The head master took his time to engage them in casual conversations as the food was brought in.The staff helped serve the dishes,Sabine being one of them.She was embarrassed from her earlier fall,her eyes kept darting towards the man who had helped her and he seemed to be always staring at her a s if he expected her to make another clumsy mistake,'This is awkward ' she thought
Trying her best to be calm she continued adding water to the glasses placed in front of every guest.
"So Mr Parker are you going to stay here for some time?" the head teacher asked staring at the man she had bumped into.
"Maybe a few days in the country side isn't bad....it feels good being back home."he answered calmly and continued to eat
Sabine noted how he had a distinct accent but didn't pay much attention to any other details,she could feel his eyes following her around the table like she was his prey. Glad they were done, she walked out hurriedly and exhaled loudly before moving back to the kitchen.
'what a weirdo' she thought.
Seeing that all the children had been served Sabine served herself the remainder food and sat to eat,later she would help clean the mountain of dishes.An hour later they were busy doing the dishes , while others cleaning the floors when the gossip started.
A lady who was probably a year older than Sabine started,"I heard the prince was here"...she stated catching the attention of many. 'The prince' was the name used to refer to the Parker's son,Leonard Parker.
"The one's who were there should tell us...how about you Maribel ,"another said looking at Maribel who looked like she had seen an angel with how much she was smiling with dreamy eyes.
"Yes I saw him,he was there...so handsome like a prince out of a fairytale,he even smiled at me with that perfect face of his and that killer smile,oh"she stated dreamingly while the others giggled softly. Sabine rolled her eyes inwardly ,she didn't even spare one man a glance except for that weirdo who kept looking at her.Maybe he wasn't that handsome to catch her attention,she thought shrugging her shoulders.The others continued talking until the head cook arrived shutting them up to continue with their work faster.
When Sabine got home that evening even her sister didn't spare her from the obvious questions about Leonard.
"Seriously Ellie, what's so special about him why don't you get yourself another guy, like Maina ,"she stated tiredly
"Don't you dare talk about that guy in front of me again,you know he's just after my body nothing else,plus I don't like him at all compared to Leonard he's nothing and I only want the best,"
She declared firmly folding her hands.Sighing loudly Sabine answered ,
"Then stop asking me about that man again, tomorrow go and see him for your self maybe he will be at his home.Am sure he can't leave without seeing his parents."
"I will make sure he sees how good I am to be his girlfriend that he won't resist me at first sight....Whatever Ellie wants,Ellie gets.'she stated stubbornly
Sabine didn't say anything else ,Maina was surely going to suffer... everyone knew how much he always tried to get Ellie's attention since they were teens.He was inlove with her while her eyes were solely fixed on a guy who didn't even know her yet she already declared herself taken.
What a pity