note: what's between the "..." is the dialogue,
what's between the [...] is a character special thought
(ek minat rukie= wait a minute) in Hindi
.....chapter begins...
....time skip.... evening....
.... Aleeza's pov:
The evening came by, we stopped drinking and talking a long while ago thanks to the little incident, I didn't expect that complimenting Victor would probably end up with him drenching himself in tea,
[ it's looks like Victor doesn't get complimented very often]
as for Alex and her dad, they spent most of the time to the evening outside just walking and talking I guess,
[ I'm just a tiny bit jealous]
after Victor went to change his clothes cuz they were wet, I remained by myself, of course he's not going to allow me to his room we barely have met and I act like I already know him for years, I guess it's one of my bad traits,
Victor afterwards resumed his work, I believe he went to the guest's house, so I was lonely again in the living room of this big mansion and I have no other choice, but to use my phone is my only source of entertainment,
to be honest I don't enjoy social media although, I have an account on every possible platform to sometimes create some funny content and share what I do as a fashion designer in the making with the world, or to even post some few Pretty pics of myself and my favorite food,
I hate it, despite gaining followers made ecstatic, ever since I joined on social media I keep feeling the need that I have to look perfect, when I post anything I get seriously frustrated cuz if it's a silly video of just me goofing off, I find people throwing likes back and forth at me, bow and I post something creative and serious like a new dress design or a cute top that I made the other day I find little to no interaction,
that is without mentioning the when I post pictures of myself, there's two sides of the war, those who support and those who shame,
overall I joined in social media at first because I wanted a breather, I wanted somewhere to feel like I'm not the only human being, to connect with another person but then I was stuck in a loophole of undesired emotions, I wish I could just delete everything but I know I'm going to regret these impulsive decisions,
yet social media isn't quite bad well not entirely at least, since it helped me with myself confidence, I was able to do some stuff I know I couldn't do on my own without a motivation,
[ I wish I can just not tie The credibility and how good my work is to some number of likes and views]
I felt shy ordering or asking anybody to help me so I sneaked into the kitchen, I was hoping I'd find something to eat quietly,
" Miss what are you doing in the kitchen?" Vishal, the lavender dyed hair Maid said, she looked awfully stressed out sitting in the kitchen, her stare was unfocused on me, must be what happened with her twin brother before,
" oh hi Vishal... are you okay I know what happened earlier was crazy but don't beat yourself about it... I suppose today was just a wild day" I said, she was still staring at particularly nothing,
"I'm sorry miss I... I don't know what to do! y'all are so very positive I'm not, my stupid deer headed brother keeps messing up everything! I can't believe we made it somewhere?! we a got home! somewhere we can stay, a god damn roof over our nasty heads, boots and a good job and what he does?! slaps our Master in his own crib?! what if he's gon get kicked out?!" Vishal said slipping into a southern accent, it seems like she was hiding her real accent earlier for some reason,
I didn't want to point out the sudden change in accent, cuz it doesn't matter anyway so I sit down next to her and try to reassure in her
"Vishal look I know you're worried sick I'd be so worried if my brother did something unreasonable like this! but hey look at the bright side?! Alec doesn't seem so mad, well I'm not sure what he's feeling but he could have reacted worse. maybe your brother isn't in a big trouble after all! and to be fair just because you're his sister you don't have to pay the price of his own bullsh!t" I said
she looked at briefly with tears in our eyes, her hands were hugging tight together,
Vishal took a deep breath " Miss I can't blame him he's seeing and seen a lot! my brother and I as you can tell from my voice we weren't that much lucky. I know it's not a justification for shit we pulled, but the pain is always there and nothing can truly numb it away! we ain't nobody's favorite, wherever we go whatever we do we always end up messing up real bad. I wish I can just make him happy, I don't know what to do. I thought maybe he's lonely maybe he's looking for love and I tried to set up with somebody but it never worked!" she spoke,
I gently patted her back "maybe love isn't what he's looking for, maybe not that kind of love... have you tried getting him into a hobby or maybe ask him what bothers him? it seems like your brother isn't the time to talk at all, unless it's to ruin somebody's day." I said
"when we were kids he used to love plants, he always said he wanted to study about them. what's it called? A botanist...we never had money for school or anything else, we didn't even have names he can use, so he never even got to study to begin with, things gotten a teeny tiny better after we became servants here i managed to get him books and stuff about plants so he can read them at his free time. his hobby right now is taking care of the garden,he did all of the work there. planted everything except for the roses that's Victor's specialities!" Vishal said
"wait, he did all of that in the garden! does Vivek know he did an amazing job?! the garden look like a place out of a fairytale?!" I stated, Vishal simple shook her head with a no
"he's got an artsy eye but unfortunately not really good at taking praise...it's hard to get a compliment inside Viv's head, he always thinks we're just being nice to him and not actually enjoying his work...maybe if he hears it from you an outsider, that you like what he does with the garden maybe he'll believe it! I know that's a lot to ask from you and you are not supposed to be doing me favors, but I would be very much in your Dept if you can just make Vivek smile like you make Victor do ever since you came here...Miss Aleeza!" Vishal sad with hopeful eyes,
I agreed to her proposition, she jumped hugging me out of joy, she appeared to be feeling better now, she also solved my hungry stomach isuue as she served me some sweets to eat,
...few minutes later.....
