Wedding Camp

Chapter 7

The guest room Brown was led to was breathtakingly beautiful. It was painted with cool colours that caused  one to relax naturally.  The curtains and sheets were made from the finest materials and various antiques were deposited at strategic places in the room and Brown could have sworn that the room was made for a princess.
    
  When she took her first step into the room, the soft Arabian carpets made her feel like she was walking on clouds . She decided that staying in this room would be beneficial to her health  and provide inspiration whenever she decided on an artwork.

She got to know the butler as Mr Bruno and the two maids as Sicily and Henna. Mr Bruno informed her that Allesio had arranged for the two maids to take care of her daily necessities and she was struck at Allesio's generosity.

  A few minutes after she unpacked, she felt a little bored and decided to move out for fresh air. She bumped into Henna who was walking in her direction. The latter gave Brown a polite curtsy " Miss, Mr Bruno would like to know if  you would like your lunch now?".

  Her English was perfect and her features reminded Brown of Alexis minus the auburn hair and green eyes. The rose pink maid maids uniform hugged her delicate figure and added a certain innocence to her beauty.

Brown smiled at her and replied mildly "I'm not hungry at the moment but could you give me a tour of the villa?".

Henna was surprised that their master's guest had spoken to her so politely. As long as she could remember whenever their master hosted a party in his other villas, almost all the guests he invited always had their noses in the air and did not respect commoners like her. She quickly hid her surprise and answered " Sure Miss please follow me".

Brown remained standing and said  "Just call me Brown it's more comfortable".

Henna was startled again and replied with a small voice " Yes Miss ...... Errrm Brown".

Brown laughed at the sight of Henna's embarrassed and uncomfortable face and decided to let the poor girl off. Henna led her down the winding hallway towards the direction of the garden and by the time they made it there , the two had become fast friends.

Brown found Henna to be an intelligent girl with a very good sense of humor under her curtain of shyness and Henna found Brown to be gentle, kind and amusing regardless of the pain she hid in her heart. Brown was laughing at something Henna said when she stopped mid- laughter and let out a surprised gasp.

She stood there in shock as she took in the beauty of the garden. She had not seen the garden from where she stood on the patio with Allesio earlier on because she was too preoccupied with Allesio to admire anything.

The ground was carpeted with soft grass and blooming violets. Wild roses and chrysanthemums grew along the path and the ives and marigolds had entwined to form a semblance of curtains on the garden walls. In short it was as if she had stepped into a dream. The most eye-catching of all was the little girl of about five years old who was sitting on the grass and piling up flowers beside her.

Henna let out a startled scream at the sight of the little girl and hurriedly went to her. " Oh my God  , Miss Gaia what are you doing here?".

She frantically lifted the girl up and tried to dust off the dirt from Gaia's dress. When the little girl turned her face towards Brown, the latter was struck dumb at Gaia's resemblance to Allesio. She was the miniature version of Allesio except that Gaia's looks were  very delicate like that of her doll's and her  expressive  big blue eyes could melt even the coldest of hearts. Brown fell in love with Gaia almost immediately.

Besides her love for reading and painting, the next thing she loved very much was children. She adored kids of all ages and sizes especially cute one's like Gaia who could steal your heart with a glance.

Gaia responded to Henna with an innocent smile "I'm picking flowers for Papà " . Her voice was so sweet that it melted Henna's heart but Brown did not miss the look of mischief that flashed in Gaia's eyes.

She approached Gaia with a smile and squatted to Gaia's height. "Are you sure it's not because you're running away from your nanny?"

The little girl was surprised at the appearance of the stranger and cocked her head to the side with a measuring look in her eyes.She was trying to access whether or not Brown could be trusted just like Allesio taught her.

When she finally decided that she was worth trusting, she pouted "Bambinaia wanted to feed me veggies and I hate veggies".

   It took sometime for Brown to understand that Bambinaia was Italian for nanny which made her smile and say "I hate veggies too".

" You do?" Gaia was ecstatic that she finally met someone who disliked carrots as much as she did and gave Brown a dimpled smile.

" But guess what?" Brown asked as she ruffled Gaia's hair.

Gaia looked at her curiously and asked" What?"

"Papà and Bambinaia would be sad if you don't eat your veggies".

Gaia pouted and looked down ." I don't want them to be sad. "  There and then Brown knew her plan had worked.

She hid her smile and put on her bargaining face. " Why don't you eat your veggies to make them happy and I will give you chocolate to make you happy".

   Gaia contemplated for a while before saying " Okay but you have to feed me".

Brown beamed at Gaia and held her hand "Deal".

By the time the exchange was done, Henna was looking with her eyes wide open. She had been suprised when she saw her master smirking at his guest in the morning because his face was always stone cold without a hint of a smile and now Brown had  managed  to become friends with Gaia.

   One had to know that besides the owner of the villa, Gaia was the next hardest person to please. The people she spoke to were limited to Allesio, her nanny, Henna , Mr Rinko and Mr Bruno and the number of words she spoke could be counted on one hand.

Gaia spread her hands indicating to Brown to carry her which she did easily. They retraced their steps back to the hallway and went to the kitchen. An old woman of about sixty years was pacing anxiously in the kitchen when they got there. She turned in their direction and let out a sigh of relief.

" Oh my God darling, where have you been?" She asked Gaia in Italian.

Gaia motioned towards Brown and replied " With my new friend."

Her italian was perfect and Brown was impressed by her ability to speak both languages fluently at five.

"My friend is going to feed me" . She continued this time in English.

The old woman turned to Brown "Thanks for the trouble Miss err........"

"Brown" Brown finished for her.

"It's no trouble at all" . She added. With that she sat Gaia on the kitchen island and began to wipe the  smudges of dirt on Gaia's face.

After making sure Gaia had finished all her vegetables infront of her nanny and Henna,Brown decided to go back to her room disregarding the stunned faces of the two women. Gaia practically stuck herself to Brown following her to her room.

  The two played around with everything they could lay hands on . Henna had to send a change of clothes to Brown's room since Gaia refused to go and shower in her own room . They both dropped to bed exhausted after their shower.
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