chapter 48

That must be her boyfriend, Chris thought, well what was he expecting, that she would be single without any guy, but why does it make him feel so bad, he decided not to think much of it and just continue painting

Jane got the kitchen and finally let go of the breath she had been holding in, was he bipolar or something she thought, he was warm few minutes ago all of a sudden he just became cold

Mrs Whitney came into the kitchen "have you served the food?"

"yes I did" she answered "uhmm Estella" she called

"yes you need something?"

"well I want to ask you a question" Jane said

"hope it's not gossip?" Estella asked sarcastically

"no of course not"

"well I thought you've joined the other girls, tell me what is it?"

"I'm just worried about Mr Christopher" she said

"what is it, did he say something to you?"

"no uhmm is he perhaps bipolar?"

"uhhnnn what's that?, speak simple language that I understand girl" Estella sounded irritated

"what I mean is does he have like two personalities, he behaves likes two different persons at times, and it's driving me crazy how am I supposed to work for him when I don't even get him, this minute he's cold, the second minute he's warm, do you have any idea" Jane asked

"well I don't know what you mean, just get back to work and stop gossiping" Estella said in a hurry and left

Jane looked at her suspiciously, she seems to be hiding something, is he sick? she thought again

Grace came into the kitchen and called for her

"hey you, are you busy at the moment?" she asked

"uhmm no, not yet" Jane replied

"come with me" she said

Jane followed her to her room

"I'm having issues deciding which jewelry to wear for the party, you mind helping me pick" Grace asked

"not at all ma'am" she replied

"miss grace is fine"

"yes miss grace"

grace brought out most of her jewelries, and placed them on them on the bed

Jane gazed at them, she has never in her life seen something so beautiful in her life, they were simply spectacular, she would never be able to afford such she could help but drool

"wow, they are so beautiful" she commented

Grace smiled and said "you like them?"

"who wouldn't?" Jane said still unable to take her eyes away from them

"well I don't, they are far too many beautiful things in life other than jewelry, don't you think?"

"I totally agree" Jane said nodding her head in agreement

"I actually didn't call you here because of the jewelry it was just an excuse to bring you here, I won't be using any of this today, my mom insisted I get a new set since the party is a very important one, it's my Christopher's welcome party and we've not had such in a long time" Grace explained

"oh I see" what a waste she thought

"I called you here because of my brother" Grace started

"I heard your conversation with Estella"

"uhmm, I really didn't mean to ask that I was just a bit worried for him" Jane explained, she felt she was in trouble for real this time, she must have thought she insulted him

"no it's okay, it's absolutely fine to be worried about your boss"

"I just want to tell you a bit of what happened five years ago, sit down"

Jane sat on the couch where Grace was sitting

Five years ago, my brother had a girlfriend but she cheated on him with his best friend

Jane gasped ' who will dare cheat on Mr Christopher ' she thought

"I know right but she did, and my brother was so heartbroken, he had caught them in bed, but we don't know where he went to after that, the next morning" Grace mood changed as she was about to talk and her eyes became teary

"the next morning" she said and paused again, "am sorry" she wiped the tears that had fallen on her cheek

"it's totally fine miss" Jane said

"the next morning, we found him in the pool of his own blood, he had stabbed himself in the chest"

Jane covered her mouth with her hand "what?" she almost screamed

"he almost lost his life, the wound was close to his heart, it was obvious that he wanted to kill himself, we got him treated and fortunately he survived, but he has not been the same ever since, he lost control of his emotions and mind, it was really horrible, he stopped being the sweet elder brother I know, he became cold and distant" she paused again, this time she was already crying

"that was why mom and dad had to send him abroad to get treated and he's just coming back yesterday ever since" Grace explained

"so that explains his mood swings and cold attitude" Jane said

"I'm not just saying this to make excuses for him but for yourself as well, so try not to take whatever he says or do to heart, he's a broken man, and we can only hope he changes" Grace concluded

"I hope so too" Jane said sadly

"thank you very much for telling me, Estella wouldn't say anything"

"well it's a forbidden topic in this house and wherever, you must tell anyone and no one can know I told you anything, it's reason I brought you up here" Grace said

"well thank you very much then, I will get going now, I still have a lot to do" Jane said

"wait you like this don't you, I saw how you were looking at it" Grace said holding one of the diamond jewelry in her hands

"well yes, it's really beautiful" Jane said feeling a bit embarrassed, she didn't want her having a bad impression on her

"no need to be shy, it's totally okay to like good things, I loved it when I first saw it too, you can have it" Grace said pointing it towards her