"So that's why I couldn't contact anyone." Chase narrates what happened to Hayley and Britney.
"So Miss Lucy kept you all day! Come on Chase you couldn't do anything to escape?" Britney reprimands.
"Would you have done that if it were you?" Chase asks back. Britney sighs while Hayley lies on Chase's shoulder, clutching tightly to his arm.
"So what I'm I going to tell Miss Cranes now?" Britney asks.
"What do you mean?" Hayley asks and then realizes she didn't go to work today. She gasps. "When she called what did you say!" she asks Britney.
"You knew she called?" Britney asks and Hayley winkles. "You're not gonna like it. I told her Chase is dead!" Britney replies going low slowly.
"You what!" Hayley gasps.
"Well, just tell her I got resurrected." Chase tells them and they laugh. But they get interrupted when someone forces the door open.
"Chase!!" Henry calls and runs up to him. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Henry asks with concern, checking his body to see if he's harmed.
"I'm I the only one finding this weird, or are you behaving like the big brother here?" Chase asks. Henry realized he got carried away and retreats.
"It's not that. I thought we....lost you!" Henry struggles to finish the last part.
"Fortunately, I'm not." Chase says and smiles. Henry smiles back.
"I should prepare something, have a seat Henry!" Hayley says and gets up to make something quick and fast.
She clears her throat before moving as she looks at Britney who didn't take her eyes off Henry a second, since he entered.
"Britney!" Hayley says, giving her a signal to follow. Chase already noticed it.
"Yes! I should come along." she replied with her gaze still fixed on him. Henry sees her for the first time he entered and when he sees the look she gave him, he smirked sat. She quickly looked away.
"Seems she has a crush on you!" Chase says.
"I'm not sure." Henry replies, doubtful of his own words. He clears his throat, ready to change the topic.
"Ain't you....mad at me?" Henry asks, feeling sorry.
"No, I'm not." Chase answers.
"I relieved you of your post and I'm deducting 2½ weeks salary and you ain't mad??" Henry asks again, surprised at his answer.
"Well I was." Henry confides, "But when I thought about it again, I understood." he adds.
"Ryan and I have our differences. Naturally, we don't like each other. You were trying to make us work together because you believe in Unity. You were expecting us not to fight but out of our own hatred for each other, we did so.
That was why you made it look like we willingly fought in your presence. The reason I stormed angrily into your office was because I was ignorant about your true intentions. I hope to come back changed next two weeks." Chase tells Henry.
When he was done, Henry was still looking at him. "What the hell was I thinking! How could Chase be the Hymorra. He has a pure heart!" Henry thought.
"Henry!" Chase calls and Henry blinks twice.
"Yes!" he replies. "I'm glad you understand me." Henry adds, Chase smiles.
"What about Ryan? Did he tell you anything?" Chase asks and Henry gives him a weird look. "I don't mean he should be thinking what I'm thinking, I mean he didn't speak ill of me did he?" Chase explains.
"Of course not!" Henry replies.
"He said he's leaving the City. He wants to go back to his wife and kids. He asked me to apologize to you for the trouble he caused. That he was really lucky to have worked with me.
And was blessed to have worked by your side. He said he hopes you guys meet in the future and probably compete again as usual."
Henry replies as Ryan is shown taking his car to leave the city, driving on the road and finally meeting his wife amd two kids.
Chase is hypnotized. "He has two kids?" he asks sweating profusely. Henry chuckles.
"Yeah!" Henry replies. "He's not slow like you guys!" Henry teases he and Hayley.
"Well I'm lucky to be married." Chase teases back and Henry laughs. "I also hope we meet again!" Chase adds and seems to think about Ryan.
"That means I have to find a new secretary!" Henry chips in, to distract Chase.
"Yeah!" Chase replies.
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Hayley and Britney were done cooking in no time. They served the food on the table and called Chase and Henry to come over. There were four chairs on the table, meaning.....
"I'm not sitting by him!" Britney tells Hayley as they serve the last part of the dish to the table.
"Come on Brit! I saw you, you couldn't take your gaze off him when he came in." Hayley reveals.
"But what if I get clumsy?" Britney asks, already losing it.
"Don't worry, you won't!" Hayley motivates her and they go to dine.
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"Won't your mum be worried sick?" Hayley asks.
"I told her everything, she's okay with it!" Henry replies.
"I think we should eat up, I'm starving!" Chase tells them.
"None of us have eaten since morning!" Henry teases and they start eating except Britney who hasn't spoken since she sat, and hasn't moved either.
"Come on Britney, move your hands and serve yourself!" she speaks in her mind as her hands refuse to move.
Henry on the other hand is struggling to figure out how to serve himself. His mum or a maid does it at home so he never paid attention.
"Brit! aren't you eating?" Hayley asks, noticing Britney unchanged state.
"Looks like Mummy's boy doesn't know how to serve himself." Chase teases Henry who chuckles.
"No one here can do it except Britney!" Hayley says.
"Wait! What! Me! Why?" she found her voice. "I'm I his maid or something?" Britney tries speaking dirty.
"Well I'm married and I can't serve him, that to, right infront of my husband!" Hayley clears her name.
"I'm a man, I can't obviously do it to another man. It's gonna be weird!" Chase's answers, much better.
They all look at her, including Henry.
"What's with that look?" she tries getting angry but inadvertently calms down when she sees Henry looking at her.
