Just Friends

CHAPTER- 32

THE BRACELET

It was the morning after the engagement party and Emma could feel all the stress and fatigue of the last few days catch up with her.

She groaned, moaned and stretched before getting up.

It was a good thing that her parents had decided against staying back in Millbrooke and instead they had gone back to Chicago last night.

If either of the prim and proper Burns would have seen Emma still in her pyjamas at 9 in the morning they would have surely thrown a fit.

She went into the washroom and got about her usual morning routine.

While brushing her teeth, she wondered about all that she had heard last night about the childhood Alec, Jade, Julia all of them had spent here.

Everyone she had been introduced to had recollected stories about the absolutely notorious kids that Alec and Jade had been.

It sounded so much different than what her days growing up in London had been like.

She had attended tea parties with her mom, she had been dressed in perfect dresses and her mom had perfected her posture ever since she was 2.

As a kid she had never known what it was like to play pranks on her teachers, she had never had ice cream eating competitions.

No midnight snacks. No picnics at the bottom of the backyard.

She sighed. Her childhood had been controlled and thought out. Hell, her adulthood was also planned by her parents.

She splashed water on her face.

What was the use of thinking all this?

She showered and changed into a fresh pair of pants and a shirt.

Even her dressing sense was influenced by how her mom liked her to dress.

She went down with hopes of breakfast and a cup of tea. With all the stress from last night, she had ended up skipping dinner.

"Good morning, Emma!" Susan said cheerfully when she entered the kitchen.

As per her daily morning routine, Susan was making breakfast for all of them.

Even though it was almost 10 in the morning, except for Emma and Susan no one else was up as yet.

"Good morning, Susan!" Emma said and took a seat on one of the chairs near the kitchen island.

Susan flashed a smile at her, "What do you want for breakfast?"

"It's okay... You don't...." But before she could complete her refusal, her stomach gave a loud growl of hunger.

"I can hear." Laughed Susan, "I'm making eggs. Want some?"

"Sure." Laughed Emma, and she poured herself a glass of orange juice.

Susan scrambled some eggs and put them in front of her on a plate with a slice of toast.

"Thank you, Susan." Emma said and started gobbling the eggs.

Susan sat opposite her and took a sip of her coffee.

"Emma, I wanted to talk to you." She said.

Emma looked up, "Yes?"

"Well come with me to my room once you're done with breakfast."

Emma's curiosity was piqued she quickly finished her breakfast chasing the last bite with a large gulp of orange juice.