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Chapter Three:

Next day:

AJ gets up super early very excited for the interviews. She is in the kitchen cooking breakfast. The music is playing while she dances and cooks. Romeo wakes up as he kisses Angelle on the head. She smiles as she snuggles more into the pillow. He wants to tell his daughter about them, but he wants the timing to be perfect.

He heads downstairs to see his daughter dancing. "Good morning, princess."

AJ gets spooked as she almost drops a plate. "Daddy, you scared me." She holds the plate to her chest.

"It is not that fun, isn't it?" He says to her.

"Nope, so we are even." She smiles

"Nope, so we are even." She smiles with both of them already scared each other.

"Definitely princess we are even. Now next question, why are you up so early?" He pours a cup of coffee for him. It is already made by his daughter, AJ.

"I'm making breakfast for everyone." She tries to lie while wiggling her nose.

"AJ, what did I say about lying?" He knows what she does when she is lying.

"It is not good and we shouldn't keep secrets. We are supposed to tell each other everything even though it hurts." She smiles knowing she shouldn't have even tried.

"Right." Romeo gulps knowing he is breaking it already.

"I am up because it is interview day. Angelle and I have to fit fourty potential employees into today. I just thought we could get a head start."

"That is very professional of you." He is surprise by her eagerness.

"Well I learn from the best. You are the best professional person I know." She compliments him.

"Thank you, sweetie. I will call Angelle so you two can get started." He offers.

"Thank you, daddy that will be great."


"Angelle, AJ is waiting for you downstairs." Romeo kisses her cheek.

"It is too early." She pulls the covers over her head.

"Come on, don't let me tickle you out of bed." He playfully threatens.

"If you do, you will not get any kisses today." She playfully threatens back.

Romeo ponders. "Well I guess I have to pay the consequences." He climbs on the bed as she opens her eyes.

"Okay I'm up. Just tell AJ I will be right down." She shoos him away.

"I don't get to see you get dress." He pouts loving to see her body.

"If you do it will take longer to get dress with you distracting me." She explains.

"Wow, I am a distraction thank you." He proudly approves.

"Yes you are. Now, go tell her I will be down in two minutes." She pecks him pulling the covers off her to get dressed.

"Fine, just get your cute butt out of bed." He pecks her back.


Angelle and AJ are now ready for their first interview. AJ made some cookies for the applicants for a 'Thank you for coming' offering. They patiently wait looking over their questions since it is almost 10 in the morning. Twenty minutes after 10 a.m., they worry on why AJ's bodyguard isn't back yet. AJ calls his cell to see where he could be.

"Hello Phil." She greets.

"Hello Miss AJ." He greets back. "Miss, I am still waiting for him. He hasn't come out yet." He explains his tardiness.

"Did you knock on the door?" She inquires because maybe he doesn't see the car out there.

"No Miss AJ. However, if I do leave the car it could get stolen. The address you gave me is in a bad part of town." He clarifies.

"Okay, just go to the next address. We will come back to that one." She orders consider for her bodyguard's safety.

"Certainly Miss AJ, I am on my way." He leaves as the caller's son looks out the window. He has been there since he arrived. He is surprise that it is a normal car that picks him up.

"They haven't come yet." His father inquires as they have waited for thirty minutes already.

"No dad they haven't." He lies confidently. He is the opposite of AJ; he is a great liar.

"What is taking them so long? I will call them." He starts to walk to their home phone.

"No dad, I will just take the bus there. Maybe they were here and just left after seeing the house and neighbourhood." He lies again.

"Okay. Be safe son." He is considered for his son knowing it is a bad neighbourhood.

"I will father." He heads out the door.


Phil, the bodyguard, returns with the second applicant. He then leaves to get the third applicant. He does this for the first five given them the pleasure for being the first five people that called.

"Hello, I am AJ and this Angelle. We will be the one to interview you." AJ introduce. "One of us will ask the questions while the other records your answers. Do you want a drink before we proceed?" She smiles seeing the applicant nervous.

"Water please." She requests fidgeting with her fingers.

Angelle pours her a glass as AJ is ready to ask the questions. "How about you tell us about yourself?' AJ starts.

"Well, my name is Lucy. I am a retired Elementary School teacher. I worked at the school for about twenty years. I have tried to just enjoy my retirement, but I like to be on the move, so I applied for this job."

"Good." AJ waits until Angelle has done writing. "You are doing great." She compliments.

The interview lasted about thirty minutes before saying goodbye to Lucy. They offer her a cookie before Dawn, the maid, guides her out. In between interviews they take a five minute break to refresh themselves. Mr. Mendez is watching and listening to the interviews as well from the security room.

"Breathe and relax AJ. One down, now just thirty-nine to go." She tells AJ who is overwhelmed by how many people they still have to do.

"Thanks." She pours herself a glass of water.

The interviews continues with some shorter and some longer than others. The shorter ones consist of applicants who just applied to live in their house, befriend AJ to become famous themselves, while one just thought AJ was hot and wanted to be near her. The longer interviews are ones that they consider to be hired for the job. They like those ones with them being very smart, thoughtful, funny, respectful, energetic, and very likable. After going halfway through their applicants, they break for lunch.

"So what do you think so far AJ?" Angelle asks cooking some lunch for the both of them.

"There are a couple I like, but no one pops out to me. How about you, do you like any?" She drinks some ice tea having a dry throat from talking a lot.

"I also have a few, but you are right no one pops out." She agrees.

"And do you know why?" Romeo enters hungry as well.

"Daddy, you are here. I thought you said you would be at the tennis court with John." John is Romeo's own personal trainer.

"He had to leave for a family emergency. So back to answer my question, they can't all be like Angelle. She is one of a kind. You two are looking for someone to be like her and you won't find another one. Now after you have done your break, have your mind open to what they have to offer than comparing them to Angelle." He advises.

