After the long, dreadful daring stare challenge, the wicked witches click their heels on floor and hike out of the house—only the devil knows where. I breathe out a sigh stroll in the direction of the kitchen. My belly is rumbling after that , edgy morning squabble. The nerve of those witches!
"Nanny Aisha?" I called after entering the kitchen.
Nanny Aisha meets me in the kitchen. "Yes, madam!" She rushes to me, giving me a bow.
Madam? When did my name change from Miss Ellie? "First of all, don't call me unless you want to offend me; is that okay?" I ask.
"Well, sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. It was my way of honoring my new boss,"
She responds, and I wave off her humorous explanations.
Well, she may mean well; madam makes me feel like a fifty-year-old granny. "I am angry at you. I know you mean well, but I will be angry if you repeat it again.
Miss is okay, and I can make exceptions for just Ellie, most especially since you are friend," I say, and she smiles. Actually, she is more than a mother figure to me
"Okay, Miss Ellie. I think that is better. It doesn't make you feel old at least," She .
I nod. "That is a bit better," I respond.
"By the way, my dear, thank you so much for defending us from Gracia. I don't know would have become of us. Thank you,” she says with so much gratitude.
That witch, I can defend even a nobody from her leaving alone people who matter to . That is how far my loathing for those black witches goes. She has not seen yet. I will make her taste hell in this house.
"You know what hurts me more, nanny?” I start, holding her hand. “It is the fact that came to my room to tell me what was happening down here. You could have given me a call to let me know what was going on. So what? You all wanted to just like that? Not even a goodbye after all the years we have been together?
Besides, did you all think I was in cahoots with that woman to commit this injustice to ?" I scolded her nicely. I can’t believe they were all going to leave just like that.
What would the people have said, huh?
She clasps my hands tighter. "I am sorry. Things just happened so fast, and she us not to inform you."
She probably anticipated that I would strip her of the powers she thinks she has in of the servants just the way I did. Well, she knows me too well. She also needs know that good always prevails over evil. No matter what schemes she cooks under slaws, I will still find out.
"And you fell for that? Don't you people even know your rights? Or have we ever you like that before?" I ask, and all the servants present shake their heads.
"I apologize on behalf of everyone, Miss Ellie," nanny Aisha says.
I sigh. I don’t want to get mad at them. They might get scared, which I don’t like.
They can’t cower in fear whenever that witch threatens them. "I will let this slide for . But in case something like that ever happens again, I want to be informed ASAP!
The only person who can order you around here is me alone. Not those two lazy ! Is that clear?" I query.
"Yes, boss!" They all chortled together.
Great! I hope nothing of the sort happens again. "Good. Now, please bring breakfast the dining area. My friends and I are ready,” I say as nanny Aisha lets go of my .
"Sure. Right away. Thanks again,” Nanny Aisha says, and I spare her a smile before out.
Sauntering to the dining area, I find my friends perched around it. The howls from me Gracia earlier must have called them from the room because they don't seem to even taken a shower.
"I love the way you put that witch and her little whore in their right place, bestie!"
Grace states.
"She is really shameless and heartless. How could she wake and fire all those this early this morning on some stupid grounds? Is she for real?" Rose .
"And stupid! I mean, who does what she was about to do, especially when she clearly 't have any rights? Ghosh! What would even the people think about this ?" And Sherry adds.
You know, I don’t even want to imagine the stain that that stupid act of hers could brought on our name. "At least she now knows she can't do as she pleases here. I am not going to let her intimidate anyone in this house just because her is itching with supremacy, which she does not even merit, to begin with." I state just then, the breakfast arrives.
The aroma, oh wow! Nanny Aisha never goes wrong when it comes to preparing my . Weirdly, the face of Damian flushes to my mind.
I miss those beautiful moments when we were so free together in a clichéd way.
Those times we spent in his kitchen as he taught me how to cook. That one time, we in the streets of Bombolulu. The delicious meals we shared. We really had a taste the juice of life. I wish I could turn back time. They say old is gold, and it is true.
Those moments with my cold, weird stranger were golden moments. Then again, gold rare. Sad!
"Huh? Why are you camouflaging your mood like that?" Grace asks, and I snap at .
I didn't know I had drowned in my ingenuity. I honestly miss those moments. With father gone, I think I just have the memories to cling to, both of him and Damian.
"What do you mean?" I play dumb.
"You were smiling into space a minute ago, and all of a sudden, boom! You look like are bearing the sorrows of the whole world. What's up?" Sherry says.
I was smiling. Well, those moments had everything in them to make me smile. From small things we started with, like hitting the gym that almost broke my spinal cord, everything else that came along. Every second of my life with him back there was .