CHAPTER 28

"...so this is the study room, this one next to it is the ballroom, we're pretty wealthy though" Arrie smiled as she showed me around

"Lady Arrie, your mother calls for you." A woman of about 45years old announced to her.

"Oh I'll talk later." She said and skipped away, and I was left alone again, sure hope that creepy direct questioned stern man won't catch me again.

I walked about, stopping at a few pictures

"Finally! Found you, I was beginning to think you were lost."

"Hi Lyle, Good morning." I said and gave him a hug

"Same, how's your morning going?" He asked

"Well, apart from the beautiful breakfast in bed, which I'm very grateful for, my morning has been quite boring I guess." I said the truth

"Well well... What do you intend doing then?" He smiled a little

"Oh I don't know, do you have anything in mind?" I asked him

"Well..."

Waiting for the time to pass you by

Hope the winds that change will change your mind

I can give a thousand reasons why

N I know you

N you've got to...

"Omg! I love that song, where's it playing from? I mean its like... My favourite song!" I said and sang along with the song coming from nowhere

"Make it on your own but

We don't have to grow up

We can stay forever young

Living on my sofa

Drinking on my cola underneath the rising sun— oh my... I gotta find out where its playing from" I said as I dragged Lyle towards the sound of the song

"Wait! Where do you know you're going, you might just end up in someone else's room, or worse my mom's, trust me sometimes she listens to songs too" he queried

"Oh I st–"

"Sir Lyle you're being called by your mother." The same woman who called Arrie called him

"Bye, I'll check it out, and tell you when you're back!" I said and ran to where the song was coming from

I came to a big balcony, with beautiful rails that faced the beautiful garden at the back of the mansion, the song was much more louder here, more like it was coming from the room that was located not far away from the balcony, I just decided to stay here, and not to go into the room.

And behold my favourite part of the song which was the chorus was about to begin, and when it did, I just couldn't hold back my tongue I just sang out loud

"All you have to do is stay

A minute

Just take

Your time

The clock

Is ticking

So stay!

All you have to do is wait

A second

Your hands

On mine

The clock

is ticking

So stay!"

The wonderful beating Began

"All you have to do is (beating again)"

"Who's there?" A male voice boomed from a corner on the balcony, somewhere not seen because of the curved big balcony ad I'm like

'uh-oh...'

"Uhm... I'm sorry, I'll leave now, I just wanted to listen to the song, its my favourite, sorry."I said in my British accent which I've been faking ever since I got here, I was leaving but the voice which sounded too familiar said again

"Wait! You can stay, come this way." I think that's the 'Eddie' their older brother they've been talking about, and he soundedalmost like Kyle

I walked around to the other side of the balcony only to hit disappointment face to face, this guy had sandy blond hair, almost the colour of Lyle's, only darker and his back was facing me, he was sitting though.

"Uh... Hi." I said as I decided to stay behind him

"Hi." Was his short reply

He must not be one to talk much and he sounded a bit gloomy

"Are you okay? you seem a bit grumpy."

"I'm fine." I heard him mumble

"Okay, so are you Lyle's brother, Eddie?" I asked, you know curiosity got the best of me

"Yeah, I guess I am." He sounded more like he was asking me that as a question, I heard him sniffle

"Hey, are you okay? You seem like you're having an emotional breakdown right now." I asked resting a sympathetic hand on his right shoulder

"Its nothing, I'm just going through a fit that's all." He said coldly and shrugged off my hand, which I took lightly, I'm not one to hold grudges against small issues.

I laughed at what he had just said

"I thought only girls went through fits." I said, trying to lighten the mood, but I guess he caught it on the wrong note

"You know what?! Just leave me the fuck alone, my mom might have sent you here to spy on me and all who knows? Even if she didn't, you maids won't stick your noses in your own businesses Just leave me alone okay?!" He caught me off guard, totally, One, he thought I was a spy, two, even worse, he thinks I'm a maid, and three, he thinks I'm nosy, I guess the third is a bit considerate.

"Oh... I'm so sorry, I'll be leaving now, I see you're not very comfortable with my presence here, I'll go... and... I am not a maid." I said and walked to the other side of the balcony and he stopped me yet again

"Wait! I'm sorry, I'm just an emotional wreck right now, I wasn't thinking, even if you were maid, I shouldn't have spoken to you that way, I'm sorry, its just... Just that everything is just shit for me now and I don't know how to handle all of it." He said and turned his chair to face me and I laughed out my stomach

"Why are you wearing sleeping masks?" I asked

"Cause I'm not ready to see anyone's face, I just want to be remembering hers." Whoa, he got a girlfriend and is that the reason he's like this? Wow

"Okay, I'm Mayors by the way, Tiara Mayors." I said and his facial expression changed, he truly was 'beautiful' as Tara would call him, even with his sleeping mask on. But I swear I have no intentions with him, I just wanna find Kyle, pour out my anger, and maybe reconcile then leave Denmark as quick as possible.

"Oh wow, now I'm beginning to imagine things." He said as he slumped in his chair, what the hell does he mean

"What?" I asked

"Never mind." He said coldly once again, seriously, this guy's mood changes as fast as light, one minute warm, the other, cold, how nice. Its a good thing Kyle wasn't like this.

"Okay." I replied a little angry at his responses, no wonder they hardly have any fun with him at all, but again, who wandered into his fucking territory?

Oh wait! I did!

He didn't reply to my comment

"I'll go now." I said and was exiting

"You can come here anytime you want." His sentence baffled me, what's with this guy and stopping me from leaving?

"But I do not see my presence here useful to anyone at all." I queried because it was the truth, he doesn't seem okay with me being here at this moment.

"There are only very few girls that I find myself comfortable with, surprisingly, you're one of them and I've not even seen you yet." He said as he adjusted his sleeping mask

"Okay, I'll leave now, and please don't stop me again." I said frustrated, he didn't even say anything meaningful, except for his annoyance for his 'her', even that, I don't even have much of an idea about, he always changes the subjects.

"Bye." He said

I walked away, back to the hallway and I saw Lyle run to me

He looked frustrated

"I had a feeling you'd be in there, but I just couldn't gain as much confidence to walk in there, with my brother whom I have not seen face to face since I got back. So you saw him, I can't believe you, you got in there all because of a song? I mean like don't you have it on your phone?" He said with a quizzical face

"Sorry, obviously my stupidity got the best of me." I said

"No, you're not stupid. So! How is he, what does he look like?" He asked like he couldnt remember what his own family looks like. As if Catching my expression he continued "No– sorry, its been three years since I last saw him, he never calls and I never had his contact." He said, how can you never have your brothers contact? That's an odd one.

"Okay, well... He's cute, or beautiful as Tara would say, he has long blonde hair and he was wearing a sleeping mask, so I could not make out his other prominent features." I shrugged, "his nose was red, I don't even know if he'd been crying and he kept on talking about a 'her' apparently, she might be his girllfriend."

"Oh he has one now? Last I remember he used to hate girls and was never comfortable with them, he felt all of them were trying to flirt with him, I'm even surprised he didn't send you out of his room, because on normal circumstances, he wouldn't even have a second thought about it, by the way let's change the topic, would you like to go out? Maybe to the movies or to play some games?" He asked and grinned showing off his sparkly teeth.

"I would love to, at least I'll have a tour." I grinned and just then I had a call from Kendra Daszle.