CHAPTER 3: THE WEEKEND
A knock woke Stanley up. "Who is that" He asked, a maid came in. He was shirtless with a short on, his hair was messy and fell on his face. Mouth agape, the maid watched him.
"Take a picture, it will last longer. What brings you here?"
"Good morning, Sir. A lady is waiting downstairs for you'
"Okay. I'll be with her shortly. Leave" The maid left. He got under the shower to freshen up.
Maya came downstairs to meet Stanley's PA, Scarlet sitting in the living room. She was dressed in a white halter neck top, a black mini skirt, a pair of black 'kicks' to match and black sunglasses. She tied her hair in a ponytail and wore a gold bracelet George gifted her on her 15th birthday.
"Hi, you must be my brother's PA. Nice to meet you. Maya"
"Scarlet' she simply said giving her a warm smile.
"Okay Scarlet. Do have a nice day" Scarlet smiled and waved at her as she walked out of the house. Not too long, Stanley got downstairs. It was obvious he just had a bath.
"Good morning Sir"
"Mmmmmm-mmm" He walked to the kitchen to take a bottle of water.
"You came so early today" She nodded and stood up to hand some documents over to him.
"Do you expect us to work here" He cut in. He took the lead and they walked to his study room. They took their seats and started walking on some documents. Looking up to gulp down more water from the bottle, their eyes met and he noticed she changed her contact lens.
"New contact lens now, huh? He asked, thrashing the empty can.
"Uhmmm, yes Sir. I had to get a new one for my eyes" He simply nodded.
"So for how long have you had this bad sight"
"When I was in high school" He nodded. A maid knocked on the door and came in.
"Sir, breakfast is ready" He simply nodded and she left." Care to join me?" He asked her. She stood up and followed him to the dining hall , she gasped slightly at the sight of food set out on the table. He simply sat down, ignoring her look. She slowly sat down and dished out pasta and meatballs for herself first. She ate quite hurriedly while Stanley was on his phone while eating.
"I'm done". He announced.
"Huh"She stared at all the food on the body. He stood up and left for the study room. She ran after him to the study room.
"So you really made a list of where to go to" Bryan asked Hailey with a smile plastered on his face.
"Yeah, If I don't get to visit all these places, there's always a next time"
"I guess" He said slowly.
"Guess?. I'd visit these places with you, dummy" She slapped him slightly on his arm. They were at the park taking ice-cream.
"I just look forward to my big family dinner and the ball" She said taking a scoop of her ice-cream
"The normal feud and all".
"Yeah, I get to see my brother and of course expect the worst from my two brothers" She said looking a bit sad.
"About the ball" He asked trying to change the topic.
"Yeah, that should be ending of the month but I don't know the exact date "She opened her handbag, bringing out a piece of paper to check out the list of places she wrote down.
"To the cinema" She said excitedly.
"Cinema? To watch horror movies? Nahhh" He said walking away quickly. She ran after him pleading.
"It's late already and you stay with your parents"
"No, I'm staying at my brother's place this week" She said with pleading eyes.
"oh okay but we should see a romantic movie. What do you think, huh? She stomped on his foot and walked away. He gave a light chuckle, trying to catch up with her.
Scarlet yawned tiredly as she worked on the files while Stanley relaxed, pressing his phone. Did he ask me to come over for me to do all the work? Such an arrogant fool, she thought. She yawned the umpteenth time, stretching herself. He looked up from his phone this time; he caught her glaring at him tiredly.
"Why the murderous glare" He asked still pressing his phone.
"its 4:30 already and I need to get home early" She said with fear laced in her voice
"Really? Complete the documents before you leave".
"But Sir…"He cut her off by raising his index hand. She continued working on the files.
30 minutes into the time, she dozed off. Stanley packed up the files carefully before going downstairs. Going downstairs, his mom called him on the phone.
"Hey mom"
"Hey sweetie. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine, mom and Maya is fine too" She chuckled over the phone. He knows she's about to ask about Maya because she has never left her parents house to stay out for a week.
"Hope you are eating well?" She asked with concern
"Yeah, mom the maids are here" He rolled his eyes.
"I know you just rolled your eyes, Naughty Son "He laughed lightly knowing that his mom would hit him on his head if she was next to him.
"Is Maya at home?" She asked.
"No mom. She went out before I woke up". He replied scratching the back of head.
"She left before you woke up? Did she carry her inhaler with her? Have you called her to make sure of that" She asked frantically
"Mom, she's not a child, I mean I'd call her once I drop this call" He said.
"Your dad wants to speak with you" She said.
"Hello Son" He said breathing heavily.
"Why are you breathing that way. Wait, let me guess you are playing tennis ball with mom" He said laughing hard. He knows how his mom usually beat his dad in the table tennis game especially during the weekends.