"You have to dress up as a girl in order to work there."
Erin felt like the room had suddenly started spinning around him.
"Are you freaking playing with us right now, Reese?" Lizzy seemed pissed at the moment.
"No. Hear me first," it said trying to make sense of what it just said. "You see, the only place that offers this good of opportunity is where my father works at the moment. And that's with Marc's family."
"You mean, that Jerk who just decided to take away Erin's scholarship grant? And why would he want to work for someone who just ruined his entire future?" Lizzy is literally more aggravated than he is right now.
"Then why not use the chance to get back at him?"
"How?" his forehead literally wrinkled.
"Find his weakness and try to use it against him. Wouldn't that be a good way to get revenge from him?"
"That's sickening, Reese." just when he thought that Lizzy actually disliked the idea. "But I think that's a pretty good one." he was wrong.
The two looked at him with malicious intent after.
"Well, you are quite pretty for a boy." Lizzy began to realize. While Reese agreed with a nod.
"You two have got to be kidding me. There is no way in hell I'll be doing that. You hear me?"
Before he knew it, he was being dragged here and there. To buy things that he will need to change his looks and turn him into a different person. Totally.
The moment he walked out of the dressing room. Both Lizzy and Reese almost failed to recognize him completely. He didn't only look feminine wearing a dress and a long wig. But he can actually fool anyone with that pretty face and slender body that goes along with it.
"Who are you again?" Lizzy tried to tease him. But he only glared at his friend. "Oh my God," it said covering its mouth with both hands. "I swear that you just glared like a woman right now." It seemed proud for a minute. And annoyed in the next. "Thank God, you're actually my friend. 'Cause if anyone does look at me like that? I'd probably dig her eyes out."
"Enough of that, let's get down to business first." Reese had that grin that makes him want to run away from it all. If only he had other options.
***
"You should know, that I only did this because my son said you needed help. But I disapprove the idea of trying to deceive my employers." said the head butler. Who was actually Reese's father. It drove him to a private property near the school. And told him that he will be privately serving a family member.
He thought it would be someone old since it needed privacy. And was very hard to deal with.
"And I do appreciate the help, Sir. I promise I won't do anything to tarnish your name. Or the service you've provided all these years."
"It's not them I'm worried about." the Butler said never taking its eyes on the road. "It's actually you."
His glance went to Butler David's face instantly.
Whatever that meant. It's probably nothing good.
Soon they reached the estate. And he was quite shocked at how beautiful the place is. The house itself was a work of art. Surrounded by lush greenery.
"He's probably still sleeping at the moment. You might want to make yourself familiar with the place while you wait."
He was thankful that he didn't have to see that guy every day as Reese and Lizzy expected. Or he might really regret coming to that place dressed as a woman.
Actually, both his friends did a great job of dressing him up. And that makeup that Lizzy did was so convincing. He didn't have to practice hard just to make the right application. It was very simple and pretty.
"Cause you are beautiful," he remembered what Lizzy said after.
Like the Chief Butler ordered. He began to scan every part of the house. With the exemption of the master's bedroom.
"The boss can be quite cranky when waking up. So be careful not to disturb him while at it."
He remembered Head Butler David telling him in the car before getting there.
He started in the living room. There were pictures of an old man with a cute young boy. He secretly cringed. The boy couldn't be that asshole in the picture. But the resemblance is uncanny that no one would say otherwise. Besides the fact that the smile the young boy once hold has lost its glitter. Now, all that's left is a cold and distant personality.
"Have you already known the young master?" he almost jumped out of his skirt when Butler David spoke from behind him.
How long was it staring at him anyway? And he on the frame, to not even notice its presence?
"N-no, I haven't met him yet. But I hope the old master would be more welcoming."
Butler David seemed confused for a while. Then a smile broke from its lips.
"I didn't know I was old enough to be called an Old Master." a voice from the top of the stairs brought chills to his spine as it walked down the steps to greet them.
He had his grip tight on the frame to prevent it from slipping from his hand. While staring at that same domineering face of his new boss.
"The fault was mine, Sir. I might have given her the impression that she's serving your Grandfather."
"In that case, she should be heading in the cemetery. Because I won't be accepting a maid in this house. Having two bodyguards is enough already. "
"Your father insisted that you have one, young master. And you know how persistent he could be."
It gave out a stare of disinterest on the middle-aged butler.
"If this is about the gay issue again-"
"Rest assured, young master. Your father doesn't have anything like that in mind."
"Seems to me that way. Bringing a girl to work for me instead. Isn't that a clear sign that I should dispose of my bodyguards and hire female bodyguards instead?"
When the butler didn't bother to answer. Mark threw a "Whatever" glance in his direction.
"She can work here. But I just want to be clear with one thing." it stopped right in front of him. "I don't like people who try to deceive me. So if you're hiding something from me. You better tell me now."