House of Kisses:
It was chaos in Anubis. Trudy was rumbling her anti-ghosts again just when the inspector arrived. Trudy started spraying her remedy on the inspector.
"Help, help!" Shouted Mr. Sinclair.
"Trudy stop, said Patricia.
"Get this woman away from me," said Mr. Sinclair
"What are you doing?" Asked Victor.
Victor took the plant sprayer from Trudy's hands. Trudy stayed in her trance and kept talking in Gibberish.
"Who's this crazy lady? Asked Mr. Sinclair.
"She's our housemother," said Eddie.
"Oh the housemother? If she maintains the house here, this house will be closed today," said Mr. Sinclair.
"Don't worry inspector, this lady will be fired immediately!" Said Victor.
This shocked the residents. Trudy hadn't heard of it because she was still in her trance.
In the meantime in Nina and Amber's room. The rest of the club was watching the plant.
"It's grown a lot already," said Nina.
"It took a while, but the seeds are seem to be working," said Fabian.
"What if we just put this outside for a while, it will probably go better," suggested Amber.
"Do you think?" Asked Aaron.
"Maybe I'll be better too, when I go back to school," said Nina.
"Would you do that? The doctor said...," said Fabian.
"That I should take it easy. That doesn't mean I just have to lie down all day, I'm fine," said Nina.
Suddenly Patricia burst into the room.
"Trudy got fired," said Patricia.
"Fired?" Asked Amber.
"Why?" Asked Nina.
"There was just some man from the inspection and he wanted to close down the house. But now Victor has fired Trudy, she must go today," said Patricia.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that," said Amber. "But first I'll take you outside," she said.
Amber grabbed the plant and walked out of the room.
In the meantime. Victor was at the ancient ruins and had arranged to meet Raven.
"Hello," said Victor.
"You're too late," said Raven.
"Sorry I got unexpected from the inspector. I had to fire the housemother," said Victor.
"Spare me your excuses. Rather tell me about the truth serum," said Raven.
"Unfortunately it exploded," said Victor.
"What?" Said Raven.
"It was an old book, the recipe was difficult to read. I made a little mistake," said Victor.
"My patience is running out with you Victor," said Raven.
"I now know how to do it, I can fix it. It will not be long," said Victor.
"Then what are you waiting for? Go!" Ordered Raven.
"Yes," said Victor.
Victor walked away and went back to the house. Raven picked up his phone and called someone.
"Yes, with me. I've everything under control here. The inspector has been to Anubis house and I've Jerome in my pocket, only that Rodenmaar is difficult, I'm sure he is hiding something from me. I need you and fast," said Raven.
Back at the house. Amber was in the garden and put the plant down.
"You know, Trudy is never going to leave. I would never let her go," said Amber.
As Amber started crying one or her tears fell on to the plant.
A few hours later and it was almost ten o'clock. Aaron sat in his room listening and reading some music. Amber entered the room and took the headphones off Aaron's head.
"Aaron I need your help," said Amber.
"Amber I'm busy, I need to read this book for English," said Aaron.
"Do that later. It's not about me, it's about Trudy. You want her to stay too, don't you?" Asked Amber.
"Yes," said Aaron.
"Exactly, so come," said Amber.
Aaron put down his book and followed Amber out of the room.
A few moments later. Victor came into his office and turned on the light and saw Amber and Aaron sitting.
"Finally there you are," said Amber.
"Get your feet off desks," said Victor.
Aaron removed his feet from Victor's desk.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Victor.
"Waiting for you. We need to talk," said Amber
"Talk? About what?" Asked Victor.
"Trudy," said Aaron.
"Yes, we want you to revoke her dismissal," said Amber.
"You've nothing to say about that," said Victor.
"We maybe not, but our father does," said Amber.
"As you know our father is one of the school's top donors," said Aaron.
"Yes, so what?" Asked Victor.
"And he will not be pleased to hear that the man who is responsible for his children," said Amber.
"That's you," said Aaron.
"Is spending his time with dead animals and weird explosive experiments," said Amber.
"Trudy has gone mad, she can't handle the work anymore and you know that too, said Victor.
"Then she goes on leave, said Amber.
"We can't afford a leave," said Victor.
"Then you don't pay her. The point here is that if Trudy is better than she comes back," said Amber.
"Well that's settled then," said Aaron.
Amber and Aaron got up and left Victor's office.
The next day. Trudy was at Anubis house and had packed her things and looked around. Trudy walked to the door and turned.
"Bye everyone," said Trudy.
