Ouch!
What was that for? She rubbed her head that just got a knock.
You can't even greet; is this how youngster's these days are raised? Tsk...tsk... The old lady spoke with a smug look on her face.
Sophia looked at her and saw that she did that on purpose. She doesn't know this woman and doesn't know what she's up to but she wasn't gonna take this quietly.
She stared at her coldly; madam pls don't hit me again, you have absolutely no right to do that.
She gave the old lady one more look before turning away.
The old lady was stunned this little kitten was like a totally different person right now.
Hahaha.....she laughed. So feisty, she grinned even more and then raised her voice.
I'm sorry little girl; I didn't mean to offend you I just don't know how to use the machine so I sneaked closer to ask if you could help me.
I didn't know you'll misunderstand me like this I'm sorry for frightening you. She put on a very sad and apologetic face. because she spoke loudly everyone felt sorry for her.
Little girl just help her out! She already apologized. So just help her. The people around joined the old lady to beg sophia.
Sophia was speechless if you guys pity her so much why don't you help her. But she didn't say this out loud before she becomes the talk of the town.
She helplessly turned to the old lady; even though she had a sad face on, she could still feel something odd about her and she knew that apology wasn't genuine.
Its okay; just give me your card! Sophia still decided to help her even if she was weird.
The old lady scanned through her bag and brought out a card then she gave it to sophia.
It was finally Sophia's turn but she put the old lady's card first. Then she turned to the old lady. Your pin?
The old lady didn't tell sophia her pin instead she decided to input it by herself. She even looked around to make sure no one was looking.
Sophia rolled her eyes and moved away, waiting for her to finish so she could continue with the procedure.
The old lady moved away and told sophia to continue.
How much should I withdraw? She asked. The old lady thought about it for a while before answering.
50k!
Sophia quickly imputed the amount and withdrew the money then she gave to the old lady. She finished and then gave her the card before withdrawing hers.
Once she was done she put the money in her purse and walked away.
Excuse me little girl! The old lady called her back.
Sophia raised a brow; what could she possibly want this time? She then turned and looked at the old lady. Yes madam can I help you again?
The old lady smiled sheepishly; not at all I just wanted to thank you for helping me out and also to give you this! She quickly squeezed some cash into Sophia's hand.
Sophia did not expect this at all; so she quickly refused. She tried to give the old lady back her money.
I'm okay madam I don't need this, I just causally helped you out so no need for this.
No I won't take it back! Or do you think that I have an ulterior motive for giving you money.
Coughs.... Sophia was a bit surprised because that's exactly what she was thinking.
Madam thank you very much but I can't accept this money.
Really then throw it away cuz I'm not taking it back. you can waste my hard earned money it's totally fine but I won't take it back from you never.
Sophia was speechless she didn't bother arguing her anymore; okay then thank you madam. She gave a half smile and walked away.
Looking at the retreating figure; the old smirked and then walked towards a luxurious car that was hidden by the side.
Immediately she approached it, some guys quickly rushed out to meet her.
Madame what happened? You just left without saying a word! What's going on? Are you okay?
Seriously how many questions do you want me to answer huh? Stop asking me questions and get to work.
Yes ma! What do you want us to do?
The old lady brought out a sealed pack; little hair particles were inside then she removed something like a white glove from her palm.
It was so real that no one could tell if someone wore it. She put it inside a sealed pack also.
Then she turned to the man closer to her; find out everything about this person I want to know literally everything, no detail should be missing.
Check it with the old files and see if there's a match I want it ready as soon as possible.
I hope she's the one, she sighed
she just decided to leave everyone and take a walk, when she saw sophia drop from a car. She was stunned cuz she looked like the one she's been looking for, for years.
So she followed her to the bank to be sure. she had made many mistakes in the past she just wanted her to be the right person.
She got closer to sophia to get her hair, thankfully she didn't notice that. She did everything on purpose so she could get more intel on her.
Looking at her body and size, it was the exact match the way she predicted the child to be. There was one more thing she needed to confirm.
"Her eyes". She couldn't keep still she had to figure everything out very soon.
******
Sophia was oblivious to what was happening as she joyfully skipped home. Then she remembered that she bought ice creams.
Omg she ran home, I'm sure it has melted by now.
some minutes later she finally got home, she opened her bag and checked the ice cream, thankfully it was still edible.
Sophia sat down and massaged her temples; her mum talked for a while before she finally let her off.
******
Timothy your dad...
I know! He quickly cut her off. I'm not going!.
But timothy you know that it's very important.
Yes I know but I'm not going!
Nanny zo didn't know what to say, so she kept quiet as they drove back to the house.
Timothy knew it was his dad that called earlier and he knew why he called but he still won't bulge.
They finally got home, nanny zo called the servants to take the clothes inside.
Timothy walked inside and felt that something was wrong, the environment was very tensed.
A figure sat down on the chair, his long legs were crossed, he looked like a king that was giving a verdict to his subjects.
He was slightly aged but very handsome, brown hair with blue eyes and a stern face.
He raised his head when the little guy came in with nanny zo.
