BRIANN P.O.V
I slammed the door behind and stopped for a moment to rethink the words he said a while ago,waiting for a better relaxation against my furious emotion. Bounding down the stairs.Mrs Angeles approached me quickly before asking. "What happened in there?? I heard him yell at you"
"It happened again,i was clumsy, and that led me into another disaster.I almost got fired" I didn't bother to tell her the whole story rather than facing her for a conversation,so I just left for the kitchen,heading straight to the counter and began to do the dishes.
I cleared the counter,putting away all the trash just to arrange the kitchen items at the right positions while Mrs Angeles did all the discussion throughout my busy time.She narrated the things I most know about them before I can survive in the Mason's house. But then she paused for a while and I turned to face her with the look that said;
Tell me all about Mr Mason.
She stuttered nervously. "I-I-I can't!"
"Why??"
"I can't just tell anyone about him"
"Does he have a bad past? Is there something I shouldn't know about him?"
" Not really, we are not just meant to talk about him to anyone.He has secrets"
"Alright,you mean,I'm part of anyone, do you think I gossip around? You shouldn't think of me that way.We've literally known each other for long" I sighed deeply just to put on a sulky expression. "I never knew you still see me as a stranger just because I'm not your real daughter"
"No,it was never the way you think" She was about to grab my hands when I avoided a touch,but we were interrupted by the new boss in the house.She seemed to be the new wife , Massilo brought in and it was said that Massilo was a total jerk,he flirt with almost every lady he come across.Though,she turned out to be the new bad-a**bitch with every rude glares she displayed. She shall surely be a pain in the a**.
"Mrs Agnes,how may i help you" Mrs Angeles ran over to meet her who just gaze around with a spite of disgust before churning out the remarks that had been lingering inside her.
"This place stinks so much"
"Well.."
"Why did Massilo employ lots of poor rats as his workers.This is so bad" She ran her fingers over the glass wall and spoke, "I just need a cup of coffee and it must arrive in my room within a minute,i hate being kept waiting" I instantly hated her and at that moment,It felt like I should hit her on the head and bury her alive.
"She just called us rats.How dare she utter such" i said in anger,holding back the audacity that kept pushing me to confront her. "Don't worry.I shall serve the coffee to you personally"
"No,your business is in the kitchen and I don't drink coffee served by a dirty thing" Sniffling around her for a moment as if she smelled something bad and she covered her nose before walking away while Mrs Angeles bowed till she was out of sight and i snatched a pair of mug for making the coffee and I went over to the fridge to get a coffee sachets,pouring so much into the mug and squeezed cubes of sugar in each of them until the coffee tasted good enough.
"I must serve this to her myself" I spoke with confidence and left,heading for the stair,I rushed to the upper floor while trying to locate her room,there was doors at both sides which makes it more difficult for me,my gaze flickered around and eventually guessed it right when i opened the forth door at the leftside.
The arrangement showed a girlish appearance with purple floral wallpaper that beautified the pink plain rug keeping the floor warm.
There was a gigantic queen-sized bed positioned by the centre of the room with flowers at every edge and a pinkish purple bedspread neatly placed over the bed to look so much as if it was wrapped up like a ball in a purple net.
My gaze went to the closet door as gold as spoon,so real as it aligned with the walls and then i sighted a real diamond used in place of a knob which baffled me.
This family are damn rich,does that mean it is easy for them to get access to real diamonds?
The chandelier was shaped in diamond with light that brightened up the room like the moon, unquenchable than being like one of the kinds I've always seen,it was real that I almost got lust in desires,my guts telling me to steal one,but I was overcomed by the fear of being caught and taken to jail,so I just looked around in case I find the so-called bad a** anywhere, but she was nowhere in the room.Laying my hand on a real diamond,it felt like a dream come true as I couldn't take my hands off the knob,hoping it could be mine someday.So pleasant in the eyes and comfortable enough to convince anyone to stay forever.
A curtain suddenly rolled down,hanging over the wall like a blue silk which I thought was a water gushing its way out of the ceiling.
I gasped just as i dropped the mugs on a golden yellow table,approaching the aesthetics before me and almost got to touch the beautiful curtain.But I was interrupted by the same lady I hated at first sight.
"Why did you disobey my direct orders and you even arrived late,i can't drink the coffee anymore.Serve me something else"
"I was waiting for your arrival" I responded,stealing a glimpse of her face beforebowing slightly. She was in a white towel with a pair of pink flip-flop on,her teeth looked so much like it had not been brushed for ages, drenched in water. "I never thought Massilo would bring in a proud bitch" I muttered beneath my breath.
"Kneel this instant" She cracked threateningly and went over to take a whip from the wall, "Rules need to be changed in this house.That was why I never wanted a poor dunk as a worker.Don't think you can run your mouth while working for me,I'm the boss of this house!"
