Chapter 4

CONTINUITY

"Oh! Am.. hello" Jeisin recalled.

"How far? Your function was taking part nice"

Jeisin just smiled without she said a word.

Lewis realized that she was with someone, "Hi!" He greeted Eilisia,

"Hello" Eilisia responded in smiled,

"Well, can we dance" he gave hand to Jeisin. 

Instead she first looked at Michael who was sitting quietly looking at the people passing by before she concord and give her hand too. As they moved to the ballroom. They were dancing in glee.

    In a short while, michael glanced at where he left Jeisin. Peharps, he was out of sight from where Jeisin stood, except her friend.

  'where is aunt?'

He asked himself as he walked to where Eilisia was standing. "Where did Aunt go?" He first asked.

Eilisia shown him to where Jeisin was dancing with Lewis at the dancing ball. Michael never knew that he will be so jealous after he saw Jeisin and Lewis together. Even though that's not his protocol. He went with side courage to speak with her, "Aunt, please let's go back. I am thirsty" he said.

Where Lewis looked at him in shrugged and laugh. "Are you a small boy man. So why can't you get the food yourself. Can't you see it's a ballroom here. Go find your partner", he uttered.

"Hey look, what's this. Michael, l am coming right now okay" Jeisin tried to console Micheal.

But Lewis continued, "Are you serious. You are going along with this fool folk",

"Listen Mr. Lewis. As you are my guest, he also is. Maybe even more" Jeisin spokes in harassment,

"Really!" Lewis attempted to beat michael before Jeisin stood in between. "Today I wanted to know who am l and who this man is?" He spoke in emotional.

"He! If you don't still get it then let me inform you. He is the manager of this company. So even for that, he deserves respect and honor" Jeisin uttered proudly.

"Hmm! How comes you cared about him so much than yourself. Then there's something more"

"I don't have time for this. Bye. Come Michael" Jeisin dragged Micheal's hand and went away.

Lewis went to Eilisia and asked, "what is the meaning of this?"

But Eilisia vividly looked at him deliberately with no sounds. Then she turned again to Jeisin who had already left with Michael.

      When they went back home, William packed the car in front of the house. Michael went out and helped Jeisin as she restlessly lending at the back. And he took her inside. 

Gradually, Jeisin cool down her temper. She made a delicious meal before she took bath. And she rubbed her body with a blue white nightgown. Then she went to Micheal's room. Micheal was laying down in the bed not knowing that somebody has entered the room. He just felt a warm smooth hand with tissue on his face where he looked up.

"come on, eat. Let me bring you some water okay"Jeisin spoke in kind voice and went out. 

In a meantime she returned, taking two glasses of cups on a tray. With a water in the first cup and a milk juice in the other. She knelt down beside him as he does to her before she continued, "take. And eat carefully, until you are full right",

Micheal entered the balls of food in his mouth, trying to speak out, "Aunt, please sit down. Do you like to eat some food?". He drank more water,

"No thanks, you eat" said jeisin and he continued to eat,

"Aunt, your cooking was delicious"

While Jeisin smiled. "michael, you should be pleased okay. Don't ever get angry at any matter" she added and carefully, cleaning up his stinky shirt.

"I will do all what you permit me. Thanks alot aunt"

"Finish the eating and go upstairs. I am sleepy. But hope you wouldn't do anything wrong okay" Jeisin added and raised up from sitting,

"I promise aunt. Good night"

"Good night" then she went out.

    In the early morning_ around 7:00am, Jeisin awaken from sleep rise and shine. Despite her efforts to stay awake, she felt into restless half-asleep. As she laid down her head in the pillow and faced the window. Through, she could see the cattles with the other livestocks grazing in the green small farmland that was near the house yard. It tooks her few minutes to arise from the dizziness that filled her eyes and the weakness that collapses her body. As usual, she picked up the room properly and set the timer on the electric cooker for twenty minutes. Thereby she hurried out to go to the bathroom.

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Fifteen minutes later, Jeisin was rubbing her body with a smooth white cream,

  'Clink! Clang! Clink!'

She heard the beep alarm clock irritably as she bursted out of the bathroom. In active, she dressed up in a white shirt and Azalea woven pink trousers before she walked out to the kitchen. And at the same time, pulled back her hair on the way.

    

     She was three steps to the kitchen, a sensation perceived her ears like a flask sounds. Where she sped up to see what was going on. She entered with peeps sight before her eyes glared at Micheal. She smiled, for she felt quiet sure that there's no danger.