Nanny zo saw the man and quickly retreated, she knew this would eventually happen.
He called earlier to inform her about the school competition, the winner would get 10% shares from the blue tech company.
It is biggest company in the entire country and everyone wanted to grab such an opportunity but it was only available for the elite.
Timothy's school was the best in the country, top notch educational system, state of the art facilities with teachers from different parts of the world.
She knew he won't let such a big opportunity slide like that... But timothy didn't care about that he didn't want to sign up for it.
....
You're back timothy a hoarse voice called out to him.
Timothy's back became stiff. Yes sir!
Haha.... That's good did nanny zo tell you about why I called earlier.
Yes she did! Beads of sweat formed on his temples.
Good he chuckled! So what's your answer? Are you gonna participate or not?
I..I..I.. I don't want to go. He summoned a lot courage to actually say those words to his father.
Hahaha.... you're not going! Nah I don't think so, he sneered. You went shopping today, so I'm sure there's an outfit there for you to wear.
He looked at his son that had his head lowered, he could feel his fear for him. Good that's how it's supposed to be.
He got up and slowly walked towards his son; he arranged his hair properly, walked past him towards the door.
I...I..I said I'm not going! You know why I don't want to go, why would you still force me?
The man walking towards the door paused; I didn't come here to make a request, that's an order. You need to learn to put away personal feelings when it comes to business.
You're not even supposed to have such feelings. He paused and then chuckled.
You're still weak timothy, too weak. I won't say it again prepare for the competition else you know the consequences. I even came here personally, so you should know how important this is.
He turned back and saw his son's trembling shoulders he smirked and walked out.
I won't go, I won't! timothy said as he ran to his room.
His father obviously heard that, he didn't say anything, he only looked at the guard and walked away.
The guard understood what he wanted and quickly went ahead to do what he had been told.
Nanny zo saw what happened; she panicked. She started thinking of what to do before the problem gets worse.
*****
Sophia finished the entire ice cream that was meant for her mum. she felt sleepily and crawled to bed as usual.
Ding~ ding! Her phone rang. She didn't pick it up.
Ding~ding! It rang again.
Sophia felt aggrieved; she was having a beautiful dream about eating korean noodles. Who could possibly want to spoil it.
Then she picked her phone, the caller had no name, she sighed and picked it up.
[Hello, who is this?]
[Hi sophia]
A deep voice came through, she pulled the phone from her ear and put it on loud speaker, she laid down and lazily answered.
[can I help you?]
PJ heard a familiar soft voice it was kinda hoarse but was pleasant to the ear.
[ It's PJ sophia!] He chuckled.
[Oh! it's you that disturbed my beauty sleep. Sobs you have no idea what I just missed]
[ Hahaha.... PJ couldn't control himself. I'm sorry for disturbing your beauty sleep, I just wanted to tell you that my bro's party is tomorrow]
[ Really! That's great] sophia that was busy whining about the noodles she couldn't finish suddenly jolted.
[Yup so are you coming?]
[Yes yes, yes] she happily screamed.
[Oh yes! What do I wear]
[Oh just wear casual clothes, it will be fine]
[Really! Are you sure? Won't I be odd]
[Nah you won't, I'll bring something over tomorrow, so don't worry and sorry for disturbing your beauty sleep, he chuckled]
[Oh! It's totally fine, it was totally worth it. Gracias amigo]
She ended the call and rushed down to tell her mum the good news.
PJ pulled the phone from his ear with a smile on his face. sophia was one of a kind.
Who was that? Rex was in the room with him.
It's sophia, I invited her for your party.
Sophia, sophia sophia... He thought about it for a while, then suddenly remembered who she was.
Oh that little cutie. That's alright with me, she's cool. But this is actually the first time I've seen you personally invite someone.
There's a first time for everything; and she's worth it too.
****
The next day sophia cleaned the house and arranged everything, then she went upstairs.
She took a shower and got ready for the party. PJ told her he'll be arriving soon.
PJ drove over and saw Sophia's mum coming out of the house, he greeted her, and went through a major questions and answers segment before she let him off and walked to where she was going.
Then he turned and saw a beautiful figure coming out of the house, he couldn't take his eyes off her.
Sophia wore a black romper~suit with a nike sneakers, she wore six neck laces from the longest to the shortest; she recently got piercings on her ear so she wore a round silver earring, she just tucked a part of her hair behind her ears, she wanted it to be loose.
She walked over and winked at the already stunned PJ; I look like a pop~star all that's left is a gold tooth.
PJ was speechless; sophia you're... He couldn't say anything for a while, emm.... Let's just say you're very different, I really haven't met anyone like you so far.
Of course, there's only one of me in this world.
He turned and opened the door for her. Thank you she smiled as she got in.
He got in and brought out a pack from the back. Here! this is what I prepared for you.
She took it and quickly opened it. Omg she giggled; it was blue jersey; most importantly Rex's team jersey.
Thank you! So much.
You can put it on now, that's what you'll need for the party.
Wow she quickly put in on it was her size, she smiled as they drove off.