saw the food in Elijah's hand. He smiled and sat down to eat.
The both of them finished lunch without much talk. Nicholas took all of the leftovers to put them in trash can, but Elijah stopped him. " Take it out and put it in the trash can there ". Nicholas was puzzled. " Why ? " " I don't want him to know someone is here ". Nicholas stood there for a second trying to process. He looked at the covers in his hand and back at Elijah.
" I- this- you think he is that smart ? " Elijah shrugged. " Who knows ? " Nicholas rolled his eyes. He went out and put in the trash can outside and came back again. He washed his hands and sat on the chair in the living room. " You finished unpacking ? " " Give me a break, will you ? " Elijah rolled his eyes. He walked into his room and brought his laptop. He kept checking the reports, while Nicholas got back to work.
It took him quite some time to unpack everything. He walked out and sat on the chair tired from all the work. " I am done ". Elijah nodded without even looking up from the screen. " Anything else ? " Elijah looked at him and just stared for a few seconds and then shook his head. Nicholas rested for a while before checking the time.
" Anything else that you want me to do ? " Elijah shook his head. " Okay. Since everything is done, I will leave then ". Nicholas got a nod in reply. " Drive safe ". Elijah said without looking up. " Yes boss ". Elijah looked up with a blank face. Nicholas chuckled and left the house.
-MG
Author note :
I had to put this here because the author notice has a limit.
First things first let me apologize. (bows) And now I will give the reason. I finished my exams, which means I graduated (in a kind of a way). So speaking of it, I am not sure if I will edit for a while. I will give the reasons too. The thing is, there are a few things planned for my future and... I need to start acting upon them in a few more days. I am totally clueless and not ready for it. I am not ready for anything for that matter.
I have time till August. So for the coming few days, I want to take a break. From everything and that includes writing and editing. So basically, I want to be a free bird is what I am saying. Soooooo.... There are high chances you might not get chapters till August. But in case my hands itch and I cannot stop myself from getting back at it; I will definitely work and upload. But if you don't get it you know why.
And sorry once again. I didn't expect myself to take so many breaks from this book as well. The circumstances are just too demanding. It is just a bit too overwhelming; the fact that I am done with college and just all of this graduation stuff. And it didn't even sink into my system completely. I know I will have an outburst someday which is definitely going to be a disaster or I might brush it off.
As of right now, it feels like I am going through too much and it will affect my work too, which is something I don't want. I want to take time to....... I don't know if I would say relax or heal. I just want to get better at taking care of myself and to try to become a better me. AND most important- to like this 'me' more. I do. But after all that I've been through I had too many thoughts and doubts and it feels stressful. I want to be able to come back with a better state of mind.
I enjoy writing but that doesn't mean I don't stress over it or feel burdened by it. I do find it burdensome, if I don't like the output. I do find it stressful when I don't reach the target I want. So I don't know if I will get to relax or stress in a different way while working. I hope you guys understand.
Actually I wanted to go to any place for a few days, but the condition outside is not at all helping. So I am going to hibernate at home. And I want to try changing a few things in my life and also adapt a little healthier lifestyle while I am at it. So I am thinking about working towards it. Hope I stay that way and this motivated. 😂 So yeah that is all. These are almost all that I am through these days. But I will try my best to get back at it as soon as I can. I can say that much. Hope you guys will look forward to it.
I know it was a pretty messed up essay. 😂 I don't even know what I wrote. But if you read all of it. Thank you. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay happy.