Chapter 3 Darker side

"Is that all you're going to say ?", The irritated woman spat out, expecting Jenny to at least say something or get annoyed but all she could mutter was a silenced "Sorry madam" ;Leaving angrily after her continual muteness,she turned just as she was about to get to the door leading to the walkway, "

Don't worry,you'll soon be on your way out just like the others",she hissed before opening the door and heading out.

Jenny sat on her table trying hard to hold hot tears From rolling down.

Five hours later,she was still sitting there,waiting till her boss would come home,no one showed her where she would stay as Eddy already sent words to her aunt not to let her come with anything."the instruction was clear" her aunt had told her,"you are not to come with anything at all". She then gave up trying to convince her aunt.

She decided to take a look around the house, "exploring the house isn't such a bad idea, I guess",she said to herself as she considered how Mrs Arnold would react if she saw her walking aimlessly around the house, shrugging those feelings off she rose to start her grand tour as this was the closest she has ever gotten to the rich and mighty.

starting off from her office,she walked down the stairs gently afraid to use the elevator incase Mrs Arnold wouldn't approve of it,stepping outside she felt a rush of cool air around her for the first time in about 7 hours;the times she had spent tending to her mother's garden flooded back to memory as she perceived the smell of chrysanthemum fuelled by the romantic scents of daffodils,moving closer to what she assumed to be a garden,she stopped in shock as she witnessed what was obviously the biggest supergarden she'd ever seen in her entire life,skating through the garden with her arms in the air, excitement ran through her veins as she recalled running to her mother every evening in their makeshift garden when she was six,she noticed that majority of the workers were staring at her with a bemused look on their faces, ignoring them she continued in her system of happiness and camaraderie,then the unthinkable happened.

Mrs Arnold's had never liked the girl since the first time she met her at a function with her crazy aunty,the story of the girl was all over town as the lady that had her parents killed,even though she didn't believe in witchery and voodoo stuff,she had written a letter of consolation to the poor girl who had just lost her parents offering her a sum of a thousand dollars,the lady wrote back expressing her eagerness and appreciation if the donation was made to her;still out of generosity to the orphan ,she sent an additional five hundred dollars expecting and that was the last time she heard from the lady;no appreciation or acknowledgement from the lady or her aunt neither did she thank her when they met just few days later at a community function.

Mrs Arnold had taken it as an insult to her personality, keeping the incident to herself though,not even her son had known of her gallant donation of nearly two thousand dollars to Jenny and her family. Now here she comes gliding through her garden as if she was a rabbit,Mrs Arnold smiled at her own joke before moving to intercept the annoying lady.

"Stop right there",she shouted,what do you think you're doing? ,she asked and also answered the question, running aimlessly around my specially treated botanical garden,she said laying emphasis on "specially treated",she continued "Would you get back to your quarters right now and don't let me ever see you around here again".

On a normal day,an outburst from another person to her would have made her cry,but she decided to act cool and keep mute because of the large presence of male and female workers around,she turned and started to walk gently into the mansion, passing through gym center and was walking towards the swimming pool when she heard Jessica's voice,she was screaming at a worker for not sanitizing the pool properly.

"Are you out of your mind?"she screamed at the somber worker.

Not wanting to interfere in her business she sneaked gently behind her and moved towards the entrance to her office,hopefully to sit and wait the arrival of her boss;suddenly she got angry,fuming,she said to herself,"who do they think I am,because I wish to work as a secretary in your company does not give them the authority to kidnap me in their mansion",she said aloud to no one as she walked out of the door moving towards the grand gate of the house.

She walked so defiantly that not even the security detail at the gate could stop her,she continued still knowing that everyone was watching her movements including Mrs Arnold as she made her way out of the house detesting everyone and promising herself never to set foot in the Arnold's mansion again.

Excitement welled up in his stomach as he made his way to this car, signaling to his chauffeur to drive home,he smiled to himself not knowing why he wanted to be at home, normally he would've met up with his best friend Dave after which they would drive out to a club or play snookers at his house but he had called it off stating vague reasons for the reject.

"I'm not even attracted to the lady,"he thought,"he's not had feelings with any other woman since the night of his best orgy at a North Carolina club,it had been Dave's idea to get drunk and high after a huge success at the firm." Let's get so high that we'll find ourselves talking with the most high",he said and Eddy had agreed blindly partly because defeating Henry Dwag in a tech contest was like flying to the moon,so he agreed and that was the best night if his life,he got drunk and was matchmaked with a strange lady he had never met,both of them lavishing in their youthful bodies overnight drunk,to his knowledge he had not charmed the lady enough as she didn't fall under his youthful charms,no one had ever stayed so strong under him before he thought.

His promise to himself still stands,"I'll find that lady no matter what",he reiterated.

He and Dave had gone back days later to search for the lady but no one could recognize the lady as none was paying attention the night before,he even went ahead to offer a cash prize of five grand to anyone with useful Intel but no one came up with one, he jerked out of his reverie as he spotted a familiar figure walking angrily along the road.

Stop!!, he ordered his driver.

She knew she was going back to the mansion the instant she spotted Eddy's Chevrolet along the way.

Pretending not seeing the car,she continued to move faster even the moment she noticed the car stopped,she was not going to go back there without Eddy apologizing or atoning for the sins of his mother and girlfriend or whatever she is to him.

Jenny!Jenny!,he called out.

Still pretending not to hear,she increased her pace but could not measure up to Eddy's and soon caught up to her.

Where were you heading to?

Switching to gesture mode, she pointed her hand straight ahead to signify home.

Oh!,he said awkwardly

she nodded her head in reply,obviously weird now,she thought.

"I thought I explained this to you earlier;you're staying for three weeks so we can get to know and work better with each other properly". He said

She turned to look at him after he made the sentence,she put her

Stunned by her sharp reply,he regained his composure quickly as he thought of what to do.

I'll have to apologize, he thought l,"apologize to her or get ready to get a new secretary",the voice in his head told him.

Jenny glanced at him,she caught his golden eye staring ahead and from her past experience,when a man stares into space,he's trying to make a hard decision... She waited,and after a minute of silence and frustration, she decided to interrupt his thoughts as it was getting really awkward standing outside in the night . As she opened her mouth to talk, he held his hand up and spoke.

I'm... sorry for the behaviour of my mother and Jessica,she noticed the hesitation before he mentioned her name,maybe he didn't really like her she thought.

Before she could speak again he added,Shall we? Pointing towards the car.

She was moved by his politeness and gentlemanly behaviour as she realized she had no choice but to oblige to his request,she nodded as he walked her to the car.

Her entrance back to the Arnold's mansion was really grand,she watched as Eddy Jessica ran up to meet with Eddy as he stepped out of his car,she was shocked when Eddy turned to her instead helping her out of the car while Jessica watched helplessly right at the presence of the workers;she'd never felt honoured her entire life,she tried to avoid meeting Jessica's eyes but it was impossible and when she did,she could see the fire of hatred welling up in those eyes,out of rear she withdrew her hand from Eddy's and kept some distance from him as Eddy walked in beside her.