Can't Help but Fall for My Maid

Claire had dropped out of school a year after her Dad remarried, Her step mum had one way or the other convinced her Dad to stop paying her fees for a reason best know to her. Claire had always asked her Dad to continue paying her fees so she could finish her schooling, some times she asks politely, most times she does it rudely, but it always ended up in disapproval. It was gonna be a hard job for Claire to find a decent job under twenty four hours, she didn't even have a particular location to head to, she just planned on roaming the city for some while till she finds something. Claire got dressed and headed out in search of a job, she started by walking round her neighborhood for some while, she boarded a taxi to a popular fast and food restaurants, she was hoping to find a job there. After a long drive she got to the restaurant and paid the taxi driver with the last money she had. “wait how am I supposed to get back home when am done here?" Claire asked herself after realising what she just did. She sighed and walked into the restaurant, she looked around and found the place busy as usual, she had only been here once, a long time ago. Claire walked to a old woman who was mopping the floor and greeted her. “Hi Mam, am here to see the manager.." Jane said. The old woman directed Claire to the managers room, she reached the door and took a deep breath, Claire pushed the door open. She gasped when she saw A man fiercely kissing a woman on his desk, Claire quickly closed the door, “Hey come back in!" The man yelled from inside. Claire opened the door and walked in slowly, the lady quickly adjusted her cloths and left quickly, Claire stood there and stared at the man. “Are you the manager?" Claire mumbled, “yeah sit, how can I help you?" The manager asked. “i want to work for this restaurant, am good at cooking, cleaning, anything you want me to do, am good at it!" Claire said. “Really?, we could use one more waiter but it has to be someone of Five years experience, but you don't look old enough for that so you can leave my office now, bye! " The manager said. “wait what! ” Claire asked looking quite shocked, The man repeated his statement asking her to leave, Claire pleaded the man to just give her a chance to show how good she is but the man refused, after some much pleading, Claire gave up. “Fine I'll leave, I'll leave and tell the owner of this restaurant what her manager does secretly in his office!" Claire said and stood up. “excuse me, you don't even know the owner of this restaurant, so you can't do anything " The manager said. “I just said ‘she’. I know who she is and where she stays, I am gonna tell her everything I saw!" Claire said and turned to leave. “Stop!, Alright I'll give you the job!" The man said, Claire jumped up happily and did a victory dance, The manager instructed her go sit and handed her some forms to fill, she was to bring back the already filled form and start work the next day. Claire thanked the manager and left the restaurant feeling fulfilled. Her mood soon changed when she realised she had to walk home, she walked back in and went to the manager's room. Claire opened the door and met the manager fondling and kissing the lady again, “Holy shit, what do you want from me for God's sake!” The manager yelled. “Em..I need taxi fee, Am out of cash” Claire said slowly, The manager angrily handed her some cash and asked her to immediately leave. she left the restaurant and boarded a bus back home. Claire got home feeling so tired, she stood on their doorstep and stretched. she opened the door and slowly walked in, Her dad was sitting on a chair, he stared at her as she walked in looking tired. “you're ok?” Her Dad asked, “i got a job in a restaurant" Claire said. “Well congratulations dear, you just made me proud of you ” Her dad said. Claire nodded and walked slowly to her room, her Dad was talking when she walked off, He paused and stared at her as she walked away. “you're sure everything's okay?” Her dad asked. She walked to her room and dropped the file she was holding on her small desk, she fell on the bed feeling very weak. she soon slept off some while later. Claire woke up few hours later feeling good, she yawned and looked at the time on her cell phone, it was already Seven pm. She stood up and went out of her room to guest's room, she met her whole family seated and talking, she greeted non of them and went straight to the kitchen. she drank some water and exited the kitchen, she walked past them again and was stopped by her Dad, “Claire, can we have a minute with you?" Her dad asked. She sat next to him with a stern face, Her dad cleared his throat and started. “Everything's gonna be changing now that you have secured a job, if I may ask, what's your monthly salary? ” He asked. “it's weekly” Claire corrected, “fine, what's the weekly pay?" He asked. “20 dollars per week" Claire said. “Not bad, so you should always make sure to always get to work early” Her dad said, After about thirty minutes of counselling, Her dad finally stopped. Dinner was later prepared and they were all invited to the table, Claire went to the table and served herself, she took her food and started walking away, “what are you doing Claire, we're supposed to eat together, as a family " Her Dad