A waitress approached Taylor immediately Corbin left.
"Would you like to clear your head a bit?". She asked.
"Oh sure,of course yes"
"Here... come this way, let all the eyes be lifted from you". She took him to the back, another part of the restaurant. He washed his face in the sink nearby and was breathing heavily.
"it's okay...calm down,I can tell you for sure, that kid is one of the weenies. I saw what happened down there".
"Yeah I know"
"He's not easy to handle"
"As his father,I still gotta try"
"And his mum ...". She didn't finish and Taylor cut her short.
"Nah nah let's not go there". He said showing no interest in talking about the topic the waitress was about to bring up.
"Awww... come here,you need a hug". She hugged Taylor and whispered...
"I could take care of you this night...you know,ease ya burden a little". He looked at her as he was a bit confused,then she winked.
"Urmm... that would be nice of you .... I'm Taylor by the way".
"Yeah Taylor, I've heard that name,you kinda hot or what?".
"Something like that... Let's get to the car before my boy comes back here"
"We better do ....oh my my".
Taylor paid for the meal and left with the waitress to the vehicle. The waitress turned to look at Corbin from the front seat.
"Hey need you gotta take it easy on your popppa".
"And who are you miss". He asked with a frowned face and folder arms.
"Corbin ,you have to calm the fuck down".
Taylor said while starting the vehicle.
"Nah it's fine the nerd wants to know who I am..Cuz...I mean, you didn't even ask,so...well, I'm Ivy...Ivy, Ivy,Ivy ...no last name, just Iveeeeeeeee...ha... and you are?"
"Corbin...My name is Corbin...Why are you in the seat?".
"Well I've come to take care of ya Dad"
"Wait... What!!!?...Dad?".
"Hey Corbin, it's not what you think it is".
Turning to Ivy.
"C'mon Ivy this is not what we talked about".
"It definitely is Taylor...Mhmm".Ivy nodded looking at Corbin.
"It's not what I think?,then what is it?,tell me, you've got this thing for waitresses or what?". Corbin queried, wondering why his father always picked interest in waitresses.
"What thing...thing...thing with waitresses?, what do you mean by that? What does he mean Taylor?".She queried.
"There's a wifey waitress in the house..."Corbin couldn't finish When Taylor cut him short.
"Don't tell me you don't have an atom of respect in Corbin..."Turning to Ivy whose eyes were wide open. "Just leave the child and let's get home already".He said closing the discussion and tuning the music playing really loud.
They got to the house,Corbin madly came down from the vehicle and entered the house,he met Nanny Matilda on his way through the sitting room.
"Little man what's the problem?"she asked trying to stop him,but he shrugged off and passed, responding...
"I'm fine Nanny Matilda,you should prepare to meet Ivy". Nanny Matilda left him and turned to open the door, Taylor and a lady approached.
Ivy had the alabaster skin tone and blue eyes. She had a red blond hair. Ivy was wearing a tee crop top that had it's four buttons open and of course her big busts pushed outward. Her tummy wasn't too flat,she had fupa. Her black pair of Jeans said it all and her hips were there. She came in,put her hand on her waist with one leg forward and get mouth whyning round and round,cuz of the gum she was chewing.
"Oh no". Nanny Matilda said out a bit loud out of displeasure,she didn't expect Taylor to bring in another lady, after what the last one had done.
"Oh no? Oh no what old lady?". Ivy asked Nanny Matilda as soon as she heard her.
"Hey Taylor,I didn't expect to see an old woman in this house ,she your momma or what?, She looking looking weird though,she ain't fit to be one".
Nanny Matilda was in her early fifties,she had always tied a head tie on her head. Nobody there had really seen her hair before. She was always dressed in her long pleated skirt of different colors on different days which she always wore with her puffed sleeve shirts tucked in and her black apron on it . This outfit kind of expressed the kind of person she was.A reserved introvert and very sympathetic. She always had her black cat eyed glasses on. Nanny Matilda was very agile and alert, she looked athletic naturally.
In her youth ,she was among the very pretty ones and her olive skin still glowed. As at then she wanted to be a music star ,but she couldn't achieve her dreams with just the help of her sick mother, who later passed on. After her loss,she became infuriated and decided to join this gangster group called"The aggro", just to survive.