At that same moment, Amber and Aaron walked through the door.
"You didn't think we'd just let you go that easy?" asked Amber.
Aaron whistled and the rest of the residents came.
"I was so afraid I'd never see you again," said Trudy.
"This isn't the last you'll see of us," said Aaron.
"But I'm fired," said Trudy.
"Victor! Shouted Amber.
Victor came down the stairs.
"Would you like to tell Trudy the good news," said Amber.
"After a long deliberation, I have decided that the dismissal will be converted into a leave of absence. an unpaid leave," said Victor.
"So can I come back?" Asked Trudy.
"That's what it looks like, yeah," said Victor.
"I knew it. Victor you're a sweetheart," said Trudy.
"I'll see you in a month," said Victor.
Trudy gave Victor a hug and was happy to keep her job. Trudy released Victor and Victor walked back upstairs.
"And what should I do this month?" Asked Trudy.
"Go on vacation?" Suggested Amber.
"Go on vacation? I don't have the money for that," said Trudy.
"But we do. I arranged this trip through my father, you go to a tropical paradise for a month and "everything will be fine, said Amber, as she handed Trudy a ticket.
"For me?" Asked Trudy.
"Yes," said Amber
"Thank you," said Trudy.
The residents gave Trudy a big group hug, even Jerome joined in.
"I will miss you," said Trudy.
"We you too," said Mara.
An hour later. Jerome was at school and walked to his locker. Jerome opened his locker and saw a note. Jerome picked up the note and began to read.
If you want to know more about how to help your father, come to the park this afternoon.
Jerome put the note in his bag and went to class.
In the meantime in the house. The doorbell rang and Victor opened the door. A woman with blond hair entered. The woman had her dog in her arms.
"Mr. Rodenmaar, I'm Vera Devenish. I've heard you need a new housemother," said Vera.
"That's fast. Where did you hear that?" Asked Victor.
"The company I work for is very fast," said Vera.
"Yes, but this is going a little too fast for me. I've to think about this carefully before starting the application procedure," said Victor.
"No problem, I'll just wait here," said Vera, as she put her dog down.
"No not now ma'am. Come back later," said Victor.
"But then there are a lot of other applicants," said Vera.
"That's the point," said Victor.
"But I'm really the one you're looking for," said Vera.
"No, good day ma'am," said Victor, as he pushed Vera out of the door.
Victor closed the door and the door hit Vera's dog.
"Truman my darling," said Vera.
"I'm sorry I didn't see him. I'm taking him to a vet," said Victor.
Victor picked up the dog and then saw that the dog was filled with straw.
"This dog is stuffed," said Victor
"Yeah so what. You might think that's crazy, but Truman was always my darling and when he died I couldn't just bury him," said Vera.
"No, I don't find that strange at all. If you'll allow me, I'd like to make an effort to fix him," said Victor.
"Can you do that?' Asked Vera.
"If you follow me to my office," said Victor.
Victor walked to his office and Vera followed him.
"Come in. And don't worry, they're all stuffed," said Victor.
"Did you do all that yourself?" Asked Vera.
"Taxidermy is my greatest passion," said Victor.
"That's is why you didn't think it strange that my Truman," said Victor.
"I totally understand. Why would you say goodbye to something you love just because it no longer breathes," said Victor.
"Precisely," said Vera.
"May I show you where my passion began," said Victor.
Victor walked over to his desk and took the cloth off Corbierre.
"This is Corbierre my best friend," said Victor.
"Unbelievable it's fantastic," said Vera.
A few hours later. It was lunchtime and Jerome had gone to jail to visit his father.
"Hey dad," said Jerome.
"Jerome it's nice of you to visit," said Mr. Clarke.
"No problem," said Jerome.
"How are you?" Asked Mr. Clarke.
"I'm fine. And how are you doing?" Asked Jerome.
"Yes, it's going well, just nervous of course for the parole hearing," said Mr. Clarke.
"Yeah, I get that, but it'll be okay dad," said Jerome.
"Glad you believe in that," said Mr. Clarke.
"I don't believe in it, I know it," said Jerome.
Unfortunately for Jerome, the visit was short-lived. Jerome got up and left.
"I'll make sure of that or that," said Jerome.
Later that day, school was over. Amber and Alfie had returned to the house and went into the garden to look at the plant.
"It has grown," said Alfie.
"But it's all slack, I don't think it's going so well," said Amber.
"Maybe it doesn't get enough sun light," said Alfie.
"But the sun shines here all day," said Amber.