said. “we are not families! ” Claire said, she turned and walked away from them, she went to her room and locked the door. Claire sat on her bed and ate her food, she picked up her Mobile phone and messaged Natasha on WhatsApp. she told her about her new job and how excited she is to finally get a job. She stood up and went to the form and went through it, she grabbed a pen and filled it, she took one more glance at the paper and hid it under her pillow She had already finished eating so she laid on her bed and continued with her phone, she slept off some while later. Claire woke up the second day early enough, she quickly rushed to her bathroom and showered, she dressed up and rushed downstairs. Breakfast was already served, she quickly ate some bread and cheese and rushed out to go,“oh shit my phone!" She yelled and rushed back to her room. she quickly grabbed her phone and rushed back out. “am forgetting something, shit the form!" Claire yelled and rushed back in, Her family just watched her as she was dramatically running helter skelter. She reached her room and stared around trying to find it. “Where's it?" She asked no one in particular, she searched her desk, under her bed, even her bathroom but still couldn't find it. She opened her wardrobe and scattered her wears trying to find the piece of paper but still didn't find it there, she scratched her head trying to figure out where she kept it, “ohh, I know where it is!" She said and rushed out. she went out of her room and went to her parent who were still on the dinning table, “where's she, oh there you are. where is my Application form!” Claire yelled and grabbed her stepsister by the neck. Her father quickly dragged her away and held her, “just calm down, fighting isn't gonna find your application form. Now you, did you take anything from her room?" He asked Mitchell. “I didn't take anything from her room, she misplaced it and is now blaming me for her carelessness! ” Mitchell yelled. “you crazy bitch, I know you have hidden it somewhere, give it back now or I'll kill you!" Claire yelled on top of her voice. Her father calmed her down and told her to go check her room well, Claire insisted she checked well. He left and went to her room, Claire followed her. She got to her room and met him searching furiously for the paper, “where was the last place you saw...wait is this it?” He asked her holding the application form. Claire nodded and sluggishly took the paper from him, “Arrange your stuffs and meet me In the dinning room, you have to apologize to your sister ” Her Dad said and walked out. Claire checked her phone and it was already Half past eight!, she was supposed to be there by eight. She quickly rushed out and went out through the back door, she boarded a taxi to the restaurant. Claire took a deep breath and entered the restaurant slowly. she walked straight to the manager's office and knocked, The man asked her to come in which she did nicely, She walked to the seat and sat down. “Am sorry for coming late, traffic was very bad” Claire said. “ok..” The manager said and collected the form from her, he glanced through it carefully, “Are you sure I can start working here today? ” Claire asked. “Congratulations miss Claire, you are now a worker of this restaurant! " The manager said. Claire jumped up happily and gave a more thrilling victory dance, she sat back down laughing. “you can go over to the old woman and tell her to give her your clothes " The manager said. “Thank you so much Mr manager!" Claire said and smiled. “it's Nicholas ” The man said. “oh ok, Mr Nicholas, thanks for the job. I'll make you proud ” Claire said and walked out of the office.

“now where's the old woman, hmmm. oh there she his!” Claire said and rushed to the old woman sitting on a chair busy with her phone. “Hi old woman Mr.. ” Claire was saying when the woman suddenly interrupted her, “you're calling me an old woman, your mama is a old ass bitch!! ” The woman yelled at her.u “my mum is actually gone.. ” Claire said with a sober face, “Your mum's gone, where'd she go. Paris, LA or new York?” The woman asked. “no she's dead ” Claire said. “oh she's dead, sorry about that kid but don't call me an old woman again, am Miss Kate! ” She said. “Miss Kate?,you didn't get married when you were younger? ” Claire asked, “i was until my husband left home one day and never returned!" Miss Kate said and chuckled. “how did you feel raising a kid alone” Claire asked. “Enough with the question now kid, go pick your wear in the store” Miss Kate said and pointed at a door entrance. Claire slowly went to the door and opened it, she went in a saw lot a wardrobe, she opened it and saw uniforms hanged to the wardrobes, Claire touched the clothes carefully and selected one. She tried it on and checked herself in the mirror, It was too big. she changed into another one and checked herself again, this time it was too small, Claire kept on changing the clothes trying to find a perfect fit. She finally did find one after about an hour of trying, she looked around at the clothes she dumped on the floor, she quickly started pushing them and piling them up into the wardrobe. it won't fit in cause she the clothes were not properly arranged or hanged. Claire stopped when she heard a knock on the door, “Hey kid get your ass