My Awakening (GL)

chapter 4

Benjamin was surprisingly dumbfounded by the sudden ambush by his two older brothers

He couldn't react for a while, until he realized that this was his only chance at escape so he quickly started crazily yelling with a hint of an almost breakdown; arms and legs flailing like a dying duck

"Let go of me!, Let me go!, I won't take long! Besides mom's gone out for a while! I'll be back by 7pm!, Just an hour!, Let me go!"

No matter what he did and said, they never fulfilled his wish nor listened to his plea

Until finally, he felt powerless, his heart ached, he just wanted to go hang out with his friends, but even that is not allowed, he hates this so very much, he couldn't help biting his lower lip in resignation thus he broke down, crying uncontrollably.

Bethany off to the side eating watermelons and just watching him, arms crossed and remarking to herself
" It's already late, why does he still wanna leave"

Joshua heard and said
"Oh stop acting mature, you probably wanna leave too"

"If I wanted to leave, then wouldn't it be wiser to take the keys and go out to play the moment I saw them?, Why wait? "

Joshua felt enlightened
"Oh, you're right, good for you then"

With that they went inside the house, off to continue whatever they were doing

~Days of being locked up later~

It was finally time for Jennifer to leave the country, everyone was secretly rejoicing

Benjamin: finally I can play, no more lockdown!

Bethany: finally, I can stay up late watching TV without Mrs Control freak

Kelvin & Joshua: ugh finally, good riddens, we were getting tired of you

She was departing early in the morning the next day, before she left, she made sure to give the boys a warning, as Bethany is the only girl in the house...... You know, mother insecurities.

Whenever Jennifer came back, she found the house not up to par with her standards of cleanliness, and she always found it a bother to come and give it a deep clean every time, so to simplify everything, she hired a house help, her name is Mrs Angel; she's quite slim and light-brown in complexion, one could even say that she bleached her skin or that she's coloured, with neck-length brown hair.

P. S: in this country, people don't call Married women with kids by their name, instead, they address them by the name of theirFirst born, e. g, her first born child is called Angel, so the mother shall be called Mrs. Angel. This tradition indirectly causes people to forget others' names, in the same manner, everyone in the neighborhood calls Jennifer Mrs. Petronella, no one knows that her name is Jennifer and only address by the child's name, but this doesn't apply in other countries of course, she can be Mrs. Jennifer as freely as she wants, elsewhere that is.

Jennifer went to Bethany and told her,

"Ok, so I've hired a house help, those lazy bone Brothers of yours won't have to lift a finger anymore and I won't have to clean when I get back. she's here now, although she'll start work tomorrow; the day I'll be leaving, she just came by to familiarize herself with the place and stuff, would you like to meet her?"