Amanda 6.1

Saturday, May 1, 6:30 pm.

I put on the set of maid costumes and went to the address written in the letter. When I arrived, it's already dark. I peeped into the house from an iron gate about three times as tall as myself. I exclaimed: "It's huge."

The expansive courtyard illuminated by the light and the luxurious chandelier-like glory of the ocean, under the ultramarine sky, it is an overwhelming sense of existence. It was a scene that felt like it would appear in postcards.

I ring the doorbell.

After a while, someone answered.

"Hello."

It is a steady male voice. Maybe a housekeeper.

"I am Amanda. I came to the interview for the maid."

After that, there's a long silence. I had a bad feeling.

The man finally said confusedly:

"I am sorry, this house does not currently recruit a maid..."

Really! It's a prank! The letter was fake, and Gunars has nothing to do with this.

No, wait. There's a stamp on the letter.

I put the seal in front of the doorbell's camera.

"But I received this letter. Look at it here, stamped. You see, look."

"Where did you get this letter?"

"By expressage, along with this maid costume."

After another long silence, the man said:

"I will confirm it, please wait a moment here."

Then the call was cut off.

After a few minutes.

A man came over from the stone road connecting the foreign house and the main entrance. He is wearing a housekeeping style black clothing with white hair and a light expression. He opened the door for me, and bow respectfully.

"Our mistakes have caused you inconvenience, I am very sorry, Miss Amanda. I am servant Corry. Please come in, this way. "

What will happen inside?

I followed Mr. Corry and walked on a stone road that lit up on both sides of the runway.

As the distance is shortened, the shape of the foreign pavilion is clear. This is a two-story building with a flat roof.

You can hear the sound of water flowing in your ear. A little further, you can see that there is a small river flowing around the foreign pavilion. So rich.

Crossing the creek from the bridge, you reach the entrance porch attached to the front of the fan-shaped front section. Go on a short step and come in front of the grand gate.

Mr. Corry opened the door and said to me, "Please come in." I entered the hall.

I was surprised to see a red car not far from the door.

We walked in with shoes.

Going straight for a while, there is a door on the curved wall in front of us.

Passing through the door, I entered a rotunda hall. There are many doors arranged at equal intervals on the wall of the hall. There is a very thick cylinder in the center, there are many doors on the cylinder.

Four young adults came out from one of the doors to enter the hall.

One is a mushroom head + a slightly fat figure.

One is a young man who looks good, but the natural dark circles around his eyes give a little demonic impression.

One is the blonde standing upright, wearing a very special earring made of a lot of paper clips, earrings attached to the ears and lips. Looks like the hoods.

One is a girl who looks ordinary.

They have different images and their reaction of seeing me is perfectly divided into two categories.

The devil's eye circle and the paper clip are the same as the young one who sent the package to me, they exclaimed. Well, I am too pretty to not exclaimed.

On the other hand, chubby guy and the girl did not react so enthusiastically. They may thinking "who is this." Well, I can understand that girl has no reaction, but what about the chubby guy, why didn't he also exclaimed at my beauty?! Maybe he's not interested in women?

The devil eye circle raised the question as a representative:

"Corry, who is she?"

"Ah, she is a guest."

Corry did not make more introductions, but opened another door and urged me to go inside.

That room should be the reception room. A man with white hair and soft face, just entering the old age, sat on the sofa. He is Gunars himself who I found his photos online.

When Gunars saw me, he also exclaimed. But he tried to calm down, with a steady tone that does not match the looks:

"Welcome, please sit down."

We sit opposite each other on the sofa through a glass table. Mr. Corry closed the door and stayed indoors near the door.

The wall behind Gunars is decorated with a landscape painting. It is a watercolor with the same gentleness as him.

He began to talk by praising me.

"Oh, oh, you are sooooo beautiful."

"No, no..."

Gunars continued:

"Such beautiful woman like you can work here as a maid, we are honored. Right, Corry?"

"Exactly."

Mr. Corry said.

From the speech just made it is certain that Gunars is planning to hire me as a maid. Mr. Corry does not know about this, is it simply because Gunars forgot to tell him. Maybe Gunars want to take the maid as a disguise, and make me his lover?

Gunars said with a sorry tone:

"So, in order to be sure, can you to show me the letter and identification I sent you?"

I handed the letter to him first, Gunars was frowning and staring at the letter. This attitude is like seeing this letter for the first time.

What the hell is it?

Gunars looked up.

"Then please let me see the proof of identity."

Gunars put down the letter and took the student ID from me.

"Oh, it's T High. It's amazing. You are pretty and at the same time smart! But if you are a high school student, it is still a bit difficult to go to work on weekdays?"

"Yes. I need to study at day time, I have to work at night, so in fact, except for weekends and legal holidays..."

"What about your cleaning and cooking abilities..."

"Definitely no problem."

I said it confidently.