out here, we have customers! ” A voice yelled, it was miss Kate. Claire quickly pushed the rest of the clothes into a corner and rushed to the door. “damn, it looks good on you darling” Miss Kate exclaimed as she saw Claire walk out majestically out of the room, Claire smiled and shut the door. miss Kate escorted Claire to the kitchen and showed her everything she needed to do, Claire swung into action immediately. She carried plates and served the customer carefully, customers occupied the room, some where already served while others weren't. Claire was walking to and fro holding plates. She stopped to rest a bit, she sat down next to miss Kate, “Is this what you do here everyday” Claire asked gesturing at her phone. “Kid mind your business, i have my job and you have yours!” Miss Kate yelled. Claire stood up to go drop the plate in the kitchen, she suddenly paused when she saw a group of men walking towards their restaurant. They were dressed in suits, four men walked in and took an empty table, Claire stared at them as they talked. The lads looked very handsome and Claire couldn't take her eyes off them. Miss Kate suddenly spanked her from behind, Claire quickly rushed to the kitchen and dropped the used plates. She walked to the gentlemen with her heart beating fast, she gently asked for their orders. “Hey beautiful, I'll have some chicken wings, guys what do you want ” one of the lads said. They all took their orders except the last one, he seemed exceptionally quite. He just stared at his phone with his very cute face ignoring all that was said. His friends ordered his own food for him, Claire went to the kitchen and arranged the orders in a plate, he carried it back to them and serves them.They all ate except the silent one, “Hey Jake eat something, We'll be leaving soon” One of the man said to him. He ignored, His friends continued eating their food. “His name is Jake!” Claire said to herself as she walked back to the kitchen, she dropped the plates she was holding and rushed out back, she sat next to miss Kate and watches as the men ate. Miss Kate looked at Claire and noticed she was gazing weirdly at the men, “ stop staring at customers too much, it's weird ” Miss Kate said. “The guy with the phone, why isn't he eating” Claire asked. “Maybe he's not hungry! ” Miss Kate exclaimed. “He's the CEO of Jake's limited, He is not used to eating in public..I think ” Miss Kate said. “i knew have heard the name somewhere, you don't see a millionaire walk into a restaurant everyday " Claire said, “billionaire” Miss Kate corrected. “Damn, he's cute and super rich. His girlfriend is a lucky girl! ” Claire said, “About that..” Miss Kate was saying when one of the dude suddenly called for the waiter. Claire quickly rushed to them, They told her they have finished eating and paid her with a large tip, “its so good to have you here Mr Jake ” Claire said and smiled. He looked at her with a stern face and didn't say a single word, He walked out if the restaurant and to his car,“His happy to be here too” The man who paid her said. The other men walked out of the restaurant and walked to their exotic vehicles, Claire stared at them till they drove, she sighed and cleaned the table. “He acted weird when I tried to exchange pleasantries with him” Claire said to miss Kate, “next time don't try to!” Miss Kate said and laughed. Claire continued with her work till it was time to go home, she finished changing her dress and boarded a cab home, she stood on the door step and sighed heavily, she remembers she sneaked out today and her dad was gonna scold her for that. she opened the door and walked in, Her Dad was sitting on a couch watching TV. “Dad, am sorry about what happened earlier ” Claire said. “go apologize to your sister, she's in her room ” He said. Jane nodded and walked away, she went to her room and locked the door. she showered and changed her clothes. she picked her phone and dialed Natasha's line, she told her everything that had happened today. She dropped her phone and laid in her bed, she thought of the silent dude. “why was he silent or Is he deaf and couldn't head what I said” Claire thought to herself. She sighed and rested her head on the pillow, she was about to doze off when she realised she has not had dinner yet. She stood up and rushed out of her room.

Claire woke up the next day and prepared for work as usual, she left her room and went to the guest's room. She walked in and met her Dad holding his bag pack, “Dad, you're going back already " She asked. “yeah, I'll be going now. you be a good girl and stay out of trouble. okay?” He asked, Claire nodded. she went to the dinning table and ate little quantity of the food prepared for breakfast. she grabbed her dad's bag and walked out, Her dad followed her and they walked up the street trying to find a cab. They soon stopped a taxi, luckily Claire's was working not that far from the airport so she boarded the cab with her Dad. They both got in the cab and told the driver the destination. The cab started moving, there was silence in the car as they drove slowly through the traffic. “Dad, I hope you've spoken with your wife to stop her wicked acts against me” Claire asked. “your step mum had always been a caring woman, you can't see that because you're blinded by your mum's