now that I don't feel hungry anymore, I exited the kitchen,
I was hoping I'd find Vivek somewhere but then I remembered Victor ordered him to go to the guest house he's probably still there,
and speaking of Victor I spun around to find him behind me the moment I was standing at the door,
"Aleeza? are you heading outside for a walk? it is going to get dark pretty soon, are you perhaps worried about Alex and Mr Leon?! Miss Alexis knows her way around here very well. I was heading to the guest house but if you prefer it I will take you for a walk?" Victor asked me, he looked rather tired too
" oh no not really I wasn't actually going for a walk, oh by the way did the therapist leave I didn't see her anywhere?" I said, Victor gave me a childish baffled stare,
" oh Ra-on? yes it has been a few minutes since she left... I know I am being nosy right now but if you were not going for just a stroll? where you headed somewhere specific?" he asked again
I smiled a bit saying "have you went to the guest house yet? you know you ordered Vivek to go there... is he still there I would love to talk to him"
Victor looked even more confused "like I just said I was going there, you want to talk with him?! I do not know if he is in his right State of mind...that is being the main reason I told him to wait for me there, I would advise you personally not to approach him but I can not tell you what to do. yes Vivek would be there in the guest house,you just have to follow the stone path behind the mansion, and let me know if anything happened." Victor said smiling awkwardly,
it seemed as if he didn't quite like the idea of me talking to Vivek, yet he wasn't willing to stop me,
I thanked Victor for his help and was about to head to my destination when Victor suddenly Stopped me again,
"something else Victah?" I questioned
"just a simple question Aleeza, I remember now! you mentioned being a college student, Fashion school if I remember correctly and today being Monday, are you not supposed to be in class?" He asked,
..... Victor's pov:
"oh I...I forgot to clarify this! I'm not a college student anymore, I just said it out of habit, I dropped out first year cuz I couldn't afford it. fashion and art schools are too expensive,I'm self taught, i'm studying by myself. life sucks sometimes, no worries though! I don't need a college degree to be a fashion designer!" Miss Aleeza replied to me, look of sadness flashed across her face despite her big smile,
" I am sorry to hear about that Miss, well I suppose you're right, I for an example never being to college as well." I said gazing at her, she was still wearing that smile despite the fact that her sadness is showing,
She averted her eyes away from me and grabbed her phone from her pocket as she started speaking "so we're wearing the same shoes Victah, don't worry about me though, I'm almost done with my Tailoring apprenticeship. I went for a certification program, so even if I couldn't make it big being a self taught designer I'd still be able to be just a tailor! I can even open my own little shop one day. if I'm working on clothes then I'm happy, I've been working with a friend as assistants in their Family Tailoring shop too to gain early work experience!" She said, her attention was averted to her phone frowning a bit,
" I'm currently free today because class are often on the weekend, and as for work my Friend's family are out for a vacation for a week and they should be back tomorrow. that's why i can be here today, although I'm probably gonna have to go to work tomorrow's in the afternoon." She Added,
"oh I see...would you and the other like to stay tonight too? we'll make sure to drive you home in the morning?" I asked, she turned her head up to face me, I felt a little bit embarrassed because I was a bit too tall compared to Aleeza,
" hmmm... it's not a bad idea for me, you should ask Mr Leon and Alex, ugh...who's number is this I can't see to recall seeing this before?" Aleeza muttered, she seemed frustrated trying to remember something,
"Aleeza is there a problem?" I asked, she held her phone in my face, a little pink and yellow phone Charm that says 'Crime junkie' was dangling off her phone's case,
"I think there's a reception issue here?? is it usually This bad?! there has been a number that been trying to call me for the past hour, and I can't seem to call them back and they can't seem to get a hold of me either, on top of that I can't seem to remember this number it's not registered on my phone. could it be one of my babysitting clients? I haven't had a job in few weeks now." Aleeza said, I took a glimpse at the number, oddly enough it was familiar for me
"oh yes sometimes there will be little issues with the reception here due to the nature of our location...not too often however...the reception is mostly bad on rainy or snowy days, today's weather is quite nice, wait for a second this number?!" I said coming to a realization, I knew who was the owner of this number, I have not seen this in a while,
" wait what?! is something wrong Victor?!" Aleeza asked me, I nodded with a yes
"If my memory does not betray me. This is lady Sabrina's personal number, why would She be calling you personally Aleeza?" I inquired
"oh mAh god! why does reception have to be bad today of all days! it's not even raining?!" Aleeza said dodging to fully answer my question,
