Chapter 14 - Assurance

About thirty seconds later, I saw grandma walking towards us. In order to save time, I decided to go to her instead, because she was a bit slow, while Genevieve and Raymond followed me.

"Hello grandma," I greeted her without curtsey, she doesn't care about that, I am still her innocent little girl.

"Hello my sweetheart. How has your day been?" She asked me, smiling.

"It has been great, thanks to you," I said, smiling back at her.

"Tell your friends to excuse us for a while. I have something to talk to you about," she whispered to me.

I turned around and faced Genevieve and Raymond,"can you both give me some time alone with my grandma?" I asked them,

"Okay," they both said in unison and left, they went in different directions.

"Okay, nanna, we are alone now, what is it that you want to tell me," I said to my grandma.

"Come with me," that was all she said and left.

I followed her, we went to the room she normally stays in, whenever she comes to visit. Infact, it is her room, since nobody uses the room, except her.

When we got to the door, she put in her passcode and the door flung open. She entered and then turned to me, I was the one that was walking slow this time, I was very tired.

"Come on in, sweetheart. You look tired," she said to me.

When I entered the room, she walked closer to me and placed her right arm on my back and directed me to the bed, "sit her darling, you can lie down if you like," she instructed me.

I sat down on the bed, she excused herself and came back about three to five minutes later with two glasses of strawberry juice and five packets of her favorite biscuits, biscotti in a white clay tray.

She gently kept it on the tiny table in one end corner of the room, dragged the table close to the bed, opposite me and handed me one of the glasses with two packets of the biscuits.

"Do you want to talk while eating or after eating?" She asked me, as she grabbed the other glass of juice and took a sip of it.

"After eating," I said to her,

she nodded,"then you better eat fast. We have a lot to talk about," she said to me.

I nodded and started biting and munching the biscotti and drink. We were both done about twenty minutes later.

"Hope you are okay?" She asked me and I nodded at her and said, "yes Nanni. Thanks for the treat," I thanked her.

"You are welcome my darling," she said to me, smiling.

"Okay grandma, you wanted us to talk, right?" I asked her,then she nodded.

"Shall we begin?" I asked her, she nodded and then sighed.

"Okay honey. Is there anything you want to ask me?" She asked me.

She is very good at reading my mind.

I guess she already knows that I have questions to ask her about my J.J.

"Yes,there is. A lot," I replied to her,

"Okay go on," she said as she shifted to face me.

"Is J.J still around?" I asked her,

she shrugged and said,"I do not know. I have already done my part for you, right? I invited him to the party so that you can dance with him, but you allowed someone to take your place, how could you?" She confronted me,

I lowered my head and said, "am sorry Nanna. I tried dancing with him, but that boy you saw me with did not let me go. I was going for J.J, but he suddenly came out of nowhere and grabbed me. He confessed his feelings, but I do not like him," I explained to my grandma.

"Still, you should have grabbed the opportunity I painstakingly provided you. Did you forget that opportunity comes, but once?" She asked me, disappointed.

"Am sorry Nanna. I truly am," I apologized to her.

Instead of getting very mad at me, the way most grandmother's would do, she smiled at me, started patting my back and said, "do not worry, I am not mad at you. I am just a little disappointed, that is all."

"So, do my baby like her new catch?" She asked me, smiling.

"No Nanna. Of course not, I do not like him.Besides, he is just an old friend, one of my childhood friends," I explained to her.

"Are you sure? I saw the way you caught a quick glimpse of him with any given opportunity. Are you having missed feelings?" She asked, concerned.

I nodded and said,"yes Nanna and I need help about that too," I explained to her.

"Are you saying that you are in the center of a love triangle?" She asked me, shocked, I nodded,"I think so Nanna and I do not like it," I complained to her.

"It is okay honey. It is natural for a Lady, I mean a female, to have missed feelings for guys. But you have to be wise about choosing a partner. Just follow your heart. Take your time to make your final decision, okay?" She asked me, I nodded and said, "okay Nanna. Thanks Nanna," I said to her.

I do not know why, I felt so much excitement inside me at that moment. I feel relieved and relaxed whenever I talk to grandma about any issue that is tearing me apart and eating me up.

" You are always welcome, my darling baby. You know that you are my favorite grandchild, right? I will always be here for you, I promise. I will always find a solution to every one of your problems and always feel free to talk to me about anything, do not worry, I will not tell my daughter. Okay?" She asked me, smiling.

I guess she was glad to have shared my burden with me. She is very content right now.

