Ring, Ring, Ring
A sound disturbed the lively harmony.
"Someone's phone is ringing" Anne jolted up abruptly, scaring Lia and Rose.
Rose giggled, trying to stand up from the bed. "It's mine" She said, showing her the cell phone in her hand.
Anne suddenly breath out a sound of relief."Geez, chilax. You look like a person who have seen a ghost" Lia mocked, playing with her hair.
The phone rang for sometime before the caller stopped calling.
As Anne was hesitating to talk, Rose's screen suddenly lit up again. Displaying someone's name on it. She groaned lazily before answering it.
"What?" She yelled angrily.
"Where are you?" An angry voice shouted through the phone.
"Why, do you care?" She said, sounding unpleased to hear her older brother shout at her.
"Don't let me repeat myself again!"
"Fine, am in Seoul" Rose said.
"Roseline" Mark said with gritted teeth.
"Marcus"
"Roseline, You know am not joking right?. If you don't tell me where you are... I swear am going to tell Grandma that her favourite daughter is playing around" As soon she heard her Nana's name she jolted up too like Anna, as if she had been strucked by a lightening.
"What, n-no..am-am.. coming. Yes,just give me like 20Minute. Am on my way. H-hello" The line was suddenly disconnected.
"Annoying bro" that's the name you saved your brother as. Lia said, laughing at her.
"What do you expect when the dude keeps frustrating my poor life"
"Who called?" Anne asked.
"You know, you're still asking" with that been said, she reached for her hand bag, wore her sandals and watch. She walked up to a mirror, arranging how she was before she came.
"Nana is home and she's probably looking for me now. So let's call it a day here.
"Your Grandmother is back?" Anna asked, glancing at her.
"Yeah, you heard me right" Rose said, turning on the tracking device on her wrist.
A wave of message came in differently from various angles.
"Am doomed. That means my Dad and brother is also back. But no one called me" Anne carried her phone to check for any message but found none.
"Lia, aren't you going too. Isn't your mom, Nana's student?" Rose dragged the blanket from her face.
"I know and am tired already" Lia said groaning angrily. She rolled on the bed, landing on the floor with a loud bang like a chair hitting the door.
Soft swimps came from her mouth, as she lay like a log of wood with no intention of standing up.
"Gimme a hand" Lia said, stretching her right hand up, Anna walked up to her and pulled her up.
"Am starting to think, you're the younger here, not me again" Anne said, while Lia puffed her cheeks out shamelessly.
Rose came out of now and puffed her cheeks, using her to index finger to burst her puffed up cheeks like a balloon.
" Let's get dress, then we can all go to a nearby shopping mall and get done presents and other necessities. Alright?" Lia hummed in response as Anna burst out laughing at her reaction.
Click
"Am gonna post it on the school forum" Anna said, showing Lia the photo she took of her. This one single photo was gonna make headlines, she was sure of it.
"No, no delete it. Please"
"Catch me if you can" Lia rushed towards the door, running downstairs. Lia followed her from behind too in hopes of getting the her cell phone and deleting the photo for ever.
'This two will never stop' Rose murmured softly at the two.
She stood there for sometime"Oh, I forgot. We need to get the gifts!" Rose followed the two, running after them.
At The Lee's Mansion
Servants, Maid and the butler were busy arranging the whole place ever since they heared of the Matriarch return. All the place were tidy, neat and decorated. Even a tiny dirt could not be seen at all. Vases of flower stood radiantly, beautifying and producing a sweet scent in the atmosphere.
The madam loved flowers so her favourite flowers were been decorated all over, such as liles, sunflowers, daisies, dandelions, and other flowers too. But the madam hates Red roses with all her heart. A sight of it can lead to a big destruction.
The flower was a forbidden thing which can never been mentioned in the house in ages.
"Shift the vase to the left, no a to the right, y-yes..yes, that's fine" The voice of the butler echoed in the mansion, as two servants were following his orders. They were wearing a white piece of gloves to avoid dirt been contacted with the vase.
"Where is your sister. That girl wants to put me in trouble today. Your Grandmother will surely make my name the topic of the house today. Am sure of it" Sophia Lee said dramatically, drawing attention of the maids and servant to look at her, before facing their work immediately scared of been caught by the Butler's sharp eyes.
As soon as they were done, they quickly arranged everything and left, leaving the Mom and son there.
The news just came unexpected that her mother in law would be coming back by one Mark's spies he sent to follow his Grandmother.
"Cool Down Mom, everything will be all right. I called her a few minutes and she said she's coming in 20min." Mark said, trying to subside his Mom's anger. If her blood pressure rises up, he was still the one that will take the blame if his Dad comes back from work.
"How can I cool down when, it's 5:30Pm already and your sister isn't back yet!"
"Do you want Dad to insult this poor son of yours again if he comes back?" Mark asked innocently.
Sophia opened her mouth in horror and faced Mark. She closed it, biting her lips anxiously, as she shook her head innocently.
"The Matriarch is here" A loud voice echoed in the whole mansion through a speaker. With that, A long line of maid and servant was already formed at the entrance of the large doors which they were sure will open any time soon. They bent their heads still waiting for the door to open but it never came. Everywhere silence with only their breathing sound which could be heard.
Outside of the Mansion, the Matriarch was busy scolding one of the servant.
"Why did you announce my arrival?" She asked, facing the servant.
The servant couldn't do anything but shivered in fear as her gaze scanned his entire body piercing through his soul.
"Don't you know what a surprise is?, Now everyone knows I've arrived" She hissed, looking at him.
"Sorry, Madam but the Master said-
She cut him off immediately.
"Which Master do you have?, Is he a god?" She asked sternly.
"He's a man not a spirit and he's also in human form. Call him Mr. Lee" She said and the poor servant quickly nodded his head.
"Now open the door" She said finally.
The majestic door opened widely with flowers dropping from the trays of bouquet, falling on the floor. The sun casted from outside,illuminating the entire mansion, almost blinding their eyes.
As soon as they saw a slithoutte of a person, the whole servant chorused saying,"Welcome home, Madame"
They folded their hands and bent it, facing the ground.
"Good evening Madam" The butler said. The old lady nodded in response.
Good evening mother in law" Sophia greeted, smiling brightly.
"Welcome home" Mark said, opening his hands widely for a hug. She let him hug her instead of arguing because she misses this handsome grandson of hers.
"Where's.... Everyone" Madam Ruby said , making Sophia and Luke breathing a sign of relief.
Where the heck was his sister.