"But Alice, let say if I pass the interview and I get the role as a cook, I have to leave home, all employees who work at the Duke's mansion must live at the housing. They limit the amount of people who go in and out of the mansion for safety. And I will get to see you only on my day off and during holiday. What if you are sick? What if you feel lonely living here alone? I made the decision to not going to the interview."
"What? Mama cooking is your passion! why would you leave something that actually the one and only your dreams since you were young? I can handle myself very well, mama. I am 31 now, too old to be worried about. hahaha it's okay mama, I'm used to stay alone okay no worries mamaaa"
"How could I leave my beautiful daughter living here alone! Your face is like a person who is in 21 not 31! Those tomatoes made me worried about you if I leave you alone because you look so young and pretty my dear. This world is full of jerks and bad people. What if they ask you to get married and they are not good! I cannot leave my baby okay, I refused to go and the decision is made! "
"Mama, I would like to tell you something.. about swords lesson and martial art... I love those activities but I also love to teach. The Duke's mansion will open the recruitment for knights there next week. Will said the lessons there are very good and also they paid us well most importantly hahaha and if I am being promoted, I can apply for personal bodyguard at the mansion. But I'm not sure, what can you tell mama?"
"Well, for me, I think you should go with what your heart wants honey, if you still not sure to choose, ask yourself, will you be happy to do that thing for another 10 years? Will you be happy with your decision? What is your goal until you reach the limit of your life? ask that to yourself. "But mama, you do not want to go to the interview because you do not want to leave me alone. That's the same, you are leaving the thing that you love doing even for the next ten years."
"It is not the same, my Alice. It is true my passion is cooking and I have dreamt about it since I was young. But, I still can live happily if I'm not cooking in a luxury kitchen. I cannot live if anything happens to you, Alice. You are my daughter, my beginning, middle and the end, our journey of three ended because of tragic tragedy and it left just the two of us, Alice. Just you and me, and you are my priority. After losing your dad, and that was the last thing I have lost a person I love the most. "
Tears fall down to chubby cheeks of Alice. She hugged Mrs. Anne and they went silent for quite a moment.