Chapter Forty-five

Bella woke up that evening to an empty bed, he was not by her side but then she thought that probably, he was in his room, tired, exhausted and waiting for her to keep him company. She got up gradually and went to his room, the door was open. He was back, her eyes lit up but then, when she got to the bedroom, she saw that hateful man. Alfredo was packing some document of the sort from the safe and was replacing the lock code. Bella met his sudden gaze, "What in God's name are you doing here miss? ", he asked her suddenly, causing her to shudder as his intense gaze of hate grew. Bella was shocked, "Um.. um... ", she was finding the right words to say while he stood up with eyebrows raised. Finding her voice suddenly, she said, "I thought Jay was back so I came to welcome him. I hadn't expected to see you instead ". He weighed her with his eyes and was walking past her, stopping close to her side, he said, "You'll be nothing but the death of him". With these bitter words, he left the room leaving her standing there lost.  It was obvious that the man did not like her, he probably saw her like some sort of threat but then the question came, where was Jay and why was Alfredo the one picking up documents. Was he practically trying to avoid her because of what had happened, she became uncomfortable. She felt used and stupid, she could feel the cauldron of emotions boiling in her, she sat down on the bare floor and cried her soul out. She should have known her place, she should have known that Jay Martins was not her class. He was way up there, she was a nobody compared to his might. Now he obviously thought of her as nothing but some sort of burden and wanted to do away with her. Was the casino outing a test, this and a lot more travelled around her mind. She was naive. What sensible girl would fall into the arms of her captor and even freely have sex with him without giving it a second thought if not Anabelle Skye. When she had cried herself to stupor, you might say, she picked herself up and went into her room for a wash. She had made a mistake and she was going to amend it certainly this time. She was going to complete her six months stay here helping the maidss, at least having something tangible to do to n money for  mistake a month ago. That day, she freshened up and went down to assist with dinner making. 

As soon as the maids saw her in the kitchen, they were alarmed. The boss had already called them secretly to warn them never to let her work but now, Bella was going around doing things. They had to stop her, someone had to but the question was who. They all kept casting glances on each other and finally everyone connected their gaze with Theresa, the oldest. The middle aged woman muttered a 'What? ", when she noticed what was going on. They nudged her to tell Bella who was looking confused from their attitude. So much for being the oldest Theresa thought. "Miss Bella ", she started walking calmly to Bella, "It's Bella, just Bella ", she was corrected by the good natured girl. "Alright, Bella. You see, the man would not want you working here, how about you go wait with some apples in the dining area? Dinner would soon be ready ", she suggested. Bella gave a light hearted laughter when she heard 'the man '. Was that what they called Jay ,"Pardon me, pardon me ma'am. But you have to agree with me that the house is really boring. I just want to assist a little please, please... Please mama ", she said bringing in her puppy eyes, Theresa was defeated. But soon, the kitchen was full of chatters and laughter, everything was fun.