(6YEARS LATER)-Fridan City)
“Jasmine? Jasmine?” Charlotte called around the house as she dropped the pot on the dinning table. “Where has this girl gone to?”She wondered and was about going to the door but just right in time, it opened.
“Jasmine? Is that you?” She asked rushing over but her face fell when she saw it was someone else. “Oh, it’s you, Aunt Tanya,” She called.
“Why? Were you expecting someone else?” Tanya asked walking pass her, she dropping a basket of fresh fruits in the fridge, Charlotte sulks behind her.
“Did you see Jasmine on your back?” She asked but Tanya shook her head.
Tanya closed the fridge and she started going towards the pot Charlotte dropped on the table, “She’s probably at the neighbors, I’m sure she’s playing around,” She muttered
“She should be back already, she left so early,” Charlotte pouted.
“Worry not sweetie, I’m sure she will be back,” Tanya concluded stuffing the food in her mouth, “Wow, this is so good, Charlotte you’re a good chef!” Tanya exclaimed with a smile munching delightfully on the food.
“Oh please, it’s just an egg sauce, Auntie, anyone can make it sweeter,” Charlotte chuckles and sat down with her.
Tanya shook her head, “not anyone can make it like you do, you’re the best, Charlotte!” She exclaimed and they both laughed.
“Oh stop flattering me,”
“Yes! That reminds me, Elaine called me and talked about a job offer in the city…She mentioned a wealthy family needed a cook, will you give it a try? I mean, Fridan isn’t offering you a good pay,” Tanya added.
“Elaine told me but I rejected it. I, don’t want to go back to that city and God had been so great to me, Fridan is so nice to me and I think that should be enough, Auntie,” Charlotte declared.
“But..” Tanya was cut off by the shriek of Jasmine as she came in.
“Mummy!” She called happily with a baby doll on her hand, Charlotte ran into her arms.
“God! Where have you been!” She exclaimed pulling way from her.
“I went to play at the Noel’s,” The little girl replied them waved her doll at Charlotte’s face “Look what have got! Noel’s dad got me a baby doll,” Jasmine giggles.
“Oh, that’s so kind of him, Your doll is so pretty,” Charlotte told her admiring the doll as well.
“So mummy, when will daddy buy Noel a doll too? When will he come home?” That words shot Charlotte unaware, she was dumbfounded.
“W-what-“
“Jasmine darling, your mummy made your favorite, egg sauce! Won’t you give it a try?” Tanya cut in almost immediately and the little girl ran over.
“Egg sauce? Yay!” She went to her seat immediately.
Charlotte bat away her tears off, “It’s almost tome for my evening shift I should get going, bye,”She picked her bag and with that she left the house.
When she got to the bus-stop she fell on her kneels as tears rolled out of her eyes but she quickly cleanse her tears and halt a cab, “Yu’s Kitchen” with that it drove away.
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(Stonegazer Estate-Harrington Villa)
Fourteen maids lined up in respective order, in a neat black and white uniform with sparkling black baby shoe.
“Is Young master back?” One of them whispered to another lady beside her.
“Yes, he came home early this week,” The other lady replied and they both hissed.
Then the front door opened and the young master walked in majestically, his blazer suit glamouring of wealth, his pouty lips were enough to turn the heads of the maids, His blue dazing eyes matched the blazer suit on him. That’s who he is, Astor Harrington.
“Welcome sir,” they all chorused at the same time with an honest bow.
Astor breathed out, ignoring their pleasantries “Where’s Brandon?” He asked instead facing the head of staffs.
“He went out to get you your lunch,,” The lady replied delicately
He furrowed his eye brows, “Lunch? What happened to our cook?” Astor asked with a frown.
“She called in sick this morning so-“
“Sick? Tell Brandon when he gets back to come into my study room,” He cut the lady off abruptly and walked away to his study room.
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Few minutes later, Brandon came in. “Welcome home, Mr Astor, I didn’t know you’d be early I would have gotten the lunch much earlier,” Brandon chipped in.
Astor was reading a magazine, he had to drop it as soon as Brandon walked in, “What happened to the cook that you had to get the lunch yourself?” He asked sharply.
“Sandra is down with fever, she won’t be able to come to work today and few more days,” Brandon explained.
Astor slammed the magazine on the desk making Brandon flinch, “I didn’t bring you into this house to start buying me lunch? Get another cook,” Astor snapped angrily.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t want you to come back without eating, So, how’s the meeting? Are they already discussing about your grandfather’s assets”Brandon asked while Astor spin on his seat with a pout.
“What else do you think? Dad placed me on a condition, to get a wife and have kid! What an horrible excuse,” Astor explained while Brandon widened his eyes.
“Oh my! And you need to get inheritance for your revenge on your rivals, … how do you get a wife now?”
“That’s the reason why I’m here in this Villa, I’m going to find that lady from the other night and I will make her my wife, I’m sure she had my kid,” He declared.
“Do,,do you think you’d find her?” Brandon asked
“She will come around and I’m sure if it. It’s been six years and I believed the kid will ask for his/her father,”