The Mistress and her Manservant

Chapter 17

I hardly placed my butt on the chair when Ione said,

"Kit, pick Hana san at the airport, terminal 2 exit.", she ordered and walked away without giving other details. Ione was obsessed with giving only half information, I had been observing since day I met her and even yesterday with the lunch. The name told me seemed like the person was from Japan, so I quickly checked the flight schedule. It showed that a flight was going to land in an hour. I took the company's car key from Violet and walked off towards the basement.

It took me about half an hour to reach the airport. I quickly prepared a board with the name and waited outside Terminal 2 arrivals. I checked the flight status again, it showed that it had already landed and many people exited together. Twenty minutes passed and a women walked to me and introduced herself as Hana san.

"Are you miss Marlow's friend?", I asked just to confirm.

"Whose?.

"Sorry, I'm waiting for someone else and I think you have got the wrong person.", I said politely and she walked away. 

"You're smart.", a voice came from behind me, "Ione is expecting me."

"How can I trust you?", I asked the other person and she showed me a photo of her and Ione.

"The car is this way.", I said taking her luggage.

"Thank you.", she said following me.

"Are you Kit?", she asked after we settled in the car, I wondered how she knew me.

"Yes.", I said uncertainly wondering when did Ione tell her about me.

"You might be wondering how I know you.", she said like she can read through me.

"Yes."

"Ione had told me about you."

"I hope only the good parts."

"No, she told me everything."

"Oh.", I didn't know what to say after this because she might have heard Ione's side of story only. I'm not sure what were Ione's views on that incident, maybe she hired me just to hate me. 

"How did you find her?", Hana san asked cutting my thoughts short.

"I was looking for a job in the city and found the poster for being a servant."

"Why Vladivostok? You could have gone to Moscow or any other better place."

"I was hoping to meet her."

"Hmm."

We drove silently the rest of the way. We were about to enter the lobby of the office but Ione walked out and said,

"Take us home."

"I don't know the way.", she looked at me incredulously and rolled her eyes, "Give me your phone."

I handed her the phone and she set the address on my GPS. They both settled in the back seat and talked giddily about their days in Kyoto. A small smile always played on Ione's lips which makes me double take glance in the rear view mirror. They talked about home and I understood a few things but piecing the puzzle together was hard. Her relationship with her father was not the same and Lucas had become more arrogant than before. I never liked him in the first place but I hated him more after that incident. While driving I realized that we had been taking the wrong turn in the woods therefore we never found the house before.

"Park the car and come to my study.", Ione said as we enter the mansion's gate. The mansion was same as before, it stood as proud and extravagant as ever with white and cream walls. I dropped them at the main door lobby and drove the car into the garage.