Chapter 2: Sir or Servant
5 Years Later, Present Day
To Angelo's surprise, Elijah had grown into a fine young gentleman.
Sure, there were some days in which Elijah would make a complete fool of himself, but there were also days in which he would outshine Angelo himself.
Well, today is the day where he would have to put away all childish thoughts and become a proper young gentleman.
Why?
It's because today is the day he finally finds a proper woman to court. And as luck would have it, today is also the day he meets his future wife.
"Elijah!" Angelo yelled at the top of his lungs, all the way from downstairs. "Get down here right now! The first carriages are arriving!"
Elijah was frantically trying to fix his hair while at the same time fixing the cuffs on his suit.
He had no time to comb through his hair once more and quickly tied it into a ponytail. Ofcourse, by doing this his hair wasn't as neat as it should be, but it was too late to fix it.
He quickly ran downstairs with a strand of hair covering his left eye.
His uncle's house was very spacious and he almost got dizzy by how many stairs there were.
Just when Peter was about to open the door for the first set of guests, Elijah swiftly positioned himself next to Angelo and put on a bright smile.
For a split second, Elijah received a disappointed smile from his uncle.
Peter opened the door to welcome in their guests.
"Good afternoon Mr. and !" Angelo chimed. The three of them then gave a polit bow to show respect.
The Rossenwerts gave Angelo and Peter firm handshakes and made their way into the parlor.
It was as if Elijah was nothing but air.
His brother's gave him sympathetic looks, but the same thing happened with the other guests.
In these brief moments, Elijah realized that he probably looked like a servant with his hair out of place.
Compared to his brother's, he looked like an errand boy.
Realizing that he was probably just being an inconvenience to the rest of the guests, Elijah decided to help out at the parlor.
Elijah took the place of the servants and handed out glasses and wine to guests.
Some recognized him, while others didn't. It was fine. He was used to being "the other brother". Once majority of the guests settled down, Angelo, Peter and Elijah mingled with the guests.
Some were gentle, old soles while others were young lords and ma'ams. A quarter of their guests were sultry young women, but majority of the guests were fine, young gentleman that worked with none-other than Georgia Washington.
Georgia Washington was the first ever female general, she was also the best one. attended their balls before and the sight of her alone amazed him.
As always, Angelo was the star of the show. He was wooing the ladies and amazing the men with his wits.
As for Peter, he was having a delightful conversation with one of the Van Rensselaer daughter's, Stephanie.
Elijah still continued handing out wine and tarts, when he heard a knock on the door.
Assuming that a servant heard it, he continued with his job. To his surprise no one answered the door.
He gently placed the food platter onto one of the wooden tables and excused himself from the room.
Taking a deep breath, he answered the door.