TALKS
CHAPTER 49
It's already 9 o'clock in the evening. They are now in the lobby, watching Netflix on flatscreen television after their dinner.
Ariella's Dad went outside to refresh his mind. Anton followed him.
He sat for a while, looking at the sky.
He remembered something, so he went inside again. He met Anton but he ignored him.
Anton stopped and couldn't take his eyes off him.
He went to the kitchen, so Anton followed him again to talk to him.
He stopped and looked at Nanny Yel who was busy wiping the plates.
After a while, Nanny Yel noticed him and was shocked but immediately returned her gaze to what she was doing.
He came closer.
Neither of them spoke. He was just watching what Nanny Yel was doing.
She immediately finished what she was doing as if she was in a hurry.
"Do you need drinks, Sir?" she asked without looking at him.
"Don't call me Sir," he said.
Anton stopped when he saw them. He wondered what his father-in-law was doing in the kitchen.
"Are they talking?" he weakly asked. He remained in his position while watching them. It was still a mystery to him what they were talking about.
"What do you need? Why are you here?” she asked.
"Shouldn't I be the one to ask you that? Why are you here? What are you doing here?" he asked.
Nanny Yel turned her back to him while she was busy with what she was doing in the sink.
"Isn't it obvious? I am working here," she answered as she continued what she was doing.
"I don't understand your point, why you are working here. You chose to work here. What are you planning? What happened to you? Why do you have to work as a maid?”
She stopped as if thinking of something when he asked those questions.
"You don't care," that was her response before continuing what she was doing.
While Anton stood and watched them, he was confused as to what they were talking about but he didn't speak or come forward to ask.
He got even closer to Nanny Yel. To avoid him, Nanny Yel put the plates away and stacked the 5 plates in her hands.
"Let me help you," he said and tried to take the plates she was holding but she immediately avoided them.
"I don't need your help. You better go back to the lobby where they are also there," she said.
He didn't listen to her and insisted that he wanted to help her.
"Give me those plates. Let me help you, so you can take a rest," he said and tried to grab the plates from her but she tried to keep them away.
"I don't need your help, Lance!" she said emphatically with her face disfigured.
He didn't pay attention to her reaction even though he knew she was already irritated by him. He tried to get the plates she was holding from her but she tried to keep those away until it accidentally fell on the floor and broke everything.
Both of them and Anton were shocked because of what happened.
"Look at what you've done!" she said and was almost restless. She picked up the broken glasses one by one.
"Stop, Ariel. Your hand will be injured," he said and held her hands to make her stop.
"Nanny Yel, what happened?" Anton asked then approached them.
They were both alarmed by Anton's sudden arrival, so they both stood up and looked at him.
Anton noticed that there was blood on Nanny Yel's hand.
"Your hand is bleeding, Nanny Yel," he commented while looking at her hand.
Immediately, they turned their gaze and saw that Nanny Yel's hand was covered in blood. She was still holding some broken plates. Perhaps she was injured when she frantically picked up the broken plates.
"You're bleeding," he said.
Nanny Yel was calm even though she was injured and her hand was bleeding.
"It's okay, Sir. It's far from the gut," she answered.
"I will get the medicine first." Anton said and got the first aid kit in the cabinet.
"Let those go. I will sweep them up." Lance said (Ariella's father)
He carefully took the bows and she gave them carefully. He threw them in the trash. He carefully swept away the remaining bruises while Nanny Yel sat while cleaning her wound.
Her wound was small so it didn't hurt much. Maybe she was so restless that she didn't realize that she was injured, so she didn't feel the pain either.
Anton brought the medicine kit and dropped it on the table.
"I am sorry, Sir, for what happened. I accidentally slipped the plates from my hand and broke. Just charge the cost of the plates to my salary," she said.
He stood up, said, “N-no, Nanny. It's okay. I know you didn't mean what happened. Don't worry about it and I won't deduct from your salary the cost of what you broke."
That made Nanny Yel smile because she didn't think he would say that. If she is with another boss, maybe 10x the value of what she broke.
"Thank you so much, Sir."
Anton just smiled. Lance came back after he threw the them.
He sat down next to Nanny Yel and took the betadine and cotton.
Anton noticed that but did not speak. He just watched what he was doing.
"Let me do it," he said. Nanny Yel didn't refuse until she treated her wound and put a bandage on it.
After a while, he noticed that Anton was in front of them, so he was shocked but he didn't speak.
"Do you know each other?" he asked.
They looked at each other when he asked that.
"No," Nanny Yel said first, so Lance couldn't speak anymore.
"Oh, but it seems like you've known each other for a long time. It's like you're close to each other," he said.
"N-no, Sir Anton. We don't know each other," he answered again, almost suppressing a laugh.
"Uhmm okay.”