"I cannot explain this phenomenal but have you tried using the internet? I do not think you requested to use it since you came here yesterday. you and Mr Leon did not ask for the WiFi password" I said asking,
I watched in confusion as Aleeza faceplamed herself, she must have forgotten that was an option,
" Victor I'm dumbass aren't I ?! *starts laughing* I swear I forgot we live in the age of WiFi!! can I have the WiFi password pleeeease!!" she urged me to give her the password,
"if you may hand me the phone I will enter the password for you." I said offering her my hand
.....third person pov:
Victor extended his hand politely offering to enter the password on Aleeza's phone,
she Eyed Victor skeptically before she spoke "you look rather suspicious?! It's an embarrassing password isn't it? and you don't want me to know! noooooo, I'm not handling you the phone!! tell me the password!" Aleeza demanded smiling smugly at Victor,
Victor sighted in defeat " uhh very well, it is, 'Do The Alec-zander'...that's the password" he said a little bit unhappy,
"excuse me?!" Aleeza asked with disbelieving eyes,
"Do not make me repeat the password I know you heard it very well. Miss Aleeza if you may please enter the password and relief me from my misery!" Victor pleaded with Her,
"Do The Alec-zander....pfffff ahahahahaha!!" Aleeza howled with laughter, she was clapping her hands laughing hysterically,
"I am leaving!!" Victor stated red-faced as he began walking away and back inside,
" Wait hahahahaha I'm sorry, Victah ahahaha! it's not even that funny! I'll stop *inhales* I'll stop laughing I swear hahaha!!" Aleeza called out from her standing position making no effort to follow after the flustered Victor as she was too busy laughing, she wasn't thinking the password was that hilarious but it was Victor's discomfort while telling her the password that made her crack up.
few minutes later...
Alex and Leon finally decided to walk back inside the mansion, they saw Aleeza who has finally calmed down standing at the entrance, she was now talking on the phone, and she had a weighty sort of expression on her face,
Aleeza was having a stressful phone call with Lady Sabrina, and it didn't help that Lady Sabrina's voice was quite loud and audible even without being put on speaker,
(phone call conversation):
Sabrina: "I do not know why my little Raphael does not hush about you! I am loosing my Mind!"
Aleeza : "Sabrina Priya, ek minat rukie!"
Sabrina : " *shouting* Listen you Whelephant! I am putting so much on the line for my son here so you either take the job or leave it! I can always find someone better!"
Aleeza : "Ok fine I'll take it...and stop insulting me!!"
Sabrina: "very well Then Aleeza, can I Expect you to be free, Are you working with any other children?
Aleeza: "no I am completely free, oh I am free tomorrow's morning if you're willing to discuss the job with me, I'll be free from 8 to 12 am... afterwards I'll be working a shift"
Sabrina : "very well, i would love to meet you at your place. we will have a much more extensive talk,I would be there about 10:30 sharp and I will be arriving with my little prince. Miss Aleeza I expect you to be there, goodbye."
( end of phone call)
.... Alex's pov :
Leon excused himself inside while I waited for Aleeza to get off the phone,
"damn you can hear that biatch from miles away, So you're really gonna babysit the little red head brat?!" I said as soon as Aleeza she finished her phone call,
Aleeza glared at me "you know better than being mad at little child Alex, Raphael remains a little boy who's innocent from what his parents are doing. And the answer is Yes! I will take the job possibly cuz first I need the money and second because I want to!" She said, she was kinda pissed off too
" chill Azazel, I don't give a damn about what do you do and who you work with?! I was just kidding...and you're right, I shouldn't drag a kid into an adults fight." I replied to her, her glare faded away instantly,
"why didn't you follow Your dad inside, you waited here for me? there's got to be something going on?!" Aleeza asked
I pinched the bridge of my nose, I do it hella lot, it's a habit I got from my mom "sharp as always Azee, yeah I do need to tell you to stay away from Rodrigo as if it's not obvi, I don't care how confident you are about bringing him down but I can assure you, he's got shit you never seen before. Rodrigo's not the kinda guy you wanna deal with, unfortunately he's a rich ass bish with no morales." I explained, I know Aleeza is capable of so much, but we're not middle schoolers anymore, I don't know what she's like now,
this isn't some petty school bullies we're dealing with, we are Adults dealing with an another shitty adult who's got more power that most of us combined,
[the last thing I wanna see, is another victim]
" very sweet of you Priya, but I've made up my mind! I have a gut feeling that is pushing against him. I will see for myself what Rodrigo is capable of, I like Alec-Zander and I'm going to be his friend, I won't stand it seeing him being haunted by that degenerate creature Rodrigo when I'm by his side, besides I'm more confident now that we're back as friends! you and me." Aleeza spoke, she started walking outside.
"you going somewhere?" I asked,
Aleeza nodded as she spoke "yes, to the guest house"
" Vivek is currently cooling off there" I said,
" I know... that's why I'm going there" Aleeza replied walking away.
....end of chapter.....