Chapters 5
" Hey Cinderella, Nina am so glad that you could make it to my small party." Lucinda stood at the door way looking at the two girls who were standing in front of her.
" Hello mother." Nina leaned forward to give her mother an air kiss.
" Hello Lucinda and thank you for inviting me, why do I get a feeling that you are up to something." Cinderella said as Lucinda moved to the side to let the two girls inside the house.
" Now why would you say that, can't I invite family for a dinner, oh I did invite a couple of other people here too, so it is not just us, Jasmine and Rose. You remember Mr. Brooks and his sons, Michael and James." Lucinda led them to the family room and there sitting a small group of people.
" Um . . . Yes evening Mr. Brooks, Michael, James it is nice to see you again." Cinderella nodded to the three men.
" It is nice to see you again Ms. Carson, and don't worry we are not going to talk business tonight, right Lucinda." The elder Brooks shot Lucinda a stern look, which he meant what he said.
" Um . . . Ok hey Jasmine, Rose it is nice to see you two again, and how is your daughter Rose." Cinderella turned her attention to her two step-sisters.
" Hello, Cind she is doing great and yesterday she rolled over for the first time." Rose beamed with motherly pride when she mention her daughter.
" Hello, Cinderella. Mother when is dinner going to be, I have lot of things that I need to do and I can't be here for very long." Jasmine whined at her mother, because she was forced to have dinner with the family.
" Jasmine you know that isn't very nice, and dinner will be ready in a few minutes." Lucinda scolded her older daughter for being so rude.
Cinderella just shook her head, because she remembered that Jasmine has always been a very spoiled and always gets what she wants no matter who she hurts.
" Ok fine am sorry for my rudeness. " Jasmine to the small group and apologize for being herself.
The Elder Brooks and his eldest son both nodded their heads, but both Cinderella and James rolled their eyes, because they both don't like Jasmine and they also know her true personality.
" We know you are lying about being sorry, for I know your true nature Jas. And all you are is a very spoiled brat." Nina said with a little snicker as Lucinda shot her a very dirty look.
" Nina that isn't nice now tell your sister that you are sorry." Lucinda scold her youngest daughter.
" No I will not tell her am sorry because it is all real and I believe our guest need to see her true side that's all." Nina said before she noticed the butler standing in the doorway.
" Excuse me but dinner is served." The butler said with a confused look on his face.
" Thank you Jonathan, so if we are ready, please follow me to the dining room." Lucinda nodded to the butler and then to motion for her guests follow her to the next room.
Every one moved to the dining room and found their seats and then they began to eat their dinner of steak, bake potatoes, and corn on the cob.
An hour after dinner everyone went back to the sitting room and continued to talk and Cinderella could tell that Lucinda was up to something because she kept looking straight at James, and she was trying to get Jasmine to sit next James, and she could also see that he was getting very uncomfible with Jasmine almost sitting in his lap.
" If you all excused me but am feeling a little hot, so I believe I will step outside for a few." Cinderella stood up from the chair that she was sitting in.
Leaving the room Cinderella made her way to the back patio. Walking out of the house and stood next to a collium and watched the sun setting down into the horizon.
" Our you ok?" James said coming out of the house and came up next to her.
" Hey yeah am fine, I just get this feeling that Lucinda is trying to do something, like trying to set Jasmine up with you?" Cinderella said as the cry of the loon came from the marsh area two lots from them.
" Really, well I can tell you one thing I will never go out with that bitch, I can't stand spoiled brats like her. Um... I was wondering if you had anything plan for the weekend" James asked as he took a hold of Cinderella's hand.
" Um . . . No I really don't have anything plan why?" Cinderella smiled at James.
" Great, would you like to go to theater with me, Rent is playing and I have two tickets and it is opening night too." James said as he took a hold Cinderella's other hand.
" I really would love to go to the theater and see Rent with you, this weekend." Cinderella said as James leaned down and kissed her.
What they didn't know was that they were not alone, standing in the shadow of the door way was Lucinda, and she was burning with rage as she watched the young couple kissing.
" I will see, that date will never happen, and it will be Jasmine going on that date with you James." Lucinda said to herself as she turned away from the door and headed back into the living room and to the rest of her guest.
It was an hour later both Nina and Cinderella walked into the house and headed straight to their rooms and to their beds.