"She really is a demon, I swear!"
"Yesterday I saw her beating up some boys for running around outside when they were supposed to do there work!"
"She's making us work too hard! We have to clean for hours and hours without any free time!"
"MAYBE IF YOU WORKED INSTEAD OF GOSSIPING, THE HALLWAY WOULD BE CLEAN BY NOW" I screamed at the troublesome boys. It was dead silent in an instant. 'much better' I thought to myself.
It had been a week since I had arrived and started my job at the Walker mansion, but in that short time, I had gotten the hang of things. I was practically in charge. Aimi was still my boss but I found out she mostly takes care of paperwork, so I rarely saw her. Also the boys became quite fond of referring to me as a 'demon' after seeing how strict and angry I got. Of course the girls loved me for changing everything in only a week.
At the moment, I was watching the boys wash the floor of the hallway, after complaints from the maids at how talkative they were and the poor job they did. But after yelling at them a few times, they slowly learned to keep the noise down and actually work, instead of goofing off. They were almost done with this job, so I decided to leave and get other things done while they got it done.
"Remember, if I hear another complaint about you guys, you'll have to do double the work" I threatened them before turning around and walking back. As I walked down the hall, I swept my hand over every flat surface I passed to make sure there was not a piece of dust left behind. I was nearly shocked to see how clean my hand was after every time. ' I guess this place really is improving' I thought joyfully.
"Hey Misaki!" I heard the familiar voice from behind me. I turned around to see the blonde haired, blue eyed girl's face. In one of her hands she carried a duster, which explained why everything was so clean down this hallway.
"Hey Alice" I said with a smile. She was one of the my friends I had met here and always tried to help me out whenever I needed it. " Sorry if I distracted you or something with my screaming down there" I pointed down the long hall, where you could just barely see the guys working.
"Oh no its fine" she answered with a smile "without you scaring them they would never learn how to shut up and get there work done" A second after saying that her eyes lit up. "That's not why I wanted to talk to you though!" she giggled " I heard that there is another guy coming here!"
"Oh that's great" I said completely uninterested.
" No that's not what I meant! I mean there is another heir to the Walker family coming!"
I looked at her disbelieving " are you sure you didn't hear that wrong or something?" i asked " because the Ma'am, Patricia, only had one son before she passed away."
"I heard it was top secret but someone leaked it out but luckily only maids and butlers know about it but Gerard Walker has the same disease as his mother."
This caught my attention and I wanted to know more about the Walker family. I never gossiped before because I never understood why it was useful but this would answer a lot of my unanswered questions.
"Also he went to Japan to convince his half brother to take over"
It felt like a million questions started bubbling in my mind after hearing this statement. I tried organizing my thoughts and questions before I opened my mouth. " did he go to Japan by himself? And if he has the same disease shouldn't he be in the hospital and how is it possible that he has a brother and why does he live in japan?" I bombarded her with my questions.
She thought about them for a second before answering " Gerard didn't go to Japan by himself, he brought some trusted butlers and Cedric. Also he SHOULD be in the hospital but I heard he's been trying to stay out of it for as long as he can. And surprising I haven't heard anything about his brother. My guess is that there trying to keep that private information."
There were still a few questions left in my head "who is Cedric and when is Gerard suppose to be back?"
"you don't know who Cedric is?" she asked with a puzzled face before realization flashed " oh that's right you're new here! Well Cedric is basically Gerard's personal butler, and he's also the son of Gilbert who is the head of the butlers, you've probably haven't seen him either because he's Gerard's grandfather's personal butler. They hired Aimi to do a lot of the work because Gilbert has been busy taking care of his master." She racked her brain for the answer to my last question before giving me an 'I don't know'.
I really had nothing else to say that whole story seemed crazy and left my brain turning, I needed some time to let my brain wrap around this information. I smiled at Alice before gently patting her straight, blonde hair, "well we should get back to work or we'll never get our duties done"
" ok " she answered cheerfully and smiled up at me. She ended up skipping off to finish other work as I watched her disappear behind the corner. I really did need to get everything done because after working non stop, I needed a break. After finishing everything up, I planned to sneak over the gate and walk till I reached the town so I could just relax for a bit. The reason I had to sneak was because the Walkers didn't want there maids and butlers to just leave and come back whenever they wanted. They use to do that but a bunch of problems arose where some people stole the stuff in the mansion and sold it or another situation where one butler spread top secret information about the Walker's mansion to other people. Because of problems like these they made the rule where you had to stay inside the gates. Leaving would result in varies things depending on how serious the situation was. But I trusted myself to not get caught and made the decision to leave without telling anyone after I got done with what needed to be done.
