THE LITTLE JOKESTER

AT MR. AARON'S HOUSE:

Alayah entered and saw Mrs. George scolding the previous cleaner, "We are firing you".

"But what was my mistake, Ma'am?" the maid asked.

"Mr. Aaron doesn't like your services!" Mrs. George replied.

"Hey Mrs. George", Alayah said.

"Miss Alayah, just do your work and leave! Mr. Aaron doesn't want your notes!" Mrs. George ordered.

"Notes? Oh, that, well that was just information about the food", Alayah replied.

"There is no need to inform Mr. Aaron!" Mrs. George said.

She entered the kitchen, was looking stunning in a double French braid then she wore an apron, and from the paper, she immediately started reading what she would be cooking.

A man was walking down the stairs with a child. The man had a moustache and was dressed in a suit, giving the impression that he was on duty. The child was around five years old, with curly honey-brown hair, an innocent face, and lovely green eyes. He started coming towards the kitchen slowly, "Harry, what are you doing?" the man asked.

"Shh, let's tease the new cook", Harry said in a naughty tone.

"Not again Harry ", that man tried to stop him.

"Shh, you are making noise, just follow me!" Harry tried to instruct him.

Alayah was busy in Kitchen when harry suddenly entered and shouted, "BOO!"

She shouted back and asked frighteningly, "Who are you? And how did you come inside?"

"Well, Miss I am Walter, and he is Harry, Mr. Aaron's nephew. He left a toy here, so we just came to pick it up, I am responsible for the private affairs of the company, sometimes I do drive for Harry or any other family member", Walter replied.

"I got it, I am Alayah, a cook here, and nice to meet you Mr. Walter", Alayah said.

Meanwhile, Harry was consistently looking at Alayah with a shine in his eyes.

"Do you want anything to eat Harry?" Alayah asked him with love.

"No, I just want you to pick that toy for me, won't you?" Harry asked with a cute smile on his face.

"No!" I'm not permitted to leave the kitchen, so if you want your toy, go and get it.", Alayah said.

"Ridiculous", harry laughed.

"What?" Alayah asked.

"What if you need to go to the bathroom?" Harry asked while making an innocent face.

"Harry, come pick, pick your toy we have to leave, your mother is waiting for you", Walter said.

"I had my mother's permission to stay here for a time, so no.", Harry replied.

"Oh, then ok, I will come to pick you up later", Walter said and left the kitchen.

"Come play with me!" Harry requested Alayah.

"Sorry Harry but I have got a lot of work in the kitchen", Alayah replied.

Harry walked towards the living room while saying, "Fine, as I got nobody, nobody! He was saying it loudly, hoping Alayah would hear and join him. "Of course, I can play alone, all alone," he said.

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At Mr. Aaron's office, in a meeting room.

In the meeting room, there were five people.

Aaron, his friend Erik, his sister Della, his brother-in-law Henry and Mrs. George.

"If you guys are done with the discussion, I would like to tell you all that we are going to meet mom soon", Della said.

"Yes please Mrs. Lincoln calls me almost daily", Erik said.

"I am telling you already Aaron you have to come, we will have fun!" Della informed Aaron.

"Yes Aaron, Della is right", Henry said.

"Fine, then this Sunday, we will go there", Aaron replied.

Then Della came close to Aaron, hugged him, and gave him a loving kiss on the cheek, "this kiss was from mom", Della said.

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AT AARON'S HOUSE:

Alayah was working in the kitchen. Harry was playing a game on Aaron's iPad, he called her, "Alayah! I want juice".

Grr, this spoiled child, she said, "I am busy in the kitchen come and get the juice!" Alayah replied.

"No, give me the juice right now", while saying this he lost the game he was playing, "Gah, I died, just because of you!" he shouted from the living room.

Alayah walked towards the living room and looked at the mess Harry has created, the toys, story books, and cushions.

She sat on the sofa and asked Harry, "So are you hungry?"

He sat in front of her and said worriedly, "I came here without telling my mother, so I need to leave before she arrives, I just lied to Walter."

"But why, I mean why you lied?" Alayah asked.

"My laptop was not working and my mom was not giving me the video games so I came here to play on Uncle's iPad," Harry replied with an innocent face.

"Mom won't ever find out that I came here, therefore I must go", he said.

"Well, this will remain a secret if you help me clean this mess", Alayah said.

"No", He said while raising an eyebrow, "if you clean this mess all alone, I will not tell anyone that you came into the living room", he said.

"Such a naughty baby you are! Alright, I will clean it for you", Alayah smiled.

Then after cleaning the mess, she went into the kitchen to prepare some egg muffins for Harry, and also its time for her to leave so she took a sticky note and write,

"Mr. Aaron the pasta sauce is in the fridge kindly get that before eating!"

After giving Harry his meal, she left the house. Walter came to pick Harry up, and he also left.

Aaron returned in the evening and went to the kitchen. He noticed some jam jars and a salt and pepper shaker on the kitchen countertop.

He did not like any change in his house, so he took the jam jars and put them back in the fridge.

He then read the sticky note, rolled it into a ball, and threw it in the trash, then took the food from the oven and served himself. He took a bite and was impressed with how Alayah had prepared it. He then tasted the pasta, but without sauce, it wasn't very tasty, so he got up, grabbed the sauce from the fridge, and served himself.