death” He responded. “I knew you're happy with her death, you're always supportive of what that bitch does” Claire yelled. “How dare you call my wife a bitch” Her dad asked with a angry face, The driver watched as they both argued yelling on top of their voices. “wow, you guys really have some serious issues ” The cabman said. “Shut up!” They both yelled at him. “stop the car, stop it now! ” Claire yelled, The car slowed down and parked. Claire got down from the vehicle, “get back in here right now! ” Her dad yelled at her. “you and your stupid bitch can go fuck yourself, I hope you never come back home!!” Claire yelled and slammed the door angrily. Her Dad watched as she boarded a cab and disappeared out of sight, Her dad sighed. “Hey man, I know what you're going through. if you need someone to talk to it about, just know..” “Just shut your stupid mouth up and take me to the airport! ” He yelled at the driver. The driver ignited his engine and drove off to the airport. Claire got to the restaurant and walked in with a sad face, miss Kate quickly noticed and walked to her, She asked Claire if everything was okay and she simply nodded. Claire wore a sad face throughout the day, Her mood suddenly changed when a car suddenly parked in front of the restaurant. Claire stretched her neck trying to see who just came down from the vehicle, It was the men that came eating yesterday, The rich dumb boy!. Claire quickly thought of approaching them i n a different way today, only three came today and Claire thought of asking them about there Friend's whereabouts. She quickly washed the thought off her mind saying it wasn't necessary. Claire watched as the gentlemen approaches the door. The men walked in and called on her to take their orders. Claire walked to the table and cleared her throat. “Morning gentlemen, Am sorry for being too forward yesterday, I didn't know you were dumb” Claire said. Jake didn't reply but only stared at her weirdly. “Oh, he's deaf too?” Claire asked nobody particularly. One of the men covered his mouth trying to hold himself from laughing, He couldn't control it any more. He bursts out laughing so hard. Claire stared at him confusedly, she watched as the men laughed harder. “Em, i think his friends has issues too, what a weird friendship! ” Claire exclaimed and walked away from them. She walked to the kitchen and returned with their orders, Claire served them and as she had expected, the dumb guy didn't eat the food. Claire walked away from them to attend to other customers, she finished serving the customers and took her seat, she stared at the young men and saw them talking to the dumb guy, Claire saw the boy nod at something said to him. “maybe he's just dumb, yeah he's dumb. He can obviously hear what his friends are telling him” Claire said to her self. Claire saw the one of them point at her, Her heart skipped a bit. Her heartbeats beat faster when she saw the man stand and walk slowly to him. “Hey, my friend thinks you might be a good maid, would you considering working for us?” He asked her. “what!, I can't just quit my work here and..” “The pay's 500 dollar per week!” The man interrupted her. “Am in!” Claire said with excitement when she heard the amount she could earn per week. Claire gave the man her home's address, They were to come pick him up later in the day. The man went back to his seat and continued eating, They soon finished eating and left the restaurant. Claire walked happily to miss Kate and told her all that had happened, she congratulated her. Claire decided to leave immediately to go prepare. “oh one more thing ” Claire said and walked to the manager's office. She went in without knocking, “I told you to always knock and wait for confirmation before entering my office!” The manager yelled angrily. “Do this one more time and you might get yourself fired!” He yelled. Claire stared at his face which was sweating profusely, she instantly knew something was going on. “i actually came to tell you that I quit ” Claire said, “oh, that's good news. I wish you well in your future endeavours, now would you leave my office please? ” He asked. Claire stood up and walked to the door, she stopped and stared back at him. “I can see her hiding under the table!” Claire said and walked out. she closed the door and heard him murmur some things. She walked away from the door and waved goodbye to miss kate, she boarded a taxi home. She picked her phone and dialed her dad's line, He didn't pickup. she tried one more time but he still didn't pick it, She kept the phone back in her handbag and relaxed as the taxi went through the city, she got home and went straight to her room ignoring her step mother sitting in the guest room. Claire came back minutes afterwards, “I've secured a job with the CEO of Jake's Ltd, he's gonna be here to pick me up anytime soon" Claire said and turned to leave. “What post are you gonna work for them as, there toilet cleaner? " Claire's step mum said sarcastically, “She's lying mum, Jake ltd wouldn't employ someone like her!” Mitchell exclaimed. “you'll see for yourself! ” Claire said and walked to her room, she picked her phone and dialed her dad's number again. This time he picked and they spoke about Claire's new job, Claire's definitely happy she finally got a new and profitable job.

