"That was....".I started
"Boring".Jane pouted
"I didn't say anything just business talk"
"Yeah me too".I said patting her head
"That was nice".Arthur smiled before leaving for his room.I have a feeling it's to read more on business
"It's almost lights out ".I say,glancing at the wall clock
"Yeah".she said dejectedly
"Do you want to do something?".I said, bringing her to the sofa
"Well,not exactly but I don't want to go to my room yet".She said fiddling her thumbs
"wanna play hide and seek ".I offered and her face lit up like a Christmas tree
"Yes".she said nodding her head repeatedly
"count to one hundred and then seek me".she said running off
"Fine,1,2,3...".I started counting but my mind wasn't there.It always drifted back to her even during the dinner,I thought of her throughout
"96,97,98,100".
"Ready or not,here I come ".I said,excited about this part.seeking has always been my specialty when we were still young,Arthur would hide and I would challenge myself to find him in twenty minutes but I always failed that challenge till he told me something
"Predict where I'm going to hide".He said after I failed one day
"How?".I asked puzzled
"put simply,A person doesn't hide randomly.He or she hides where it is safe or comfortable the most
And that has always been my secret to winning after that conversation.Jane wouldn't hide in her bedroom or my room or even Arthur's room not that he'd allow her come in
I'm sure,he is in the room burying his face in a book.He reminds of a guy in our class Daniel Martin--
I don't know his last name
But that guy screams nerd and loner not that it matters though
"The kitchen".I say,all the maids love her because she's so cute and adorable so they practically spoil her so if she asked for a place to hide.It would automatically be in the kitchen or specifically the pantry
I headed into the kitchen,the maids stopping their work to Greet me and I smile in return
I knock on the pantry door three times and whisper "found you" and took a step back.she immediately burst out of the room and started whining as all kids who don't get their way do
"It's not fair,you cheated".Jane whined grabbing my sleeve
"yeah yeah".I chuckled and even the maids were not exempted,some of them were laughing
"You're all laughing at me right?".she pouted staring at the maids who immediately feigned seriousness
"not at all,young mistress".One of them answered
"Hmmph".she snorted and stormed off
"It's lights out".I said before she reached the kitchen door
"seriously?".she asked turning back
"Yes seriously"
"Now off to bed".I said,sending her off with my arm
"would you escort me please".she said with the cute puppy dog eyes no one can resist
"Fine".I say with little hesitation.It was either this or think about her.We walked upstairs, swinging arms and Jane skipping all the way to our room