I nodded, " yes grandma. I will always bring every one of my problems to you," I said to her, smiling.

"Take the last sachet of the biscuits. You can go now," she said and layed down.

I bent over, kissed her cheek, picked the last sachet of biscuits and left the room, I was super excited.

I came downstairs in search of the others, but they were nowhere to be found.

I decided to go search the garden, then I saw Genevieve,she was preparing to leave, she has had a tough day today.

I changed my mind about finding the others, I decided to talk to Genevieve instead, I want to talk to her about J.J.

I was confused whether to let her know that I was crushing on J.J or not. I will have to talk to either grandma or Lizzy about it. To be honest, I am jealous of Genevieve. I was supposed to be mad at her, but it was not her fault.

"Hey Genevieve," I greeted her, "hi Eunice," she greeted me back smiling.

"Do you need a hand?" I asked her, she was arranging some of her stuff, "no, you are a Lady for Christ sake. What do you want people to say? That a noble lady is doing chores with a common maid. I might even get beheaded for that," she said to me.

I shook my head, "no, that is not true. I will not let that happen," I said to her smiling and joined her in folding and arranging her clothes and some other things I am not familiar with.

"If you insist, my lady," she said smiling, "two heads are better than one, especially big ones like ours," I said and we both busted out laughing.

"When do you plan on leaving?" I asked her.

"A few minutes from now," she said, looking sad.

"I will miss you too," I said to her and pouted, thinking that she is sad because she is gonna miss me.

"I will miss you, but …." Her voice broke before she could complete her sentence.

"But what?" I asked her, concerned, "come on, talk to me. Why are you sad?" I added.

"I do not want to go back to that place," Genevieve said to me.

"Which place?" I asked her,

"to my agency," she replied.

"Why?"

I asked her, "because I was in a contract with them. It has expired, but they just won't let me go," she explained to me.

"Why? What happened?" I asked her, I was really concerned.

"You remember the chief chef from earlier this morning?" She asked me,

"Yes, I do, why?" I replied and nodded at the same time.

"Her husband helped my family some few years ago. My father was terribly ill and we were financially not capable of paying his hospital bills, which was about two thousand euro. The lady's husband offered to help us, only on one condition," she said to me,

"Which was?" I asked her,

" I had to work for them without pay for eight years, but this is my tenth year working for them," she replied.

"That is not fair," I said to her.

"What is not fair? Me or them?" She asked, "it is them, of course," I said to her.

"Thanks for assisting me," she said as we finished folding her working materials, "you are welcome," I said to her, smiling. "Okay, how about you become my personal maid,"

I told her without even thinking before talking, talk less of thinking twice. I was even shocked at what I just said, I care too much.

"Personal maid?" She asked me, surprised.

I was expecting a negative answer, but then she said, "yes. Yes, I will become your personal maid," Genevieve said excitedly to me.

I was the one that was surprised this time.

"What?"

I said, but she did not hear me. I think I just talked under my breath.

" What my Lady?" She asked me.

"Nothing," I said to her and shook my head at the same time.

What the hell did I just say?

Shit!

Genevieve is already excited about being my personal maid.

What should I tell my mom?

I will be the one paying her.

I never wanted to share my allowances with anyone.

I even want more.

I am not greedy, but who doesn't like money?

How should I go about this?

Thank goodness, we have some unoccupied rooms left, that's a relief.

I was not really serious about it, I did not even mean it.

I kind of said it out of sympathy.

She was pitiful, it is only one without a heart that will say no to her. I looked at her, she was joyful.

"Do not worry, I will be a good maid, your best friend, a…." She was not done talking when interrupted, "I already have one," that made her a bit sad, but her face lit up again.

"Oh! That is true, but we can still be friends, right?" She asked me, "yeah, haven't we been friends since today?" I asked her. She nodded and said, "yes, we have been," excitedly.

"So, when do I start?" She asked me, smiling at me.

I smiled back at her, "I do not know yet, I have to talk to my parents and grandma first about it before recruiting you," I explained to her.

"Okay," she said and nodded, but she seemed down, she lit up again and asked, "should I come back, tomorrow?"

"I do not know yet, do as you please," I told her.

"How about a week?" She asked me, with a cute facial expression.

Damn, she is so beautiful.

"A week time," I said to her, trying to calculate, "hmmm," I said and put my hand on my chin.

She was looking at me with that face expression that says,

COME ON, BE QUICK.

"Okay, in a week," I said to her, smiling. I was only a bit excited, because I will be able to learn more about J.J.