"Oh, that's really reliable. We have a five days holiday from today. Then please stay here from tonight to May 5th. Help us with the housework. Five days and four nights, 3,000USD, okay? "

Such a rich guy. Of course I'd love to!

"I agree!"

I decided immediately.

"Oh, that's really a big help. Do you know that I'm the boss of the company 'Another'?"

"Of course."

"That's great. It was too busy at the beginning of May this year. Corry is our secretary and driver and housekeeper and cooker, it's like everything is on him."

"Impressive."

I said, Mr. Corry nodded slightly.

Gunars continues to say:

"The burden of going on in this way is too heavy for him. So I decided to hire someone who could do his housework instead."

"I understand the situation. But why did you choose me?"

"I heard from people I know, you are a high school student who can manage all the housework and can stay overnight at the guests' places."

Who is it, I am searching in my mind among all those guests, but Gunars didn't give me the name, so I decided not to ask for it.

"I want to explain your business to my family. Please sit here and wait a moment."

Gunars stood up. So not only Corry doesn't know about me, Gunars also kept a secret from his family.

Gunars went to the doorway, and Mr. Corry opened the door - with the "wow", all four of them are just standing close to the door, trying to eavesdropping.

"Why are you eavesdropping here?" Gunars said, somewhat troubled, and then turned to me "Sorry about that."

The demon eye circle once again raised the question as a representative:

"But this is very interesting. The beautiful girl wearing a maid costume suddenly visits here to be our maid. As I known, we have never recruited anybody else besides Corry."

The other three also whispered, "How come suddenly?" "Unnessesary?" Yes, I feel a little frustrated.

"I will tell you guys the reason now."

Gunars said, and he closed the door.

There are only two of us in the room, me and Corry. He stood in front of the door like a gatekeeper, and there's silence. I am the only one sitting, so I asked:

"It's been tired to stand still. Why don't you sit down?"

I patted on the side, and Mr. Corry refused:

"No, I can't sit down without the permission of the owner."

"Then I will stand up too."

I stood up, and Corry smiled awkwardly.

"This way I will be embarrassed."

"No problem. I will sit down at the moment the door opens."

"Okay then."

Corry seems like an easy going person. It should be easy to work with him.

I stood and asked him:

"Are you the worker for the company 'Another'?"

"No, I am directly employed by Mr. Gunars."

"Have you been working here for a long time?"

"Yeah, it has been 20 years now."

"Wow, there must be a strong trust relationship between you guys."

"Yes."

Before I want to ask more, the door was opened, I sat down quickly.

"I have already explained to the children. Everyone is waiting in the cafeteria now. Usually Corry and we are not eating in the same place, but today we want to introduce and welcome Miss Amanda, so everyone will eat together. "

We came to the hall and turned into another door.

Inside is the cafeteria. There is a big dining table in it that can play tennis on. Four children are sitting at the table. There's another door at the far side of this canteen.

Gunars said:

"Then please finish your first mission. Help Corry brings the food from the kitchen next door."

"Okay."

"This way." said Mr. Corry.

Following him to the kitchen, the devil eyes said to me:

"I was sorry just now. The matter is really too sudden, scaring me. But a woman like you, I am super welcome."

The ordinary girl looked at us coldly.

I entered the door with Mr. Corry, the restaurant and kitchen were directly connected through the door.

The kitchen is also very amazing. There are French dishes I have never seen before.

"Amazing, have you worked in a place like a high class restaurant?"

I asked Corry, he smiled.

"I learned it myself."

"OMG."

I noticed one thing.

"So, it will be my turn to cook tomorrow. The pressure is huge."

Although I'm good at cooking, I can't make these high class dishes.

"No problem. They are tired of my cooking. I think your food will bring them fresh feelings."

"If that's it, then it will be fine."

The two of us started serving the food.

When we put the last plate on the table, the door on the side of the hall opened. Coming in is a Gothic girl. Is she the fifth child of this family?

The Gothic woman looked at me and it seems that she still doesn't know about me. She looked shocked.

The Gothic woman quickly recovered her calmness and said in a tone that sounded even arrogant: "She is?"

"She is the newly hired maid, Amanda." Gunars replied.

"I haven't heard of this."

Gothic woman shows dissatisfaction. Gunars smiled and said:

"Oh, I will explain, sit down. Everybody, sit down please."

The Gothic woman was frustrated then sat down. Me and Corry are also sitting down.

"Well, all are ready."

Gunars's tone seems to be in a good mood.

The so-called arrival of all members means that the residents of this family are eight people: me, Corry, Gunars, chubby guy, demon eye circles, paper clips, ordinary girl, and gothic girl. Without a wife, is it divorce or death?

While I was thinking about it, Gunars had explained to the gothic woman about the situation.

"I understand the situation. But then, why not tell me in advance?"

"It's quite urgent, sorry about that."

Although Gunars said so, she didn't accept the reason. Several other children also have the same feelings.