Claire was going to and fro in her room, The men were supposed to come pick her up by 5pm and it was already half pat six!. She left her room and went to their guest room, Her step mum watched as Claire walked out of the house. Claire checked both ends of the road but saw no car approaching. “Are they gonna come, they better do. Wait what if they don't, I already quit at the restaurant, I hope they come" Claire said to her self. She walked back in, “just go relax yourself girl, nobody's coming to pick you up!” Mitchell said and laughed, Claire ignored her and went to her room, she locked her door and went to her bed. She laid down thinking on what to do next, “I shouldn't have quitted at work yet, what if they decide not to show up anymore” Claire asked her self. She laid on her bed thinking till she slept off. Claire woke up the next day feeling refreshed, she stood up and went to her bathroom, did the usual thing . She left her room and went back to her bed, took her phone and called Natasha, she told her about everything that had happened to her and asked her for some advice. Natasha encouraged her to go back to the restaurant and reapply, Claire sighed and dropped the phone after she had spoken with Natasha. She was now feeling hungry, she left her room and went to the guest room, she walked to the kitchen and met her step mum cooking something. Claire ignored what she was doing and went to the fridge , she grabbed a apple and took a bite, “ you didn't say good morning when you walked in” Her step mum said. Claire ignored her and walked out of the kitchen, she sat on a chair and looked around checking if Mitchell was anywhere around her, she suddenly heard a voice outside. Claire listened attentively and noticed that it was her stepsister talking to a man, Claire went to the door and placed her ears on the door, “i already told you, no Claire Damien leaves here” Mitchell said. Claire quickly opened the door and saw the man he's been waiting for standing right outside her door, “Oh there she is, your sister is quite funny, she has been insisting that I was giving the wrong address! ” The man said. Claire stared at Mitchell angrily, Mitchell quickly walked back in. Claire apologized to him and asked for some seconds to get ready. Claire walked back in and went to Mitchell, “The next time you try to mess my life, I'll kill you!! ” Claire yelled. “What's going on here” Her step mum asked as she walked into the room. “The men has arrived to pick me and your daughter told them I don't reside here, they would have left if I wasn't quick enough!" Claire yelled. “I'm sorry about that, it won't.. ” Her step mum was saying when Claire angrily stormed away, she went to her room and slammed the door angrily, she already knew her step mum was pretending to be sorry for what her daughter did, she was definitely proud of her act deep down her. Claire stared around contemplating what to do. She went to her wardrobe and started picking some of her nice clothes. She was finally ready after some while of preparation. Claire carried her luggage and walked out. She reached their guest room and met her step mum sitting alone and watching TV, Claire looked around to check if Mitchell was somewhere close by, she suddenly heard her voice outside again. Claire rushed out holding the luggage, The men were about to start driving off when she yelled at them to stop, “Why are you leaving!" Claire yelled. “Your sister here said you have decided not to come with us!" The man said. “what, you stupid bitch!” Claire yelled and grabbed Mitchell. She yanked her making her fall down, she gave her a hard punch on the chin and slapped her numerous times. The men quickly got down from the car and dragged her away from Mitchell who was yelling and trying to fight back. “what is going on here" Mitchell's mum yelled as she rushed out to meet them, She helped her daughter who's face ware already red, “Dhe beat me up just because I thought she rejected their offer by going to her room and locking herself in” Mitchell said almost crying like a baby. “What the hell are you saying, she's trying to mess up my life with her stupidity! " Claire yelled, she picked up her luggage and angrily walked to the men's car. “can we go now please " Claire asked him. “What's that" He asked pointing at her bag. “my clothes and.. ” “keep em here, we'll get you new ones. Let's go now " the man said and walked to the vehicle. Claire rushed to her room and dropped the bag, she quickly grabbed her phone and ran out to meet them. “See you later” Claire said and smirked as she walked her step mum and sister standing and watching as she walked to the car. They watched as Claire got in the backseat and the car drove off. “Are you gonna watch as she becomes successful while we stay back here in this stinky place" Mitchell asked her mum. “Relax darling, I always get what I want. And I'll get her all the money she makes!” She replied and smirked. They both walked back in to resume what they were doing. “i haven't properly introduced my self, am Bob and this is John " Bob said. “Nice to meet you all, where's your dumb Friend” Claire asked. “about that..” john was saying when Bob suddenly pinched him.“Our dumb friend is doing great!” Bob said and chuckled. “Right, I have forgotten his friends have mental issues too!” Claire thought as she watched Bob chuckled.

