*RING RING* The alarm goes off, Theresa gets up from bed and stretches, she had a good time with Leo last night and that's the most fun she has experienced for a while now. And this morning could have been great if not for the nightmares, she sluggishly enters the bathroom to freshen up and got dressed. She gets out of the room and goes downstairs.
"Good morning miss Clinton" a maid greets her and she nods at the girl. Going down further she sees her family at the dining table enjoying their meal.
"You slept in today, I guess you had a good time with Leo," her mom said when she took notice of the girl.
"Yeah, ma" she replies and takes her seat "Good morning everyone," she says to the people at the table.
"Good morning" her sister answers while her father smiles at her.
"Won't Jacob join us for breakfast?" She asks
"No, he left early for a business trip this morning" her younger sister Sarah replied
"Oh"
Jacob is the first child of Gary and Harriet Clinton, an elder brother to Theresa and Sarah. He handles the family business single-handedly because Theresa chose the path of medicine and Sarah has not graduated yet.
The family talks about what they plan to do today and joke about around, the room is filled with love and warm laughter.
Theresa lays back on her chair and watches how Sarah and Harriet pester Gary to come shopping with them, he refuses saying he has other things to do but they tease him saying it's just because he won't choose nice things and to prove to them that he can he agrees to go with them. Immediately he does Harriet winks at Sarah.
"Oh, dad, you have been played" she smiles inwardly.
"I have to go now," Theresa says finishing her breakfast
"Urghh, aren't you tired? is today not your day off? it's the first day of spring, isn't it? Why are you going to the hospital aren't you sick of that place?" Sarah grumbles
Yeah, she is correct, someone who had been in the confinement of a hospital for two years should find it hard going there again but not Theresa, she finds happiness in her job, she has a warm tender feeling when she takes care of her patients. As for spring, it used to be the best season for her by now whenever she thinks of it she feels unbearable pain.
"You promised to come with mom and me for shopping, are you bailing on us?"
"No, I'll be there, I just have to take care of some things first" she replies
"Ok dear, come early," Gary says. She nods and gives her mom, dad, and sister a kiss before turning away.
When Sarah sits down her mom gives her a look and she wakes up abruptly like she remembered something, gives her mom and dad a kiss, and scurries out of the door.
"Wait up T" she yells out to Theresa who had just sat down at the back seat of the car.
"What's up Sarah?" She asks, scrolling down the window
"Nothing much, I just remembered I have to get something for my exams, could you drop me off at my college" Sarah just graduated from high school and it's her first year in college
"Ok, get in," she says. "Let's go," she tells the driver once Sarah was seated
"Take a look at these, which do you prefer," Sarah says, pulling up a tablet with two dresses, a pink mini gown, and a yellow dot pattern gown.
"I thought you said you had to work on your exams, isn't this a distraction?" Theresa says plainly
"Oh, don't be such a killjoy, I am going to the mall later I want to choose now so I don't get a headache deciding what to buy when I get there," she explains with a pout
"Ok, don't give me that look, I think the yellow one, who is it for anyway?"
"You remember my friend, Jessica?"
"The one who moved to Country M" Theresa replies
"Yes, her. Her birthday is in a few weeks, so I want to get her a present" she says with pitiful cat eyes
"And?" Theresa asks
"And what? Why do you look at me suspiciously?" Sarah retorts but doesn't change the look on her face.
"Because," Theresa says taking Sarah into her arms in an embrace, putting her head on her chest and stroking her hair "When my dear little sister starts to act babyish, with those cat eyes, she wants something, so spill it"
"Well, she's throwing a party," she said trying to lift her head.
"No, stay there, I don't know what those cat eyes want to lure me into saying or promise" she replies tightening her hold.
"So that's why you hugged me, and here I am thinking you suddenly grew a heart " Sarah retorts
"Yeah, and?"
"Well, I want to go to her party but I am scared mom and dad won't let me go"
"And?" Theresa continues. That couldn't be all, this sister of hers was a manipulative trickster.
"But they won't object if you come with me"
"Now I see what's going on here, my parents asked her to come to distract me because on this day two years ago that accident occurred, but this brat is trying to use it as an advantage eeh," Theresa thinks, then lets her go.
"Do you think everyone is as idle as you?" She asks Sarah playfully
"But the doctor said it's good for your recovery process," Sarah tries to reason with her.
"Yes, but I don't want to go Country M," she says
"But I want to go, can't you compromise for me? Don't you feel sorry for me?" Sarah puts on the most pitiful look she could come up with.
"Sorry, but someone just said I don't have a heart so how can I feel" Theresa uses her words against her.
"Don't be like this TT, you know you're the best sister ever, with the biggest heart" Sarah flatters
"That's, that glib tongue again isn't it? Well I will help you ask mom and dad for permission but I can't promise to go, but I will check my schedule and inform you"
"Thanks, Thesa, you're the best," Sarah says with excitement and hugs her.
************
H.G.C
At the President's office on the top floor.
"Sir, your flight to Country M has been booked for two weeks from now," A man in a black suit says to his Boss.
He hums but doesn't lookup.
"Sir, Mr. Harris is back and he has invited you for dinner at Harris mansion," the man says again
"Hmm, he invited me, or did my mom call and say he invited me?" Nathaniel said putting the file away from his face, raising his attractive brows. The man looks handsome with his chiseled face and fine features. He gets up and walks up to his assistant.
"When is the next meeting" his voice coming out soft but authoritative
"In about forty minutes" he replies. "Sir what should I tell your mom?" He asks nervously, his boss has always been a very strict man and doesn't like to talk about his family especially not his father, this has always been a sensitive topic to him and he's scared his boss could get angry and lash out at him.
"Tell her I'll be there and reschedule the meeting, for now, I need everyone there in the next ten minutes, or else they're fired"
"Yes sir," the man says and hurries to pass out the word.
As Nathaniel gets out of his private elevator to go to the meeting room he feels several eyes on him but that doesn't phase him, he's used to people ogling at him so he just strides into the meeting room.