Looking at this group of people, I gradually felt a little weird.

Is it possible to hire an employee without telling any family members?

Very suspicious.

And Gunars 's attitude while reading the letter was --

He didn't know about this letter before and he decided to hire me AFTER reading the letter, but not before. It's like he didn't send me this letter.

But is this possible? If the letter was just a prank, just send me back. What does he want from me?

His soft smiley face suddenly became frightening.

Gunars raised a glass of champagne.

"Welcome Miss Amanda, cheers."

The table was not the distance that the cups could touch each other. Most people, including me, just moved the cup a bit. The gothic girl didn't even move the cup.

However, Gunars didn't care about this, and after taking a sip, he said:

"Now it's impossible for Amanda to tell who you are. Me and Corry have already introduced ourselves. You guys should also introduced yourselves."

"It's unnecessary." The gothic girl said. "It's better to let Corry explain to her later."

"Just talk about your name and hobbies."

"I won't explain my hobbies! Also my name..."

Gunars said nothing, but stared at her with a calm smile. She staggered her eyes, but finally yielded.

"Okay, okay, I will do it."

She stood up and said arrogantly:

"I am Fire."

Interesting name. She glared at me.

"You think this name is strange."

"No, not at all."

"No need to pretend. Give me such a bizarre name. I hate my parents forever."

It looks like she doesn't like her name.

I glanced at Gunars.

"It seems you are a bit misunderstood, let me make it clear. I am not Gunars's daughter, but his wife."

"OMG, but you are too--"

I swallowed the second half of the sentence back.

Too young. She seem to be about 25 years old. Gunars is near the age of 60. The age difference is too far, and it is impossible to give birth to four children who are all around 20 years old.

No wonder she's angry at me. Because she's Gunars's wife.

"Humph."

Fire sat back in her seat unhappily.

"We can introduce in the order of the seats. The next one is Hearty, please. Ah yes, no need to stand up." Gunars said.

"Why don't you say it when I stand up!" Miss Fire said angrily.

"Oh, I don't want to make you embarrassed."

Generally speaking, I thought with this kind of age gap, and because of Gunars's wealthy life, his wife must be that kind of woman that will listen to the husband no matter what, but turns out Fire is so easy to get angry and always make trouble out of nothing. But Gunars seems like he doesn't care about it, also smiling while he looks at her. Maybe they are the right one for each other. Suitable for each other.

Then, if you count in the order of seats, the next one is the chubby guy.

"I'm the eldest son, Hearty."

His voice was very low, sounds strong. But contrary to his strong voice, he himself bowed his head, gives others a weak impression.

"Bro, are you finished?" the demon's eyes said, "It's my turn next. I'm the second son Gilbert. I can play guitar. I formed a band in college, and I also like fishing. "

I think the contrast between the band and fishing is quite big, but Gunars is happy, he said:

"I also like fishing very much. He will accompany me to go fishing on holidays."

"What's Amanda's hobby?" Gilbert threw the question at me.

I was speechless for a while.

After much thought, I expressed that interest.

"Detective."

Gilbert's expression froze, even Gunars's. Some others also froze at my answer.

Is the word detective prohibited? But why?

So that is what I thought: Gunars didn't send me the invitation himself, because when he read the invitation I gave him, it feels like he's reading it for the first time. Then he stayed calm and pretended he invited me there to be his maid. So there must be someone sending me the invitation, since there's the family stamp on the invitation, so the sender must be one of the person here, exactly the same person on this dining table.

It turns out that Gunars also want to find out who this person is.

Actually I don't know who he or she is. So I can only wait for the other party to contact me. What is the purpose of this person, getting me here——

I was thinking, Gunars coughed and said:

"Gilbert, is your self-introduction over?"

"Yes, it is."

"Then next, World, it's your turn."

But the paper clip didn't answer.

"World."

After Gunars urged, the paper clip said mockingly:

"Stop this farce. It's not an elementary school class."

"World!"

Gunars rarely strengthened his tone:

"World?"

I whispered to Mr. Corry on the side. Mr. Corry also whispered:

"World is his name." Interesting.

World refused to speak. Gunars didn't know what to do, and there was nothing he could do about him.

At this point, someone spoke.

"You can't force someone to talk if they don't want to."

It's the ordinary girl.

"You already know his name is World, let me introduce myself. My name is Karen. Me and World, we are both high school students. Okay. The introduction time is over."

She quickly ended the conversation on her own and began to eat the food. Gunars opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

It seemed that, contrary to her rustic appearance, she was a person of strong will.

Because of the amount of input, I'm going to sort it out for the moment.

Gothic girl... Fire, wife.

Chubby guy...........Hearty, eldest son, graduate student.

Evil eye... Gilbert, second son, college student.

Paper clip... World, the third son, a high school student.

Ordinary girl... Karen, eldest daughter, high school student.

Finally, the dinner was over.