"Okay daddy, will you join us?" She hopes having all the opinions there that matter to her.

"I don't think that is a good idea, princess. The applicants might not be truthful if they see or know their boss is there."

"But you are not the boss, I'm their boss." She clarifies as it is true.

"Yes, however, I might go father protective on them. You don't want me to embarrass you, right?"

"Of course not, then shoo we have interview to still do." She gently pushes him out of the kitchen.

"What I get no lunch?" He is shock, although he chuckles.

"Maybe you can, if you stay in the kitchen." She approves guiding him back to a chair.

"Yes princess I will stay in the kitchen." He salutes sitting on the chair.

AJ giggles. "I will see you later daddy." She pecks his cheek.

"Per request of AJ, here you go." Angelle puts a sandwich in front of him.

"Thank you." He lays his hand over hers for affection. AJ is still in the kitchen, so he can't kiss her.

The starting of the second half begins. Just like the first half, there are applicants that are in for the money and/or the fame. A few had to be escorted out by Phil because they couldn't accept that they won't get hired. It seems that the second half had more of them than the first half.

After two hours, they are done with the last candidate or so they thought. They went through two plates of cookies with still some leftover. They are both exhausted having papers all over the table and floor. Phil never got a hold of the first candidate, so they thought he changed his mind.

"I think that was the longest process ever." AJ sulks into the couch sipping her ice tea that Dawn brought her.

"Yah, some were awful. I'm glad your father wasn't here to scream at them to get out. We handled it the right way." She looks over to the kitchen to see Romeo stick out his tongue.

"We certainly did."

After a couple of minutes, they start to separate the applicants into yes, no, and maybe piles. The no were completely shredded never wanting to relieve the interviews again. After they narrowed them down to the top ten, security at the front desk calls.

"Miss AJ, there is a man here saying he has an interview." He informs her.

"Oh, what is his name?" She questions maybe being the first applicant.

"Alberto he says. Apparently you talk to his father yesterday for an interview. He took the bus here and that is why it took him so long to get here." The security reports to her.

"Phil will be there to pick him up." AJ sends him to fetch Alberto.

"Okay Miss AJ." He hangs up.

Alberto walks in with a decent suit and silk back hair. It catches AJ's attention for a bit.

"Hello Alberto, nice of you to join us." Angelle politely greets.

"Thank you for the honour." He politely says back. He has never seen AJ in person, only in pictures. He is astonished by her beauty.

"Well, I will ask the questions while AJ will write down the answers." She explains.

"Certainly." He was going to sabotage the interview, but now seeing her he is going to try to get hired.

"Tell me about yourself." Angelle starts.

"Well, my name is Alberto. I am twenty-five years old. I am very loyal, trustworthy, and smart. I love animals, especially dogs. I want to run and own my own shelter one day. As you bodyguard, I think he is the one that was at my house before, would say that I don't live in a nice part of town."

"We don't judge people by where they live, Alberto." She mentions to him. "Now, why would you make the perfect candidate for being a personal butler?" She continues.

"Well I can cook well. I do my own laundry at home. I can clean like a maid could. I am close to AJ's age, so I know more than an applicant who is older. I would know more of the thinks that she is interested in. We can bond with that." He responds honestly.

Angelle nods liking his answers so far. "AJ is very family orientated and a friendly person. Her family is her life and likes to befriend others. How is your relationship with your family?" Also, will you take advantage of her kindness?" She and Mr. Mendez will not stand to have AJ hurt in anyway.

"Well I live with my stepfather. We are very tight father and son. He is my only family so I appreciate people who have big families. As for AJ's kindness, I will not take advantage. They are not many people that have that trait. People should honour it and not take advantage of it." He responds with sincerity.

"Thank you. We will let you know. Please take a cookie before Phil takes you home." Angelle requests to Alberto.

"It is no problem. I can take the bus back home." He takes a bite out of his cookie.

"It will be our honour to drive you home. You are our first caller. We have the pleasure to drive you home. It is per AJ's request." AJ nods in agreement.

"Well thank you." He may have been wrong about the rich and famous, well maybe about this family anyways.


When Phil is on his way to drop Alberto off, they go back to discussing who they should hire.

"So we are down to five applicants; Alberto, Lucy, David, and Michelle."

"I don't like how David was acting like he knew everything. It seems to be too cocky." AJ responds.

"I know, but he has a family to provide for." AJ shakes her head. "Okay, how about Michelle? She is nice, close to your age, loves to dance, very energetic, and can cook with the lasagna she made for us."

"That was delicious, however, her phone kept on buzzing. Maybe she will be too busy to be my full time butler. Maybe she wants to live life first before she tackles this job." She notices being that way sometimes.

"Yup, you are probably right. You can't really leave to go anywhere you want. So, that leaves with two; Lucy and Alberto. Lucy has a lot of time being retired from her job. She has a nice, caring attitude working as an Elementary teacher. She has patience and knowledge to help you with anything. On the other hand, Alberto is closer to your age. You two can relate to each other most of the time. He is also very responsible young man with not having a mother at home. The only problem is that your father might not approve. He might limit the time he is in your bedroom like when you change or shower. Your father wouldn't want him to see you like that." She informs her.

"Well if he didn't want a male butler than he should have put it on the flyer." She confesses already made up her mind.

"So we are going with Alberto?" Angelle asks.

"Yup, daddy said whatever we choose he is okay with it." She remembers his words.

"Okay let us tell him." They gather all the paper work and head to tell him.

"You will just tell him, right?" AJ knows that he will go easier on Angelle than her.

"We will both tell him." She wraps her arm around AJ's shoulder.

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