They soon reached a very luxurious looking house and Claire jaws dropped when she saw the magnificent house. The automatic gate was activated with a remote control by Bob, they drove in and parked, Claire got down from the vehicle with her mouth still wide opened, Dozens and Dozens of men walked up and down wearing suits. Claire stared at the men as they walked in group. She was so amazed. “Alright, let's go in now ” Bob said. Claire quickly followed Bob and they all went into the house. “oh she's here already! ” A guy exclaimed as they walked in, he was the fourth guy that didn't show up in the restaurant earlier. “Welcome Cinderella, Catherine? " He asked her, “it's Claire, Claire Damien” Claire corrected him. “Welcome Claire, am Andrew. It's nice to have you here, follow me I'll show you your room now!” Andrew said. “Wow, for the first time in my life I'm treated with respect, by the way where's that dumb guy” Claire thought and looked around checking if he was here. “Are you looking for our dumb friend” Bob asked, Claire nodded. “He's in his room relaxing, you wouldn't wanna disturb him” Bod said. John was trying as much as possible to hold his laughter, he couldn't hold it anymore, He bursted into laughter which got his friends laughing too. “it's happening again, am I sure I can cope with a dumb boy and his lunatic friends" Claire asked herself and stared at them pitifully as they laughed hard. They stopped laughing and Andrew led the way to Claire's room, they walked past a door and Claire suddenly paused when she saw the door slightly opened, she slowed down and quickly peeped through the little gap. He was lying there, The dumb guy was sleeping on a bed covering him self with a white duvet. Claire stares as he slept innocently on the bed. “Nobody would ever imagine someone this cute is ...” Claire was saying when a hand suddenly grabbed her and pulled her away from the door. “you better stay away from this door if you don't wanna get into trouble" Andrew said. Claire nodded. Andrew laid her upstairs to her room, Claire walked in an gasped at the beautifully decorated room, the room was painted in blue, which was also her favourite colour. She happily jumped on the bed with a big smile on her face, “This room smells so nice, I am finally at home" Claire said and cuddled the pillow cause she was already catching some cold from the Air conditioner, she had never been under one before. She tried to sleep but the cold wouldn't let her. She stood up and angrily stormed out if the room and went downstairs and to the men, “Hey can you turn off my room's Air conditioner please” Claire said. “i can cone help you out if you're having cold already " John said and smirked. Bob quickly pinched him, “just kidding, the electrician would be here to fix it soon” john said. Claire nodded and walked back upstairs, she came across the door again and saw it was still opened, she peeped through the space and the door suddenly opened and Jake was standing in front of her just in his underwear. Claire quickly ran upstairs and to her room, her heart was beating fast. She quickly rushed to her bed and buried her face in the pillow. She heard some foot steps approach her door, Her heart beat increased. Her door opened and Bob walked to her and sat on the bed. “You see, there's only one thing Jake detest and it's women. So I would advise you to stay as Much as possible away from him, okay” Bob asked. Claire nodded. Bob walked out leaving Claire in a confused state, “why would they employ me knowing well that he hates women, this is too weird. He's dumb, His friends has mental issues and now he hates women. I don't think I would last a night Here ” Claire exclaimed. She laid on her back and sighed, Her stomach suddenly grumbled. She hasn't eaten anything today. She rushed out of her room and went downstairs, She met John sitting there. “am famished, anything to eat” Claire asked confidently. John pointed to a refrigerator standing at the conner of the dinning room. Claire rushed to the fridge and opened it, she gasped as she saw the amount of food and beverages stored. She quickly grabbed as many as her hands could carry and walked away from the refrigerator. “what the..” John exclaimed as she saw Claire walk past him holding the foods. “what's wrong, you think this won't be enough. I thought so too, I'll grab some more" Claire said and approached the refrigerator again, “No..No it's okay, Go eat those one first. You can come back for more later!" John said. He watched as Claire walked upstairs struggling to carry the foods in her hands cause they were almost falling off. “We are in serious shit” John exclaimed. Claire opened her door and walked in, she dropped the foods on her bed and arranged them properly, she stared at them and smirked. She sat on her bed and prayed before devoured the food. .........few moments later......... “oh shit I shouldn't have ate too much!” Claire exclaimed sitting on the toilet seat. She finished in the toilet holding her stomach. She groaned and went to her bed, she collapsed on it and breathed head. She suddenly heard a knock on her door, “come back later..she's asleep!" Claire yelled. The door opened and Bob walked in, “Hey you're okay?” Bob asked. “Yeah, am doing perfectly well!” Claire said and smiled awkwardly. Bob nodded and closed the food, Claire heard his footsteps fade away. She suddenly rushed back to the toilet. Bob walked downstairs chuckling, “She's in some deep shit!” He said to his friends. They all laughed hard. Jake suddenly came downstairs, “Hey man you're up!” Bob exclaimed as he saw Jake coming down. “Why were you guys laughing ” Jake asked him. “she ate too much food, she's in serious shit ” Bob said and laughed again. Andrew and john joined him in laughing. “Great, she's a glutton too, she has too many issues already now she's a glutton” Jake said and walked back to his room leaving the others laughing so hard.