Well as fate would have it,the group got themselves into a shitty mess and they were all sentenced to prison,10 years exactly. As at then she was 32 years of age. By the time she was out,she realized how useless her life has been and then she met Taylor at age 45. She agreed to serve as a Nanny after she had everything thing she could for the past three years and it wasn't working. Taylor took her in the day he moved into his house .
Taylor's countenance changed immediately after Ivy asked him the question about the Nanny.
"Ivy I need you to be very cautious,cuz I didn't bring you here to rain insults on this lady. She my momma yes, You've got a problem with that?"
Nanny Matilda took a deep breath,shook her head and left the parlour.
"Taylor I'mma see ya later". She went in to meet Corbin.
Meanwhile Anzu had been on the rail of the stairs leading to the upper part of the house watching them the whole time.
"She your momma I see , you've still got to explain to me what you two are up to". Anzu said as she descended the stairs.
"You two?,Who two?...And who are you one eye?,wait wait,No way,You the waitress?, Oh my my y'all are getting me puzzled. Taylor?.She turned to Taylor,but he didn't know what to say,his hand kept coming down from his head and going back up, as he paced up and down.
"Excuse you,you call me one ...one eye,you crazy or something?". Anzu asked, immediately she heard Ivy's question. She had just gone through an ocular surgery. Her eye was removed (enucleation). The knife penetrated the globe and damaged her retina,the surgical procedure led to the removal of the entire globe and it's intraocular contents to avoid severe infection without visual potential. She was a bit jealous that ivy was a little prettier,but she wasn't less of being pretty too, that was why Taylor fell for her at first.
Anzu,had the catfish face ,her mouth was large,she had thick lips and a wide distance between her eyes,she also had a more collapsed nose too. Her looks were considered extremely classy and sultry where she came from. That was also one of reasons Mr Shuchang's men picked her from the orphanage.Character wise ,she was one of the most desperate women you'll ever get to know. Taylor didn't see it coming before they got wedded.
"How dare you come to my house and spill scrap out from rottenning jaws?". Anzu fired at her and turned to Taylor.
"Taylor do you have a clarification for this balderdash nonsense?"
"Calm down ladies, enough of all the noise, Ivy follow that valet, he'll take you to my room and you wait for me there". Taylor ordered.
"Whatevs". Ivy responded eyeing Anzu and cat walking, following the valet.
Taylor explained to Anzu that Ivy had come to stay for a while. She didn't believe him though. She grudgingly went up to her room and slammed the door. Taylor went upstairs to meet Ivy and explain everything to her.
However, Nanny Matilda had been with Corbin,he was crying when she entered the room.
"Little man oh c'mon,why shed those tears,what has daddy done?". She asked as she sat on the bed with him, curling him up.
"I am tired Nanny Matilda,I feel like I'm alone,I get to watch other kids on TV play together, have fun and savvy new things,but just take a look...I don't know what that feels like,I haven't even spoken to anyone of my age before,it hurts...it hurts Matilda". He expressed his feelings sobbing.
"Now Dad has brought another lady to exercise some of her ploy once she hears about me, Don't act like you don't know what's going on Nanny Matilda". He continued.
"I'm so sorry Corbin, I'm sorry you have to go through all these,your father has his reasons and he is correct about his fears and thoughts...but we can still solve this complication remember?, You talked about a phone right?, I'll talk him into getting you one ...you can make friends and talk to your peers through that. Alright?".
"Thanks a lot Nanny Matilda, thanks for being here". He said hugging her tightly.
Back to Taylor's room, Taylor told Ivy about Anzu,Corbin and some other people in the house. He told her every story she needed to know.
"You mean Anzu hurt herself while trying to kill the nerd?....Damn, oh poor boy, he'd be gone by age 20 too?. She asked admiring and touching the shiny little peacock statue on the drawer close to the bed.
"Yes, that's what it is Ivy,it breaks my heart".
"it breaks my heart too...So sad...I feel you man.... and Anzu,Anzu is nuts,she wasn't wise enough... Come, come here...". She drew close to him removing his T-shirt and putting his head on her laps, stroking his black, thick,wavy and unruly hair.
While stroking his hair,she made up in her mind that she had come to stay.
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