"You can't last long in here" I was keeping distance till my back touched a dead end,quickly clinging to the wall as the ground should open and swallow me.
But then two maids rushed in and pinned me down on my knees as I was hit on the face which left a cut beneath my eyelid and I couldn't do anything than to stay still,enduring the pains while she flogged me so hard with satisfaction in her eyes,I gulped down my groan as I struggled to stay strong even if I knew I would not last any longer.
"We shall see who's gonna last long in here!" She gave me a wry smirk and threw the whip by my side. "Flog her till she apologise for her mistakes"
Watching her leave the room sent anger into me as the urge to stab her tortured my inside and I was tied down,unable to move an inch while I kept struggling to escape.
THE NEXT MORNING
I woke up feeling pains in my back which spread like wild fire and I saw Mrs Angeles sitting next to me.
"Why have you brought problems on yourself? You should have bowed to her when you had the chance to do so" She sighed deeply.
"I'm sorry I made a mistake"
"why do you keep saying so!? Then stop causing trouble?"
"I promise I won't anymore"
"Don't you know that you could lose your job because of what you did last night? Why can't you just think like an adults"
"but I can't bow to a rude b*tch.She can't be my boss" I jumped out of bed,rushing into the bathroom.
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After dressing up in my usual wears which was an oversized gown reaching my feet.I went to apply some make-ups,dolled up my cheeks with little blush, just to fix oily lotions at the bridge of my nose,covering up the surface with powdered cream before I could brush every sides,it created a beautiful shiny skin tone,especially the eyelids were done the same way and I moisturised my face like I had a show to attend.
"Are those makeup necessary, you are just going to be in the kitchen" Mrs Angeles spoke,getting up to take her leave, "Just get downstairs now.Mrs Agnes will be at the dinning soon"
"Alright" I wore a pair of black stilettos,putting on an apron before going out of the room,there was an awkward silence which triggered my curiousness and I dawdled down the stairs when I sighted Mrs Agnes standing impatiently at the living room,her hair was packed in bun,and appeared to be so slender in those coal-black high-waisted miniskirt and white turtleneck with polished black jacket that reached her feet.She had red ankle strap high heels antipathy towards the rest of her high class designer clothes.She turned around to see me in case she realise any distress through my glance,so I faked a smile and bowed so low.
"Do you know what time it is and what are you wearing? Do you think you can seduce Mr Mason with the way you are?" She paused for a slight smack for mockery which grew her ego. "You are just a lowly employee and I'm the boss of this house,you can't take away what belongs to me"
"I'm so sorry" I kept my glare down to the ground as the anger to yell to her face generated inside me.
"But you should not feel insecure about Mr Mason if you trust him,you should....."
Mrs. Angeles chimed in with a nervous chuckle just to stop me from speaking anymore,she knew I was ready to get on that bad a** nerves. But that might cost my job,so I just stood back and allowed Mrs Angeles to take over. "I'm really sorry on her behalf Mrs Agnes,I shall make sure she's taught a big lesson"
"You shall lose your job if your apprentice don't stop causing troubles,I would not vent my anger on her,but you" Mrs. Agnes scowled, already walking away before i gave her a quick response. "Your husband is a total cheat"
"Briann! can you please stop? Why do you keep making things harder for us? Why can't you just follow every rule just like others? Also, please stop" The stern look on Mrs Angeles face could tell how much she had tried to put up with my incompetency while I kept taking her efforts for granted and she pulled me roughly into the kitchen,not minding if all eyes were on us.
"What has gotten into you,don't you know you belong to a poor background?" She took a pause to take in a sharp breath and uttered. "If you ever offend anyone in this house,it's just like you've offended the gods,don't you gerrit!?" She suddenly went over to grab a knife from the plate rack and leveled the blade over my neck with a bit of temptation in her eyes as she spoke drastically, "You are only taking yourself to your early grave and I'm trying my best to stop you from getting into trouble.i won't hesitate than to watch you get fired,you don't even see how hard it was for me to bring you into this house"
"I'm so sorry " I apologised,still overwhelmed by the thoughts of how she made attempt to rip my throat, but she pave out a deep sigh and lolled against the wall, "you should count yourself lucky for having someone who still care for you no matter the wrong you commit.I had no one to advice me,my mom died at an early age,so I grew up with no parents to give me the care you're getting from me, I lived a life of slavery till I turned thirty"
"What about your dad!?" I could feel a sense of regret from her disheartened voice, "I shouldn't have acted rash earlier. It was all my fault"
"We are both helpless,so you shouldn't cause any trouble" She replied, wiping her tears when she dropped the knife by my side and left the kitchen. She truly endorsed my mind for a better change,I should have thought of Mrs Angeles in the first place, I was selfish and careless.