“I have an idea guys” Andrew suddenly said. “Alright we are all ears” Bob replied “This is gonna spice everything up bit” Andrew added. “ Common dude, just say it already ” John said eagerly. “Alright this is what we're gonna do”.. Jake suddenly paused when he heard a knock on his door, He walked slowly to the door and opened it sightly, he peeped out and saw his three friends standing on his doorstep. “What's going on” Jake asked staring at the confusedly. They pushed him out of the way and went in. “Can you guys just say what is wrong you know I hate suspense” Jake said. “Alright, we've been pondering on something lately and we would like to..” “Hey john, just skip to the point” Bob said. “okay, so you're gonna go shopping with her” John said. “You're crazy. The deal was to allow her stay here for a month, not go around shopping and and having dinner dates with her!” Jake yelled angrily. “good, we might include that later. But first you have to go shopping” John said. “Alright that's it, you guy should leave my room” Jake said and pointed at the door, “you don't have a choice, you're gonna do it!” Bob said and chuckled. He walked out and Andrew also did, John sat there looking around. “And what the hell are you waiting for” Jake asked him. “Me too” John asked. “No you can stay” Jake said picked up his shoe. “Good, I really thought you were gonna insist on..what the fuck!” john yelled and dodges the shoe Jake threw at him, he quickly sprinted out of the room. “psychopaths!” Jake said and slammed his door. It was in the middle of the night, a loud noise was suddenly heard. The men ran out of their rooms and asked each other what the notice was all about. “Where's Jake ” John said and rushed to Jake's room. “Hey Jake, open up” John said and banged the door. “Go away" Jake yelled. “Did you hear the loud noise " John asked. “It wasn't from here so go away!" Jake yelled. John left his doorstep and went to the others. “It's not from his room, let's go check on her" John said and walked to Claire's doorstep. He knocked and tried to open the door but it was locked, “Hey Cinderella, are you okay in there” John asked. “It's Claire and am okay ” Claire yelled. “oh you're awake, did you hear the sound" John asked. “I didn't hear anything, goodnight " Claire yelled. “This is weird, where did the noise come from" John asked his friends. “I have no idea, but I think imma go sleep back" Bob said and yawned. He left and went to his room. Andrew turned and entered his room too, “Hey dude, that's my room!" John said to the sleepy Andrew. Claire confirmed if they had all gone by slightly opening her door and peeping outside, they had all returned to their rooms. She quickly rushed to the Ac hanged on the wall and adjusted it back. She had hit it with a mopping stick causing it to turn off, she had to do it cause she was finding it hard to sleep in the cold room. She finished covering it and went to back to her bed and slept comfortably. It was morning already and everyone was still sleeping cause it was a Saturday. Claire was the first to wake up in the house. She stretched and left her room. She went downstairs and met the guys watching TV. “the plane crashed left about 50 people dead” Claire stared at the TV confusedly. “Where did this happen” Andrew asked John, “,it happened in our city's airport two days ago! " John replied. “Shit” Claire yelled and rushed back upstairs, she quickly picked her phone and dialed her dad's line. She was relieved when he picked the call. “Hey dad are you.." “Hello this is not your dad, I think he died in the aeroplane crash, Hey Bridget, this phone belongs to one of the victim Right ” A feminine voice said. “is this a joke, how did you find his phone in the crash " Claire asked as her heart beat increased. “we found the phone luckily, by the way the plane didn't completely explode" the woman said. Claire phone dropped from her hand, “No this can't be happening, my Dad is not dead. He is definitely not dead!!" Claire yelled and fell to the floor. She cried her eyes out. Her door suddenly opened and the boys walked in. They walked to her and asked her what happened, She explained everything to them and they sympathized with her. “i need to go see my step mum now” Claire said and stood up to leave, “I'll take you there, you won't stay long right " John said. “No let me do it, Am so sorry you lost him so early. Let's go dear” Bob said and held her hand, “hold up, I'll do it" Andrew said. “you don't even know where she lives” Bob said, they all began to argue yelling at each other on top of their voices like women. Claire stared at them as they argued, she silently walked out and boarded a cab home. She went in and met her step mum sitting with a sober face. She was staring at the News on the TV. Claire walked to one of the chairs and sat, she looked around to check if Mitchell was somewhere close, “Where's Mitchell ” Claire asked her. “Claire, your dad is dead ” she said. “I know but there's nothing we can do to bring him back, we gat to move on" Claire said. She stood up and walked to her room, she laid on her bed and cried her eyes out. She soon slept off after hours of sobbing!. She was woken later by a knock on her door, Claire stood up and went to her door, she opened it and Mitchell was standing on her door step. “The men are here to see you" Mitchell said and walked away. “They have finished arguing already” Claire asked herself as she walked to her bathroom. She washed her face with some water and wiped her face with a towel. She picked up her phone and walked out of the house. “Hey” Bob said as Claire walked to them. she didn't respond but just went to the car and sat in the back seat. “watsup!” John asked sitting in the driver's seat. Claire nodded and looked away, Bob got in the car and they zoomed off. “They're gone” Mitchell frowned as she sat back on the chair, she had been peeping out through the window and watching Claire got in the car. “she now goes around in exotic cars, how long will this continue mom" Mitchell asked with a sad face. “This week we mourn your Dad.. ” “He's not my father!" Mitchell said, interrupting what her mum was saying. “ok, we're gonna mourn your step dad first, then we'll deal with her later" She said. “i can't wait for that! ” Mitchell exclaimed.

