Chapter 5

On Tuesday, as scheduled, a car and driver come to pick me up from home. I packed just some basic clothes and my necessities along with the few wigs I have. I put my luggage in the boot and entered the car. I start scrolling through the email I received from Mr Ross last night but I didn't have the strength to start checking it.

JOB DESCRIPTION AS LILY'S NANNY:

* Your number one priority while on this job is Lily. If you leave the house together, under no circumstances should you let her out of your sight.

* Make sure she has had her breakfast before she leaves for school, she has her lunchbox and she has her dinner on time.

* She should be tucked into bed by 9pm latest.

* If her friends come over, make sure they don't go anywhere other than Lily's room, the living hall and the dining hall. Of course, they can use the gaming room and home theatre. If they want to swim, there should be supervision under the condition that you can swim.

* You are to assist her in her school assignments and projects that you are capable of doing.

I hope I have space for myself in all these. I will also have to go and see my sister. I will just work my way around it, I guess. I can't even swim to save my life. I tried my luck once and I almost ended up with the angels. So swimming is not in the works for now.

I guess he also knows about my academic qualifications hence the additional job description. Of course, he knows. The man apparently ran a background check on me. Well, as long as she allows me to help her with assignments, why not? I continue reading the email.

RULES YOU MUST ABIDE WHEN IN ROSS MANSION

* Under no circumstances should you leave the house without a guard.

* You should not be in my office, room or study without explicit permission from me.

* You should never lay hands on Lily or use insulting words against her. If she offends you, report to me.

* Cussing is strictly prohibited.

* If you are going somewhere personal, it shouldn't be up to five hours maximum and I should be informed first.

* No lovers are allowed in my premises.

* Any sign of stealing will result in instant termination.

Am I working a job or living in a boarding school? I don't really have a choice but to adhere to these rules though. Of course, I wouldn't have had any issues if the people I was working for were pleasant. I guess it's also a good thing I don't have a boyfriend. Anyways, half bread is better than none.

We eventually get to the house and Sheila takes me to my new room. It's safe to say that the room is the size of the apartment. The soft looking bed is not too big neither is it too small. It's just perfect!

The room is painted cream and has just a few furniture pieces. There's even a vanity mirror and a closet for my clothes. Yup, this definitely makes all their troubles definitely worth it.

Even though I had taken my bath at home, I still took off my clothes and entered the bath tub. As I lay in the warm water, my mind travels back to the time when I used to play in the small bathtub we had then with Clara while our mum laughed at our antics.

I hope mum is happy wherever she is now.

Unfortunately, my peace of mind tampered with a loud whiny voice. That was no other person than Lily. Her room is unfortunately right next to mine. What could she be complaining about now?

I enter her room to find out what's going on without knocking. Big mistake. The next thing I know, a dress attached to a hanger hit my head.

"What was that for?!". Silence ensues as I hold my forehead in one hand and the hanger in the other. I look up to see her staring.

"You just got here at the wrong time. Quit whining". My jaw drops at her unapologetic attitude. My hands begin to itch to spank someone back to their senses. I walk further into the messed up room. There are literally clothes everywhere.

"Young lady, watch your tone. Why are there clothes everywhere?". She stares at me in shock as if she's not sure I just spoke to her like that.

Without waiting for her to respond, I start picking up the clothes on the floor.

"Nothing to wear for the partyyyy". She whines and stomps her feet ok the floor. I pause what I'm doing and look at her. She looks really frustrated and a bit nervous.

"Okay. What are you going out for?". She stops her whining and stares at me for an unnerving amount of minutes.

"Are you going to speak or not?". She walked to her bed and sat down.

"I'm going for a birthday party and I have nothing to wear". I take a glance at her walk-in closet which is opened and shake my head at her.

"Girl, you have a closet full of cloths that probably still have tags on them. How could you say you have nothing?". For the first time, I see a downcast look on her face. Testing waters, I sit down beside her on the bed.

"What's really going on?". She looks at me with those blue eyes that always remind me of Mr Ross. What am I thinking? She doesn't like me. She won't tell me anything. I settle for just picking out a cute dress for her to wear.

I stand up and continue picking up the dresses so that I can sort them out.

I look back after picking up the dresses. She has her head tucked in between her legs. She'll be fine. It's probably just a temper tantrum as usual.

From the hefty pile in my hands, I pick out a cute purple sundress for her. I go into her closet to look for shoes she can wear. Well, it wasn't hard to find one when it looks like she has about 50+ shoes here. I pick a light purple sandal that is lined with white stones.

As I look around the walk-in closet, I notice a jewelry section. Jewelry section for a 6 year old? I'm 24 and I don't have more than 5 jewelry pieces.

I pick a dainty bracelet and a heart shaped pendant necklace for her. I hope she doesn't misplace them.

I walk back into the room and place the dress, shoes and jewelry on the bed beside her.

"Dress up or you are going to be late". She slowly raises her head up and looks up at the items. Her eyes light up almost immediately.

