Hey guys sorry I have been super busy lately but here is the next chapter! This chapter is where the whole story really kicks in! and we find out about the other characters like Kasey and Kevin and that's probably it for this chapter. Please enjoy and review
Stevies POV
Zander and I talked for hours. He showed me new song he had written and we sang along to the sound of the ukulele. It really was a beautiful song, but I didn't say that to his face. It would have been pretty awkward. As I walk up the front steps to the mansion, I gaze into the windows, as they reflect the barely visible rays of sunlight. I open the door and go to the kitchen. I see my mother and father at the dining table talking in hushed voices. When my father sees me, he looks startled and taps my mothers shoulder and they turn to me, pretending like nothing had happened.
" Good morning sweetie! Where were you? Your father and I wanted to talk to you…" I cut her off.
" Mom I was just taking a walk through the gardens. I was talking to Zander."
" Oh, the stable boy…" mother trails off, looking the other way. Mother has never really approved of me hanging out with the "help" as she likes to call it. Although my father believes that Zander is a fine young man, but only for his job. He still doesn't understand what I find so interesting about his music. Ever since I left high school last year, mother and father have noticed that I spent more time with Zander than ever, and I think that my mother is getting worried about me.
"Listen honey," my father continues, " we've noticed you have a lot of spare time on your hands, after you left school. Your mother and I are worried that you're becoming too attached to the stable boy."
I'm seriously confused. They've never really said anything about me and Zander before, so this is a bit unexpected. My mother nods at my fathers words, " Yes, after all he is poor and…dispensable."
I'm shocked. Are they talking about getting rid of Zander? They can't do that! He's my best friend, and I li – I mean, he's the only person here who understands me.
My mother notices my shocked expression and says " Oh no, no, we wouldn't think of getting rid of him. We're simply pointing out that he could be replaced. But what your father and I wanted to talk to you about was –" she gestures to the maid, Kasey Simon. I've spoken to her a few times before and she seems nice enough. " Maid, tell the cook to hurry up with breakfast, we're starving," mother calls out. Kasey nods politely and rushes off to the kitchen to talk to the cook, Kevin Reed.
Father interrupts my train of thought, " Stevie, what your mother is trying to say is, well, since you're 18 now…"
" We want you to get engaged."
Kasey comes in as her jaw drops, like the plates that she accidentally smashes on the floor.