( ## Let me brief you guys on how they are sitting. On a round dining table with four seats, Henry and Hayley sit and face each other. Chase sits on Hayley's right, that's Henry's left and Britney sits on Hayley's left, that's Henry's right. So, Chase and Britney are also facing each other. - Author's Note ## )
"Come on Brit, you are very good at this!" Hayley whispers. She is not ready for this but has to get up. She takes Henry's plate and serves him.
"Thank you!" Henry tells her when she was done.
"Damn! what are you doing Brit! Put your ass down." she says to herself, realizing she was blushing and didn't reply.
"My pleasure!" she snapped out of it and served herself.
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After they were done, the clock struck 10:00pm.
( ## At 3:00pm, Chase returned. All the drama and conversation ended at 4:15pm when Hayley and Britney went to prepare dinner. Chase and Henry spoke until 5:30pm. Hayley and Britney finished dinner at 6:00pm. But the real eating started at 6:12pm. By 7:30pm, they were done eating.
Clearing of the table and stuffs ended at 8:00pm and they kinda partied till 10:00pm.
So that's it - Author's Note ## )
"Is he drunk?" Britney asks Hayley as she notices Chase's uncalculated steps.
"Of course not." Hayley replies looking drunk. "He just took a sip. Do you want some?" she asks, falling over Britney.
"Not you too Hayley!" Brit says and helps her sit. "Henry is my only option left now.
She looks at Henry who is seated on the couch by the television, staring keenly at it, though it's off.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Britney yells.
"Why didn't I also just drink. We'll all have been like this together." she says disappointed and tries lifting Hayley.
"Now I have to.... pick up all these kids." she breaks as she had to breath to pick up Hayley. Hayley wanted to speak but Britney covers her mouth and sends her to the bedroom, she tucks her and goes back to the living room.
She sees Chase carefully studying the dining table like a scientist. She gasps.
"Chase!" she calls him and he looks at her.
"Hey Brit! Do you know what this table is made of?" he starts to speak nonsense.
"Well, tell that to Hayley. She's waiting for you in the bedroom!" Britney replies.
"My sweetheart!" Chase says and starts heading for the door.
"Where are you going?" Britney asks.
"To my babe!" he replies.
"The bedroom is this way!" she points in the direction she came from.
"Yeah! I was trying to see if you knew the way!" Chase lies and starts coming back.
"Do you need me to help you?" Britney asks.
"It's okay! I know the way!" he says and continues going. He hits one of the couches and fell down. "I'm okay!" he says.
Britney just stares at him and doesn't bother until he entered. She goes and closes their bedroom door, and then begins to hear those strange sounds.
She goes back to find Henry sleeping already. She walks up to him and finds him without his shoes. She looks around and finds them under the dining table. She goes and picks them and comes to wear them on him but he wakes up.
"I don't want to wear those shoes!" he says and kicks his feet like like a baby.
Britney sighs. "If only I could video this and show it to you tomorrow. You'll beg me not to upload it on social media. But I've not got your time." she says and forcibly puts the shoes on him.
She gets up and unfortunately tripped. Damn! she fell on him and their lips miss. She quickly gets up and tries picking him up but he's too heavy for her. She tries hard and was finally able to pick him up.
She manages to keep her balance until they walked outside. She searched his pockets and found his car keys. She struggled but was able to help him get inside the car. Luckily, she knew how to drive.
On the way, she called his mother and informed him what had happened.
When she arrived at the house the mother came out and they managed to help him get on his feet.
"Henry! Did you drink?" she asks.
"Chill babe! I only took water." he answered.
"Babe?" Britney says under her breath, startled.
"5 bottles of hard wine!" his mum gasps.
"How did you know?" Britney asks in shock.
"He's my son. What do you expect!" his mum gives her a cheeky answer and they start heading inside .
"Anyways, his answer determines the number of bottles and type of wine he took." his mum adds.
"I'm Britney by the way!" she says.
"You said it on the phone." his mum replies.
"Yeah!" she answers, a bit embarrassed.
They struggled but they were finally able to get him up to his room. They managed to put him in bed after almost falling on the ground with him.
"Mum! how did you come to Chase's home!" he asks, finally realizing that is mum was there.
"You are home Henry!" his mum tells him as she removes his shoes. She wasn't ready to let the maids help so she made she and Britney send him upstairs.
"Did you meet Britney, she was there too. She couldn't take her eyes off me when she saw me!" Henry tells his mum right infront of Britney who is 100% embarrassed.
"But I think I like her. She's very beautiful and lovely. She served me on the table and I stole glances at her!" he adds. Britney is blushing but then switches to a straight face when his mum looks at her.
"I'll leave the rest to you. Seems he wants you here. Make sure he sleeps before leaving!" his mum says and goes out. Britney is confused and doesn't know what to do. She turns to go but Henry calls her.
"Are you just going to leave?" he asks her.
"What else do you want me to do?" she asks, in a rude manner and then breathes. "I respect your mum, but if you are not ready to sleep, you can get up." Britney adds and turns to go. Henry gets up from bed with strength from nowhere.
"Then do what my mum asked you to do." he says and starts drawing closer to her in clumsy steps.
"Sleep with me!" Henry tells her when he reaches her and falls on her.
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"I knew you could make him sleep." his mum says after they had some help to put him in bed.
"I didn't know I could do it." Britney replies.
( ## I know some of you were expecting something lol - Author's Note ## )