"It's pretty!". She picks up the dress and runs into the closet. She comes back in wearing the dress. I give her a thumbs up and tell her to seat at the vanity table. Surprisingly, she does that. I pick up the shoes and jewelry and take them to her.

I squat and stretch my hand towards her. She gives me her hand and I wear the dainty bracelet for her. I wear her shoes for her next. Not having much experience with styling straight hair, I ask her what she would like to do with it.

"Would you like your hair up or down?". She stares at her reflection for a few seconds before replying.

"Leave it down". I nod in response and an idea pops into my head. I pick up the brush and run it through her hair. I take small sides at either side of her head and braid them. Taking a small butterfly clip from her cluster of hair accessories, I use it to hold both braids together to the back of her hair. I complete the look with the necklace.

"All done. You look like a princess". She stares at her reflection for a while before a smile slowly takes over her face. It's like she remembers like I'm in the room with her because her expression suddenly becomes aloof. Who hurt this girl?

"I'm going to be late". She stands up abruptly, dusts off imaginary dirt off her dress and picks up her phone.

"Hello. I'm ready. Get the car". She hangs up and leaves the room without acknowledging my presence. Not having it in me to be shocked at her attitude anymore at this point, I just follow behind her.

As soon as we get to the living room, a guy in black uniform comes in. I guess he is one of the guards in the house.

"The car is ready ma'am. Boss instructed us to take you and bring you home before 6 pm".

"Whatever". She stomps her feet against the floor and walks out of the main door in a hurry without even waiting for the guard. The guard nods at me in acknowledgement and follows after her.

I let out a sigh because that girl has successfully exhausted me in the span of less than 15 minutes.

For the next few hours, I decide to binge watch All American season 6. I waited for months for it. Now they are doing uploading all the episodes so I might as well watch it now. Who knows when next I will be able to do this?

I go into the kitchen to meet Sheila. I meet her cleaning up the gas. She must have just finished cooking. She eventually notices my presence and her face lights up.

"Hello love. How have you been? We haven't gotten the chance to properly talk since yesterday". She drops the napkin in her hand and walks up to me. She wraps me in a hug that strangely feels like home. She's so warm.

"I just finish dealing with a Lily situation and she just left the house so I'm less busy right now. Is she always that nasty though?". I really can't help but ask.

"Actually, she's a good kid. I feel like she's just behaving like this because she wants her father's attention. You should see the big smile on her face anytime he hugs her. It's really a cute sight to watch. Unfortunately, Mr Ross doesn't have time to be home much so there are rarely moments like that these days". I nod in understanding but another question pops into my mind.

"What happened to her mother though? If it's okay to ask though". She gives me a sad smile in return.

"Well, her mother died a few weeks after her birth so she knows nothing about her mother. I feel bad for the little girl sometimes because she doesn't have anyone to teach her basic things about being a girl. All her previous nanny's were all either money minded or just here because they wanted to seduce Mr Ross. So they never actually built a relationship with her. As for me, you have already seen how she behaves with me".

Now that I have a little backstory about her, I think I understand her more now. I make a mental promise to try my best to build a friendship with her.

"Oh! I almost forgot. I came to ask if you have snacks and if you would like to watch something with me".

"Yes, there are snacks but unfortunately I won't be able to join you today. I have to go and pick up my kids from school in about 30 minutes. So I'll just leave you to it". She bends down and opens a cupboard. She brings out about 10 different snacks and my stomach chooses at that moment to rumble.

We burst into laughter.

"I'm really good to have you here. I have a good feeling about your presence in this house".

"Thank you but how so?"

"I don't know. It's just a feeling, I guess. I should get going now. Goodbye love". She gives me a hug again and leaves the kitchen.

Pleased to be in the house alone, I pack five of the snacks she gave me and take them to the living room. I open my laptop which I had brought downstairs earlier. This is going to be a very wonderful eating session.

I don't know when I slept off on the couch but when I open my eyes, I'm about to sit back up to check the time when I hear footsteps. I quickly close my eyes.

"What is she doing here?". The familiar voice resonates through the house and that's when I remember that I'm sleeping while on the job. I start contemplating whether I should just wake up and beg him with a lie as to why I'm sleeping here or just wait till he goes upstairs.

Before I can make a decision, I feel a blanket over my body. Did he? He tucks in the blanket and I hear his footsteps walking away. When I'm sure he is almost upstairs, I open my eyes and stare at the blanket on me in surprise. Well, that's something you don't expect everyday.

As I'm about to stand up, the front door shuts with a loud slam. The sound of crying spreads throughout the house. I throw away the blanket on me and stand up in a hurry. That must be Lily.

And I'm right. Right before me is a mess of the girl I dressed up some hours ago. It looks like she was in a fight. There's sand on her dress and her braids have fallen to her sides. The clip is definitely nowhere here.

"Lily". She stares at me and continues crying. I hear running footsteps from the steps.

"What happened to you?!". He yells at her. However, she doesn't reply any of us and just runs up the stairs.

What could have happened in three hours?