Safe (gxg)

Chapter 8

Rachel's POV

I woke up feeling hungry. I reached for my phone and read the time. Three in the afternoon. I skipped lunch. No wonder my stomach's revolting.

I got up and fixed my bed. Eventhough we're well off, dad taught me not to be too dependent on the maids. Besides, Nana will kill me if she sees my bed unmade. I went to the bathroom to fix myself before heading downstairs.

As I entered the kitchen, the sound of something sizzling caught my attention. I turned to the sound to see Nana deepfrying some spring rolls. On the table was a plate filled with fish finger and fried chicken wings. I picked a piece and bit down.

"Hmm, Nana, this one is sooooo good", I said in between bites. The chicked tasted of honey and something else. It was a bit spicy too.

"Sweetie, did you wash your hands?", Nana asked without bothering to turned around.

"Sorry, Nana. I'm just really hungry", I answered as I finished.

"There's more but that plate is for our guest. Be a darling and call one of the maids. She's probably starving. That poor kid went straight to work to the security room as soon as she left you in your bedroom", Nana said as she placed the spring rolls on a vacant spot on the plate. She then took out something from the fridge.

"You mean Lex put me to bed?", I said with my voice raised a notch. I know she's got a great body but I just couldn't imagine her carrying me around. My face heated up at the idea.

"I did see her enter carrying you in her arms while you were sleeping. The guards wanted to help her but she refused", Nana was looking at me weirdly. She then took a bowl and poured a yellowish substance on it.

"Is that custard?", I asked trying to change the topic away from Lex.

"Alexis loves to dip anything deepfried into custard. That child has a weird taste in food. But her recipe's good. I asked her what she wanted to eat and handed me a printed out recipe for fried chicken wings", Nana said while pointing to the chicken. "She even said that my old recipe for spicy chicken had weak points and it's better to add honey and a bit of lemon. I also needed to reduce the spice a bit".

I took another piece and took a bite. It is indeed lemon and less spicy than the normal ones that Nana used to serve. "You seem to know 'Alexis', Nana. But I never mentioned her before. We weren't even that close at school."

"Of course I do know that munchkin. She installed the backup security program a couple of years ago. You weren't here though. You were with your friends having fun on the beach or something", Nana said as she placed the plate of food on a tray. I noticed that the back of her left hand was a bit purple.

"Oh my God! Are you okay Nana? The intruder yesterday, did he hurt you?", I stood up and grabbed her wrist so I could take a better look at it. It was a bruise stretching from the back of the palm down to the wrist.

"No, sweetie. It was just from a kitchen accident. There was a lockdown yesterday so I was trapped her when the alarms sounded", she said reassuring me. "Now, will you call Maria? We need to have Alexis fed if we want her to finish her work."

"I'll take this to her. Besides, she's probably bored. She needs my amazing company", I grinned while taking the tray.

"Oh, I know you just want to eat more of the food, sweetie. But go on, I'll cook some more for the both of you", Nana said with a smile as she turned back to the stove.

I headed to the security room. I knocked on the door with my foot since I was holding the tray with both of my hands. An unfamiliar tall muscular man opened the door. By estimate, he's almost seven feet tall. He immediately smiled when he saw the food.