Updated 10-27-16
Bpov
"Bella come on you haven't gone out since before St. Patrick's day." Jasper said. "It's almost Easter."
"Jasper you know that the Dunn's are allowed to give me chores."
"Bella you do just about everything that one of their servants can do. There is something up right there and you need to call that number."
"I can deal with it Jasper. It at least keeps them off my back."
"It ain't right."
"I get that Jasper but I can't do anything about it. I already tried that number but I just get a dial tone."
"Then keep calling until you get a number if not then look the company up online and try to contact them that way. This is supposed to be the trip of a life time and your host family is treating you like a servant of which you haven't been paid."
Martian pov
I stood outside the living room and listened to the Isabella talking with her friend Jasper. I was very upset to hear that all the extra work Isabella had been doing wasn't because she wanted to, it was because my wife told her to.
I wanted to burst into the room and ask Isabella why she did what my wife said but she was speaking freely with a friend with no idea that I was even home. I took a deep breath and stepped away from the door and headed straight for my office.
Once I was inside my office I paced the floor trying to figure out what I should do. I knew that my marriage to Lilith wasn't going to last much longer it was just a matter of when I applied for a divorce.
"Martian dear." I heard Lilith call from outside of my door.
"Yes dear," I called.
"Tanya and I were wanting to go and get dresses for the Duke of Warwickshire's final ball."
"Why not use a dress you already own but haven't worn."
"We've worn all of our ball gowns already. We only have short dress that have yet to be worn."
"Fine but you only get a thousand pounds each to spend on the dress, shoes and any jewelry you may want to go with it." I said. "Don't argue or I'll cut the budget in half."
I could see the fire in her eyes. She looked like she wanted to blow up and scream to high heaven.
"Thank you dear."
"Have a good time and please come home after you are done because I can't afford you and Tanya staying in hotel's every other weekend."
"We'll be home late."
"That's fine you just be home before midnight."
She nodded and left the room. I knew why she wanted to get another dress for Tanya.
An hour later I watched as Tanya and Lilith slipped into the back of the town car they hired for the day. Tanya was texting away on her phone too busy to even wave goodbye to her dad. Lilith was like the same but she was talking too low for me to hear what she was saying.
Once they were gone I made my way back to my office. I picked up the phone to make the call I had been waiting to make. The person on the other end of the line answered.
"They left follow them as close as you can without getting caught and remember to bring back up in case they split up."
They hung up after confirming what I said. I'd have hours to wait until they got anything.
Tpov
I was glad to be out of the house. I was glad that my dad even gave me the money to go shopping as I had none of my own to use. My trust fund has all but gone. There wasn't much left and I had to be careful with that.
"Find what you want dear; but be quick about it. I have a meeting after this." My mum said.
"What meeting?" I asked.
"Nothing for you to worry about dear. I'm just looking into a few options about things."
"Should I worry?"
"No now go pick out your dress and shoes. I'd prefer to get a dress made but we don't have the time for that."
"We don't have the money either." I snapped.
"Be happy that you are getting this." Mum snapped back. "You stay here and pick a dress. Call me when you are done. I'm going to make a phone call."
I watched as I my Mum walked away. She had never been this snippy before. Not even when I was four and caused her to spill her wine on her new white designer Chanel dress. The dress was no longer white after that. The wine had turned it red. I loved the dress in red more than I had in white. She never wore the dress again and refused to buy me anything when we went shopping the next day but not once did she get snippy.
"Can I help you with ma'am?" a woman with short dark hair in a pantsuit asked.
I pointed to a dress in blue.
"Do you have that in red or pink?" I asked.
"No that dress only comes in blue but we do have another dress in a similar style that comes in a deep wine color red." She replied. "Would that fit your taste or would you prefer to find something else?"
"Show me the dress first." I replied.
I then followed her to the dressing rooms where she told me to wait and brought me the dress she had been talking about. It wasn't my exact style but it was a pretty dress.
"Would you like to try it on?" she asked.
"Yes." I replied taking the dress and slipping into an open dressing room.
I closed the door and changed into the dress. It fit me like a glove even though it wasn't as revealing as I'd like but something told me I had to take this dress for the ball.
I took the dress off and hung it back up on the hanger and stared at it. I wanted the dress but the price was more than half of the cash that Dad gave Mum. I looked at the shopping bag I had from another store. I took the dress and slipped it back off the hanger and stuffed it into the bottom of my shopping bag and slipped out of the dressing room and got out of that store as fast as possible. It wouldn't do if i got caught.
