Ece's Secret (Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari Fanfiction)

Chapter 8: Ece Runs Away

Hazan arrived at the mansion later that evening with a small gym bag stuffed with clothes. Her mother had informed Hazim Egemen of the flood at their house and allowed for her eldest daughter to stay in the servants quarters in the basement of the mansion. Ece and her mother slept there when they had evening or early morning shifts. The other full time employees had families of their own and rarely slept in the other servant's bedroom. 

Sayan hanim saw Ece retrieve who she could only infer was a third Camkiran woman from the front door and down into the basement. First it was her youngest daughter, now it appeared her older daughter, pretty soon she would bring the whole neighbourhood into mansion. Sayan did not like Fazilet. Aside from her disingenuous personality what she hated most was that Fazilet did not know her place. She keeps trying to make conversation with the Egemen family as if she is their equal. She keeps forgetting she is a servant in the house just like the rest of them. And now? Now she was acting like madam of the mansion inviting her older daughter in as if she owned the place. Sayan would not let this pass. 

Sayan spotted Fazilet coming down the stairs. Probably just coming back from trying to chat with Hazim bey no doubt.  Sayan was generally a patient woman but Fazilet made her anger boil over. The white haired women marched to the landing in the middle of the stairs. 

"Fazilet hanim, your eldest daughter is not allowed in this house. She does not work here."

"I know that, but our house flooded and Hazim bey gave her permission to come."

"Fazilet, you are not to speak with Hazim bey directly. I am the head housekeeper don't forget. If there is an issue you tell me and I will pass it up."

"I'm sorry Sayan hanim I wasn't trying to go over your head but our family had an emergency and that was my first reaction. We can speak with Hazim bey, he'll confirm that he gave Hazan permission." Fazilet stepped forward to start up the stairs but was stopped by Sayan grabbing her arm. 

"I can't deal with you anymore." Sayan sighed with frustration. "You're not a good fit for this job Fazilet hanim. You and your daughter should leave. You'll be paid for your scheduled shifts for the rest of the week. You need to leave. All three of you." the woman said tired of Fazilet after a short few days. A few days was all Sayan needed to know everything about that woman. Fazilet was cunning, fake and full of lip. She had the kind of attitude you needed to snub out before it spread to the rest of the staff. 

Fazilet couldn't believe it. What had she done wrong?  Sayan tried to force her down the stairs but Fazilet resisted trying to shake the woman's hand off of her arm. "Sayan hanim, don't be rash. You can't just fire me just like that. You know I have two girls to take care of. " Fazilet continued to try to shake off Sayan who was still trying to drag her downstairs. Fazilet was finally able to shake the old woman off of her but Sayan continued to pull forward, this time with nothing to hold onto. She was unable to catch herself in time and fell down a full flight of stairs. Fazilet rushed to bottom to aid the unconscious woman. 

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Fazilet accompanied Sayan to the hospital feeling some sort of guilt for the entire dilemma while knowing it was entirely Sayan's own fault. Fazilet hadn't pushed her, Sayan fell on her own. Sayan slipped in and out of consciousness for a few hours when she eventually fell asleep. The doctor told Fazilet that Sayan hanim would be bed ridden for at least two weeks and would need 6 months physiotherapy to fully recover. Laborious work like housekeeping was obviously strictly prohibited as she should rest as much as possible. 

Fazilet had a knack for finding a silver lining in all the crap life threw her way. Sure Fazilet couldn't do anything to help Sayan hanim heal any faster. But now the mansion needed a head housekeeper. Fazilet had the most experience as a housekeeper out of all the servants in the mansion. If she didn't step up to the plate, who would? Fazilet called Sukriye to let her know her cousin was in the hospital and headed back to the mansion.