Part 9: Can...I stay?

The next day I woke up a little too early, I never wanted to get up but my body just won't let me.

Me: "Damnit"

I swear something feels off in this house, but what?

Me: " uugghh!~"

After taking a minute to suck it up, I finally got out of bed and put on my bed slipper and the cover for my nightgown that's hanging on the hook on my door; what? Can't a girl be old school and live in small mansion at the same time.

Me: " Great I'm talking in my head again "

I yawn at the end, at times like this it reminds that I'm still young and normal; aways after going down the stairs without making a sound, I head into the kitchen and pull the refrigerator.

Me: " apple, orange, grape, pineapple and ginger..."

The back of my left arm vibrates and my ears twitching; someone's watching me; by the weight of their footsteps.

Me: "come out bell I can hear you"

Bell came out of the shadows and into the open refrigerator light.

Bell: " miss-"

Me: " today your contract with dad expires so there no need for you to call me that "

Bell: " can.. I stay?"

The sadness in bells voice was real but a contract is a contract.

Me: " stay where?"

I ask her as I take out the pineapple and ginger box juice.

Bell: " here with you, please-"

Me: " no bell, your contract clearly stated you will leave on this day and get paid in full before you start working and do your job as a personal maid/bodyguard for me and father for 10 years and you add that you'll only work for that time alone and leave cutting all ties with your employers.

Bell: " you remember everything? And word for word no less; to think you were only 5 at the time "

Me" hmm"

I pour my juice into the glass cup and walk away from her.

Bell: " can't you renew the contract? "

And stop at her request. It's best to make sure everything is settle here and now, cause god knows I hate waiting.

Me: " what did I ask you three days before dad died?"

The look on her face as I said that was unexpected, even for me.

Bell: " I..if I wanted to make a personal, contract with you "

Me: "what was your reply "

Bell:"..."

She didn't answer because she already knew what her answer was.

Me: " if you stay quiet how am I to remember?...Bell!"

Her body tenses up at her name. Then she surprises me again lowering head to ground.

Bell: " I'm sorry! Miss I was wrong please forgive me, please I don't want to.."

Is she crying? dear lord! What's happened to the: heartless, I don't give a shit on less I'm getting paid and I'll kill you if your annoying; bitchie chick from my childhood hood?! I'm really too soft.

Me: " I can't renew it"

Bell rises her head up and look at me with tears in her eyes; it's really a good thing I have natural porker face.

Bell: " why not? "

Me: " did you already forget? I'm broke aka I can't pay you so exited at 10 and I'm going back to bed-"

Bell: " you don't need to pay!"

Bell said something stopping me again, ugh~ just when I'm I gonna get out of this kitchen?

Me: " come again and listen to the words your saying "

Bell: " I did, and your father pay me triple the amount when he first hired me to protect you, so we can work something out on that, can't we?"

Me: " and how much did he pay you?"

I ask drinking my juice before it gets any more hot.

Bell: " Just 12,543,875,578 dollars "

And here I thought that spitting thing in animes were fake, like holy freaking shit! No wonder he didn't tell me.

Bell: " and my bonus whenever did my job good and training with you until he died my bonus in total is 34,875,732 dollars in US and some of it is in euro/pound"

Me: " no wonder you turned me down, and why is it you want to stay again? "

Bell: " to stay with you of course "

Ugh~ my head is killing, okay, that's it! I'm going back to bed and staying home today.

Me: " do whatever you won't and if your really plan on staying get the paperwork ready"

Bell shakes her head with a freaking pleased smile on her face. But wait does she also get a monthly salary. So doesn't that means she's.

Me: " nope nope nope *fanning hand over head* don't think about nothing raven, let's just go back to bed.

With two steps up the stairs the doorbell rings, you have got to be kidding me.

Me: " what now? "