I tore my eyes from the spot where she turned and continued heading down the long hallway before getting stopped once more. I heard running and screaming coming down the halls before I saw the boys responsible for the ruckus. They seemed completely oblivious to me even as my anger level shot up to a whole new high.
"Let's hurry and ask the girls if they wanna play 'strip rock paper scissors' I heard one of them scream to another.
'oh not this again' I thought. For some reason a good portion of the guys had an obsession with this game they had created and if I had to bet, I would say it's just as dirty as it sounds. As they were about to run past me, without warning I clothes lined the guy. He ended up falling over instantly with his two other friends freaking out.
"How many times must I tell you not to run or play that damn game!" I lectured them. They all looked like they wanted to hide, as if they realized they had just angered a REAL demon.
"We're sorry!" they blurted before grabbing there friend and running with tears in their eyes.
"HEY YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE!" I screamed in their direction. I brought my hand to my forehead to wipe away some of the sweat that had started to form.
This job was harder than it appeared, with all my running around and getting everyone to do their jobs, I really was starting to feel the effects of over working. But I wasn't done just yet. I still needed to go and tidy up the library, which was probably one of my favorite jobs, due to the lack of noisy and annoying boys to supervise. Instead it was just me dusting the place and making sure the books where organized. This may not sound like a great job but the library was gorgeous, with its high ceilings and large windows with sun coming through, it made it feel like you were in a completely different world.
Of course, the library was located on the other side of the mansion so by the time I reached it my already tired legs felt sore and limp. I opened the regular looking door and entered. Of course the grand room took my breath away, it was only the second time I had been there to clean and I hadn't gotten use to it's beauty. Another great thing about it is that it was rarely used so I always had it to myself.
While cleaning, I found a couple interesting books to read for when I got done. In the library, time always seemed to move faster, so before I knew it, the sunset was creeping in through the large windows.
'huh guess I'm not going anywhere tonight considering the time already' I thought. I was secretly pleased at this though because I wasn't much of a rule breaker and I had no idea what to do once I even got to the town closet to the mansion. After a quick stretch and yawn, I got up with the books in hand, and neatly placed them where they belonged.
I really couldn't imagine what it would be like to be rich without a care in the world and able to buy whatever expensive thing your heart desired. You wouldn't even have to work, I would be able to have a mansion like this with a gorgeous library. But I wasn't that lucky. I quickly made the thought disappear from my mind, it was depressing thinking about things that weren't possible.
As I left the room and roamed the castle again, I started hearing whispers from the workers. At first it wasn't too bad, just sounded like more useless gossip but after a while I started hearing more and more of people talking. After managing to ignoring the talking, I decided to give into my curiosity. I overheard a couple of maids talking so I figured why not try and understand what was going on.
"hey did you hear?" one maid asked the other "I heard Gerard is coming back and going to arrive here."
" Is he bringing his brother with him, because if he's anything like Gerard, he's going to be hot!" the other maid asked.
"I don't think he is, which is strange if you ask me." I stopped listening to them at this point, I heard enough to understand why everyone was so talkative.
Instead of waiting around and gossiping, I headed back to my quarters and into my bland room. I quickly undressed from my maid uniform into sweats and a tank top before brushing my shoulder length, raven hair. As I traveled back to my bed, planning in getting a few hours of sleep in before waking up early, I heard a small knock on my door.
"come in" I called out, trying not to call out to loudly just in case others were already asleep. The door opened to reveal a tiny girl. After a second my brain finally registered who this was.
"what's up" I asked Alice. She climbed on top of my bed so we were both sitting on it.
"did you already hear about the Gerard thing?" she asked.
"was that all you came for?" I asked wondering why she would come only to ask a simple question.
"Oh no that's not the only thing I wanted." she opened up her closed fist to show me a gold looking nail polish color " see I picked out this color because it would match your eyes" She quickly grabbed my hands and began working even as I complained and told her I wasn't into girly stuff. She wasn't even paying attention to what I had to say and continued working on my manicure. It wasn't half bad and it was the most fun I had since arriving here.