I sat at the breakfast table with Michelle and took some sausage from the plate in the middle of the table. I could also smell pancakes being baked in the kitchen next door.
"Good Morning Leon!" Michelle smiled, with a face full of sausage
"Mm." I nodded to her.
"Aww, is my wittle Leon tired?" Leanne asked, getting uncomfortably close to me.
"Uh..." I tried to lean away
"Pancakes!" Michelle cheered when Ms. Coleman, the head cook, came out with a large plate full of the freshly cooked breakfast pastry.
Leanne leaned away to see why Michelle was son excited. Silly, because Michelle is always excited.
"Alright guys, here you go." She set the plate on the table, "Where are the Vargas twins?"
"I dunno." Michelle said shoving pancakes into her mouth, she had to get her daily energy excess from somewhere.
"Yeah, they usually come running whenever good food is available." Leanne said thoughtfully.
"You bastard! You better apologize RIGHT NOW!" speak of the devil, she was just down the hall, in the laundry room.
I wonder what's got her pissed off now.
"Chiara! It's okay! You don't have to be angry." Daisy tried to calm her hot-headed sister down.
"It is NOT okay! Apologize right now before I tear your nose right off of your head!"
"I don't understand why I'm apologizing!" an annoying, masculine voice tried to reason
Michelle jumped out her seat and sped down the hall, screaming "Gilbert!"
He was back, the 'awesome' Gilbert. I sighed and followed the mulatto girl to the laundry room. When I got there she was already climbing all over him and telling him how much she'd missed him. I guess no matter how annoying, Gil would always be our older brother figure, and Michelle adored him for that.
"Hey there, munchkin." he laughed, a furious Chiara still had smoke coming out her ears.
"What did Gil do?" Leanne asked from behind me.
"He bumped mi sorella!" Chiara fumed
"It's really okay! I wasn't hurt or anything!" Daisy squeaked
"You have broken your leg from tripping before, you klutz!" Chiara yelled
Her sister cowered.
"Oh, sorry sorella." Chiara's tone softened
"If that's ho angry she gets over something like that, I don't wanna be around when she gets mad over something important." Leanne whispered to me
I would've laughed, if I wasn't too busy being surprised by her close proximity. It took a second before I calmed down enough to pay attention to my surroundings again.
"So why didn't you come home sooner?" Leanne asked Gilbert "I thought you would."
"Oh, so sorry to disappoint you princess." Gilbert teased
Leanne got an irritated aura surrounding her soon after.
"No! I just got word that you would be coming sooner. That's all." She argued
"Word from where?" Gilbert raised his eyebrow, confused.
"I'll never tell." Leanne was smug now.
"Alright kids-" Mrs. Jacob a.k.a. the Warden said walking into the laundry room.
"I'm not a kid!" Gilbert and Chiara yelled at the same time.
Warden rolled her eyes. The warden wasn't the kindest woman, and she was strict as all hell, thus her name. She wasn't quite fat, more like muscular. I could never guess her age more specifically than over fifty. She always wore a stained apron and the weirdest plaid dresses. Leanne simply despised them.
"Alright people, time to eat. All of you have stuff to do after breakfast-"
"Even me?" Gilbert asked
"Yes, especially you." She glared.
She was getting irritated from being interrupted by Gilbert.
"So go eat. All of you." She commanded
We did. It would be worse than suicide to defy Warden.
As we ate, Leanne chattered on about the most random things, as usual. It would worry me if she was quiet. Occasionally, Chiara or Michelle would respond to her senseless babble. For Chiara, it was usually 'Shut up.' or 'No one cares'. Daisy just watched Leanne, with her usual euphoric smile and bright eyes. I hopped she wasn't actually absorbing any of Leanne's chatter, for her own sanity's sake.
"Hey Leon!" Michelle suddenly interjected
"Hm?" I looked at the girl
"I found a secret passageway yesterday! You wanna explore with me after breakfast?" Michelle asked
"Mm-hm." I nodded
"Mind if I tag along?" Leanne asked
"Nope!" Michelle was more than happy to have Leanne come.
She viewed it as an adventure, now that there were three of us. After breakfast, Michelle led us to the third floor of the mansion. The library was up here, where we had our lessons.
"Here!" she said turning to open a door
When she tried, the door was locked.
"Looks like the doors locked. You sure it was this door?" Leanne asked
"Yeah! I mean..." she looked down, disappointed. "It was."
"It's okay. I'm sure that there are other ways to get into the secret passage. This is a pretty old house."
"Yeah, okay." Michelle sighed
"C'mon, I think it's time for our lessons." Leanne walked toward the library.
Michelle and I followed her.
Entry 3
Today I saw Mei running around outside. I'm so grateful that she is getting better. Yong Soo and I are barely able to pay for her medicine with both of our salaries, and the both of us become even more tired every night. I'm so afraid, if either of us get fired...
I don't want to think about it.
Today I caught the owner's son following me. He tried to explain in Mandarin that he was just exploring the factory, but he was so terrible. Luckily Mother thought to teach the three of us English, so I could speak to him better.
He was so funny, and he...
I think I have a crush! Oh, this is so strange. I shouldn't be falling for some rich boy foreigner when I have to be concerned about Mei's health!
I hope I see him again tomorrow.
He stared out of the car's window. Both of his children were quiet, occupied by their new Ipads. Amelia had begged and begged until he caved.
"Aurthur, are you alright?" Marianne asked
"Huh? Oh, yes of course. Just a little tired from the trip."
She smiled and put her hand over his.
"I understand. But we'll be there soon. It was so nice of your father to bring us here for the summer. The girls are going to have such a good time."
"Yeah." he smiled at his wife
What is the bastard planning now? He asked himself, staring out of the window at the lush greenery.
First appearance by Arthur! I might not be updating for a while, since I'm going to be in Georgia. I'll try to update by Saturday, but who knows?
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