"I mean real sun, these plants normally grow in the tropics," said Alfie.
"Do you think it's cold?" Asked Amber.
"Could be," said Alfie.
"Oh, are you cold little plant? I'll take it back inside," said Amber.
Amber took the plant back inside.
At the same time. Jerome was in the park waiting for Mr. Griffin. Mr. Griffin walked over and sat down next to Jerome.
"You have come," said Mr. Griffin.
"Yes, you said you had more information for me," said Jerome.
"How was your father?" Asked Mr. Griffin.
"How do you know that I visited my father?" Asked Jerome.
"I know a lot Jerome and also how you can get your father out," said Mr. Griffin
"How?" Asked Jerome.
"The Ankh is the way to the tomb and the tomb is the way of immeasurable wealth. And with a lot of money we can free your father," said Mr. Griffin.
"What do I have to do for that?" Asked Jerome.
"Bring me the Ankh Jerome," said Mr. Griffin.
Jerome looked serious and nodded his head.
In the meantime at school. Joy was in the computer room with Patricia, Fiona and Otis. Joy checked if her breath was okay.
"Are you ready for it?" Asked Patricia.
"No, not really," said Joy.
"It'll be fine," said Patricia.
"Otis give me the blindfold," said Fiona.
"You'll stay here right?" Asked Joy, as she held Otis' hand
"Yes, I won't leave your side," said Otis.
"Otis will behind the curtain and takes pictures and Fiona and I stand in the hallway and keep an eye on everything," said Patricia.
"Nothing can go wrong," said Fiona.
"Otis you stand behind the curtain and Joy you sit down," said Patricia.
"Okay," said Otis.
Patricia and Fiona helped Joy to sit on the stool and Otis moved behind the curtain.
"We're in the hall," said Fiona.
"Good luck," said Patricia.
"Thank you," said Joy.
Patricia and Fiona went into the hallway.
Back at the house. Victor had repaired Vera's dog.
"Fantastic, you can't be any more of it. You really are a true artist Mr. Rodenmaar," said Vera.
"Just call me Victor, ma'am," said Victor.
"Only if you call me Vera, Victor," said Vera.
Victor and Vera walked downstairs and at the same time Amber and Alfie came upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Asked Victor.
"Upstairs," said Alfie
"What do you have in your hands?" Asked Victor.
"I uh...," said Amber.
"This is our biology project, for biology we need to keep track of a plant," lied Alfie.
"Why are you so secretive about it?" Asked Victor.
"Kids love excitement Victor. So if there isn't one, they just make up their own," said Vera.
"Precisely," said Alfie.
"Who are you anyway?" Asked Amber.
"I'm Vera," said Vera
"Amber, said Amber, as she shook Vera's hand
"Alfie," as he shook Vera's hand.
"She's our new temporary housemother, right? Asked Victor.
"Yes," said Vera.
Back at school. A boy came into the room and gave Joy a kiss and Otis took a picture. Joy didn't like the kiss and grabbed a tissue and wiped her lips.
"Next one," said Joy.
Another boy walked into the room and gave Joy a kiss and Otis took a picture. Again Joy didn't like the kiss. Then Patricia entered the room.
"And?" Asked Patricia.
"It's really awful. If he's really is one of those boys, he's a terrible kisser," said Joy.
"There's still a line outside, so good luck," said Patricia.
"Thank you," said Joy.
Patricia went outside again and Joy put her blindfold back on.
"Next one," said Joy.
But no one came in.
"Next one," said Joy.
But again no one came. Otis came out from behind the curtain and walked over to Joy. Otis leaned forward and kissed Joy for a few seconds. Otis pulled away and went back behind the curtain. And big smile appeared on Joy's face.
"Next one, said Joy.
A pretty handsome looking boy came in and kissed Joy. Otis took the picture. A few moments later. Joy was kissed again and again she didn't like it. Patricia and Fiona entered the room.
"That was the last one," said Patricia.
"Really? Oh thank goodness," said Joy.
"Was it that bad?" Asked Patricia.
"I thought it was terrible, except for number six," said Joy.
"Number six?" Asked Fiona
"That was him," said Joy.
"Your Prince Charming?" Asked Fiona.
"Yes, when he kissed me I got so many butterflies and my bellies and my knees started to shake. He kissed so sweet and soft," said Joy.
"Who is number six?" Asked Fiona.
Patricia grabbed Otis's camera to see who number six was. Who will be in the photo? Who is the person Joy thinks is her secret admirer. Will Otis confess that he kissed Joy?