 "Mac, you. I am nervous. I thought it was somebody that dropped in. Good morning" she uttered, tried to conquer her fear. Then she went inside, tried to checked on how the cooking was getting done. And began putting the food in the food flasks before Micheal silently came to her holding a tray in his hands.

"Good morning aunt. Here!" Michael greeted and gave her a cup of tea,

"Thank you Michael. Have you fried those hot dogs and the meatballs?"

"Yes I did Aunt. Today you have prepared for many kind of foods",

"Yah, because today is a very special day. I have done all these for you. I am awarding my good wishes to you. Yesterday l couldn't get the chance to do so. All because of that mad man folk",

Michael smiled showing his milk teeth as he known Jeisin's habits like his ravenous hunger. She might be irritable but a considerate and empathetic person. Verily he replied to eased her mind, "please forget it Aunt. Some people are like that. Is it not what you always told me that 'patience is the virtue",

Yes l believed that but.."

"Aunt, please. Remembered that now you are not alone. If you smile, then people around you will smile. Likewise if you cry. I don't always want to see you like this. You endured the grief. You have gotten all what any lucky woman shall get, the pride, the firm, the honor, the charity. You can easily get a good person to live forever with",

"Michael!" Jeisin called  generously.

"Yes Aunt" he answered,

"Nothing. I am just imagining. I always thank God for having you by my side",

"No Aunt, l will be grateful. Having you as my guardian means more to me than anything",

"God bless you" Jeisin sounded as tears broke from her eyes and she wipe them quickly. And then added, "By the way Mac, my friend Eilisia was visiting today. As you know, every Saturday we are going shopping with you. But today because of your newly job, you got to go. I will missed you",

"Don't worry Aunt. I know your friend will never disappointed you",

"I am sure Mac. Mac, be careful okay. And concentrate on your work. Take good care of yourself"

"Okay Aunt",

"Let me prepare your breakfast before she arrives, then we leave. But we will drop you off at the company first before we go" Jeisin added with smile, helping Micheal with the tray as they left the kitchen.

       While Eilisia was in a car as she was busy diverting the driver to speed up. Where at last she resisted a hard breathe in harassment, "that's the problem of hiring a driver. Had it been my car engine hasn't broken down, l should have drive myself" she whimpered. As the taxi driver glanced a side look at Eilisia and nodded his head silently not to call for another trouble and continue driving.  

     

      "She will be here at any moment. Michael, are you ready" Jeisin said while rushing to dress up at a time. She wore a long brown dress of her body size, an ash colored high heels which matches with the color of her hand bag and a necklace that gleam in the sunlight. Her hair was spread at her back in spring.

After she fixed her hand bag, she added with some amount of money into it. That's when michael entered. "yes Michael, have you asked William to get ready. Come, let me fix your necktie" sounded Jeisin. She walked to Michael and helped him with his tie. Soon she finished and went back to collect her bag. "We are ready Michael. I can hear the car horn. Maybe Eilisia has arrived. Let's go, we will go altogether right Mac. Shall we" Jeisin uttered. And they went out in a hurry after she locked the house.

      At the huge store, Jeisin and Eilisia were holded a big bags of clothes and equipments, trekking excitedly and having fun together as it was early afternoon—1:26 p.m

"It's enough Jeisin. I can't even take some. We have spent over three hours here" Eilisia said and bend down, trying to pick the bags that fell. "Jeisin, won't you help me" she added.

"Oh!" Jeisin sounded before she followed behind her and starts to pick up the bags carefully,

"Jeisin, that man of yesterday, do you remembered. How do you know him?"

"He's.. Mr. Mandrel's son, my uncle",

"But Jeisin, if it came to love",

"No words like this Eilisia" Jeisin added before she confronted her earnestly. "Eilisia, l cannot hide anything from you. We are more than best friends, but I see you like my sister. As l told you, Mr. Mandrel had gave me a responsibility, but.. l failed to fulfill".

Eilisia held her hand scolding, "please forget about the issue. Let's go". And they raised up before she added, "Today is so great, isn't it. We have shopping so many things".

"Really!" Jeisin splitted and they all laughed.

        On their way home, Lewis appeared swiftly in his car and packed by their side. His face was in big smile as his blue eyes instantly allured on Jeisin.

"Hello l said" he sounded,

As Eilisia whispered in shocked, "you!"