They soon got home and Claire walked upstairs to her room, she walked past Jake without saying anything. He stared at her as she walked upstairs. Bob and and John walked in and sat down. “So" Jake asked staring at them. “ nothing!, but I think you should take her shopping tomorrow, at least to cheer her up a bit” Bob said. “We already talked about this, I will not take her shopping, this whole thing is just a stupid dare and She'll be out of here in no time” Jake said angrily. “You should do it, have respect for the dead! ” Bob said. “What does shopping have to do with a dead person. He's dead and nothing will bring her dad back" Jake said, he looked at his friends who were staring at him awkwardly. “Don't stare at me like that, I won't do it!” Jake said. His friends continued staring at him weirdly. “Fine, fine. I'll do it!” Jake yelled and angrily left for his room, “Yeah, that's more like it ” John said and jumped up happily. “Finally, it's happening, His dad is gonna be so proud of us!” Bob and exclaimed. “Yeah, by the way where's Andrew” John asked. “He's gone to a casino downtown, he said he needs to have fun tonight!” Bob said and laughed. It was already noon so they went to their respective rooms to take a short nap. Andrew arrived at the casino in a grand style, his bodyguards flocked around him as he struggled to go through the crowd, He always love to see people yelling his name like a celebrity. with an estimated net worth of 800 million dollars he remains the third richest man in his city. Jake was the richest of them all. Bob was richer than John making him the second richest in the city. They all had their own companies before. but decided to become partners and they succeeded more in their field of work. Andrew walked in and went to a table, he ordered for some drinks and he gulped a whole bottle down his throat, he had some few more bottles and soon played some casino games. After loosing some few rounds he was tired, He left for the bathroom to go pee. He got in and was peeing when the door suddenly opened a young beautiful lady walked in. “Em, this is for men . Women restroom is just right beside it” Andrew said. “I know..I followed you in here intentionally ” The girl said. “Em.what do you want" Andrew asked. “You wanna know what I want, call me tomorrow ” She said and handed him a piece of paper. John took it from her reluctantly and stared at the digits written on it. She suddenly grabbed Andrew and kissed him on the lips, Andrew eyes opened in shock as their lips locked. She let go of him and rushed out of the room. Andrew stood there and paused, he just received the shock of his life, he instantly left the casino and rushed back home to tell the others what just happened to him!. He got home only to find out everyone has gone to bed already, “guess we will do this another day” Andrew said. He checked his wristwatch and it was already half past nine pm. He went to his room to take a nap. Claire sat in her room feeling very sad, she couldn't believe her father died just barely a day she secured a well paying job. She cried her eyes out, she soon heard a knock on her door. She went to the door and opened it. Bob was standing right there in his night wears. “Are you okay" Bob asked the sad looking Claire, she nodded and wiped her face. “ok you'll be going shopping with Jake tomorrow, make sure you wake up early” Bob said. Claire nodded in agreement, Bob left her doorstep and went back to his room. Claire went to her bed and laid down, she continued thinking of her Dad till she slept off.. Claire woke up the next day and quickly got ready, she wore her dress and went downstairs , others soon joined her and they all sat and watched TV. Jake soon came out of his room and came downstairs, “look who's ready for a date!” Andrew exclaimed as Jake walked downstairs dressed in his fancy suit. He ignored them and walked out, Claire sat there and watched as he walked out. She stared at the guys and they were all staring at her. She gazed at the confusedly, “Em..what's wrong” Claire asked. “Get your ass out there before he changes his mind!" Andrew said. Claire quickly rushed our to meet Jake, He was already sitting in his limousine. Claire opened the car door and got in. She stared around and was amazed at the car's interiors, She had never been in one before. The car suddenly started moving and she adjusted herself and sat well. She looked back and car was behind them, she was sure one was in the front too. They drove for some minutes and soon stooped by a mall. The door was opened by Jake's bodyguard and Claire majestically alighted from the vehicle. In a twinkle of an eye, crowd has already gathered around yelling his names, some reporters using their phone to record asked Jake some questions. “Mr Jake it's so nice to see you here, oh is this your girlfriend " A reporter asked gesturing at Claire who was staring around. He ignored them and slowly walked in. Claire was left standing in the middle of the crowd, “Hi miss, are you Mr Jake's girlfriend” A reporter asked, “Hi, his long have you been dating” Another asked. They all asked her dozens of questions at once, she was too confused to even answer any of the questions. “He's not my boyfriend, who would marry a dumb boy!" Claire suddenly yelled. There was sudden silence, Claire stared at everyone nervously. The screams suddenly started again, “But miss, Mr Jake has never been seen with a woman before so you must be his girlfriend " A reporter said. “Well, maybe he's gay. Who knows if..whoah!!" Claire exclaimed when a hand suddenly grabbed her and dragged her away from the crowds.