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TRIENTA Y NUEVE

"Hi!!!"

I turned to see a girl on the black and white check uniform we were both wearing. Weird part was that she was smiling wide at me. She was so friendly I could really tell.

I smiled back at her and said. "I'm Teresa."

"Ugh! I can't take it anymore you're so pretty! Like, I love seeing pretty girls...no homo haha.... but, I can't resist telling beautiful girls how wonderfully made they are. For instance, I love your hair Tes. You know the beautiful nappy curls."

I could see her two beautiful dimples and I smiled back at her. "Thanks....you are?"

"I'm Genevieve." She replied so fast that it made me chuckle. At least, I guess I have a new friend even though, I have a problem with having friends. Lmao.

The skirt she was wearing was so short that I wondered why the owner of the house didn't care to tell her to change it to a longer one.

Oh well, not my business anyway.

Then, I observed the other five girls that were in the massive kitchen with us and realised that it was actually a norm to have on short skirts. "Wow." I said out.

"Surprised?" She asked as she gestured to the sink so we'd start washing the dishes.

I mean, when I got into the mansion, a maid in red and white check gown took me to a closet where she showed me where my size would be. Probably, they adjusted their gowns cause mine a bit above my knees.

Then, she took me to the kitchen and told me that it's my duty post for three months.

"I didn't expect to see so many maids. Damn, we're like a hundred." You know what I did. Lol.

She chuckled. "Actually we're fifty. Come on, this house is too big for one person to clean all the time."

"Not like anywhere is dirty." My eyes looked at the shiny floor and table.

"Yeah, cause we're maintaining it. Mrs Edwin loves all her stuff maintained properly. If we stop cleaning it then there'd be no maintenance at all."

"You have a point. There're some maids on red and white.....are they of superiority or what?" I couldn't lie that those colors were actually mundane. Their uniforms were the worst for real. "Not to mention those irky colours."

"You're right. They're ten in number and are the heads of each department they have been assigned to."

I giggled. "I mean working here is like an official job."

"Yeah, it's really really deep. Those head maids are called sisters since, they've worked here for over five years. Most of them weren't interested in the prize for one reason or the other so decided to keep working. That's the third ticket."

I frowned. "What prize?"

"You know....Mr Edwin loves helping the less privileged in so many ways. Sometimes, he goes to orphanage homes just to donate money."

"Yeah, I know all of that."

"Now, we're on the same page.....after three months of service, the sister in charge of your department would pick the most hardworking maids of her choice....that is, those who stayed back for more hours and diligently did their work....after that, the selected maids would be offered three different kinds of tickets to choose between."

"Wow..."

"Yeah Teresa. The first is sponsorship of only your education, you will stop working here and your family would be supplied food for one month only. All for free."

"Only your education....you can't include any other person?" I asked.

"That's the second ticket....education of only one person you chose would be sponsored but not yours. You'll still be working here but your pay would be increased. Plus, food supply to your family for one month only."

"Hmm hmm." I thought.

"This third ticket is only accessible to maids that have worked for five years.... which is become a sister. As a sister, you can retire after fifteen years but you'll still be paid till you die. Mind you, the pay is really fat. You are granted access to further your education and three other person's. Food supply for three months every year to family. Then, there are so much other benefits because anything you request for is easily granted. So that's it."

That second ticket was looking so spicy...if I could put my brother up for furtherance of his education for free and, I saved up enough money from my salary...then, I could finish up school.

Omg, working in here had so many benefits. Damn. For once, I commended Helen.

"Now that you've made us fifty...we're complete so, no more maids are being accepted until one of us falls out."

Hmm. Wow. Even if anyone was falling out, it would definitely not be me cause, I had better plans.

"Teresa....people fall out for unknown reasons...just like that! A maid would just be sent out without knowing his or her fault. You really have to win the favor of your sisters cause, those women could be heartless." She said in a very low voice and I frowned. Why would those sisters do that kind of thing? I had to win their favor but also keep my distance so as to not......

My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door. Looking at the door, I saw sleepy Bran in a white vest with baggy black pants. I sensed that all the other maids, including Genevieve, began to adjust their skirts so it would be shorter. I ignored.

"Good morning Bran." They said one by one. It was 8:00am.

He was scratching his eyes with the back of his palm like he just got out of bed and was trying to regain consciousness. I wouldn't lie but he looked damn sexy with his ruffled hair. I turned my eyes away wondering what he was doing here and when I looked back at him, our eyes jammed for a minute then he smirked.

"Hey....you there...get me a glass of water."

The fuck.