Tastes Like A Set Up

The brownies were getting burnt!

I could not just speak directly of course. But I had to do something. "Um, Savanah, they're getting burnt." I said to her in a gentle tone. She looked at me like I were something from the trash can, those big eyes bulged open.

"Who are you to tell me what to do? You fool." She scoffed. "Why don't you do it then?"

It was the anniversary of the late boss Hans, the head of the family. He died three years ago so they celebrated him every year. The whole family gathered to celebrate him, but my husband and I host everyone.

"Sure. I'll just switch off the oven now." I quickly rush to off it. She rolled her eyes and walked away. My husband came in just in that moment.

"And what's up with her now?" Jaxon said in his deep voice. He had grown extra the couple past years I barely recognized him with his tummy slightly protruding.

"I just stepped in now and saw the brownies were getting burnt!"I explained while taking out the brownies from the oven. "We might still be able to manage it."

"So she's been on her phone again? Look at the person saying she wanted to become a chef. Why diejg you just stay with her?"

"Because your mother wanted me to run a quick errand. To the store." I had to emphasize that because the closest store to this area was about thirty minutes drive.

"Okay then..let's go. People are waiting." He said before walking away. I was about to ask him to help me carry some stuff to the dining table but he had disappeared.

Heaving in a deep sigh, I started carrying those I could before the maids came in to help. "Thanks," I said to one of them. "Um, have you seen Caleb?" Caleb was my teenage son.

She shook her head. "No ma'am."

We arranged the whole table but the celebration had already started anyway. Rose, one of Jaxon's rude cousins shouted out loud. "Camila? I almost took you for one of the maids! Except, the maids uniforms are so much sexy compared to what you're wearing."

It gave life to a loud laughter from everyone. It was then I realized I'd not changed my outfit yet and was still in my jeans and shirt.

"Oh, sorry you mistook me for someone else, Rose. I've been busy all day with none of you assisting me, but then, I better go change." I ended it with a smile. They hated when I talked back.

"No need to be rude." Whispered Blake, Savanah and Jaxon's brother.

I decided to just let it slide as I turned to leave, but stopped again to ask. "Savanah, Jaxon, have you seen Caleb?"

My mother in law, Aubrey was the one to speak. "Have we seen your son? How can you be so careless to have lost him in the first place?"

"It's not that I've lost--"

"Are you speaking back to my mother!" Blake demanded. He looked nothing like the Carter with his own short blonde hair while they all had long brown hair. He wasn't tall like Jaxon and Savanah were too. Even Aubrey and her late husband, Hans. And he had the most rotton personality of all.

"Of course not." I managed to say. "I'll leave you then." As I was about to turn to leave, Rose commented.

"This brownie is as ugly as you, maybe you're just a bit prettier though." Everyone began making their own comments as soon as Rose started.

"Yes so true. I was about to talk about it too!" Said Melissa, Aubrey's sister.

"Even me too." Remarked Jones, another cousin.

"Same here!" Said Thomas, another uncle.

"Wow. You must be such a terrible cook..married to this family for fifteen years and you still don't know how to cook?" Scoffed Blake.

"I know right? I wonder how my poor boy does in her care. She feeds him poison like this and there's no way his health will be fine!" Aubrey inserted.

"I didn't make that." I said bluntly. They all looked at me with suspicion.

"If you didn't, then who did?" Asked Rose. By this time, Savanah was already hiding her head to the table.

"Yea who would make such a horrible browny like this huh?" Blake frowned."She's just lying..if you pin it on any of the maids--"

"--it was of course Savanah." I cut him off and said. Neither of them believed me at first, but then we all knew how easily distracted Savanah could be when she was supposed to be doing something important.

"I-I didn't!" Savanah said. She actually had the nerve to talk!

"What do you mean you didn't? You were the one making the brownie--"

"Why will you lie like this! This is getting out of hand, you know!" She barked at me.

Immediately, I turned to Jaxon, my precious husband to defend me. "Jaxon, you know she's lying right?"

Blake and literally everyone else were waiting to hear from Jaxon. Finally, he said, "Camila, can you just stop lying now? It's not funny."

My heart seized right in my chest. "W-what?" What had I expected? My husband would never defend me. Never! We'd grown so much apart that...it kills me! "Jaxon, how can you--"

"Ma'am, I've found Caleb!" A maid came in to say as a matter of urgency.