Georgia led the way, followed closely by Malee, as they went down the staircase to the main door. Mary and the rest of the servants were in their assigned places, alongside the flower pots in freshly ironed out servant uniforms. Mary turned around to look at Georgia and straightened out some edges of the dress. She did the same for Malee, who was standing behind Georgia.
“Follow Georgia everywhere. Do and say nothing unless instructed.” whispered Mary. Malee nodded.
“Where is George?” whispered Mary to Georgia.
“VIP comes last.” replied Georgia.
Just after Mary had smoothed out the rough edges for Malee, a row of black cars came through the gate. Then they heard the door opened and George emerging from it in the most formal dress that Malee had seen him in. Black suite, with tie, making him looks more mature than he usually looks. Everyone stared at him, and gave the smiles of approval, to which Malee noted a slight blush on his face. Unlike Georgia, who was right at home under expensive dresses and heels, George didn’t look too comfortable in them.
“Here comes in the prince.” whispered Georgia to an annoyed look from George.
“Behave yourselves.” whispered Mary as George came down in front of her to the lowest level of the stairs. So there they were, George, the first amongst them, followed by Georgia as the row of cars stopped in front of the door. The driver of the car stopped in front of George came out of the car quickly to open the door only for a hand to appear out of it. George stepped forward and extended his hand to gentle place it beneath it, only for a girl around Georgia’s age to come out of the car. George gave a slight bow and so did the rest of the servants, Mary had to push down Malee’s head to do the same because she was staring at the girl.
The only person who wasn’t bowing, Malee noted, was Georgia. One by one, everyone came out of their cars, including the master and the mistress. The silence was broken only by the one person who could do so, Georgia.
“Michelle! I miss you so much. Why didn’t you call me you are arriving early?” shouted Georgia to a lady who came out of the other side of the car while running towards her. They hugged as if they were long-lost sisters and walked towards George and the girl.
“Hi George, this is Marianne, my sister.” smiled Michelle as she introduced the two standing in front her her, still holding hands. George nodded and smiled before leading her into the house , followed by Georgia and Michelle and the rest of the guests.
The last of them was the master and the mistress who stopped at the stairs to talk to Mary. She glanced briefly at the dress Malee was wearing before walking into the house. Mary tugged at Malee to follow her and they both went into the house to catch up on the twins.
“You are wearing Georgia’s dress?” whispered Mary.
“Yes, Georgia passed me this dress to wear.” replied Malee.
“Ok. Stand behind Georgia, but not too close. And call her madam.” whispered Mary before she stood behind the sofa that George was sitting on. Malee made a note of that and stood behind Georgia, who was still talking to her friend from overseas in an unknown language to Malee. Malee had known from the language professor that Georgia could speak multiple language fluently, but it impressed her when she experienced it firsthand. Georgia could not only speak the language but also able to adjust her voice to match her friend’s native tone. To the amazement of the rest, who had just arrived at the main lobby, she smiled at one of the butler behind her friend and spoke to him in another language. The butler smiled and nodded.
Georgia turned around to look at Malee and asked her friend something before standing up and walking towards the kitchen. Malee, as she had been told several times, followed Georgia from close behind into the kitchen. The butler that Georgia was speaking to follow them.
“Take out the wine bottle and prepare 2 cups. He will do the rest.” said Georgia to Malee. “Oh, and wear this around your neck and put the end in your ears. It is a translator so at least you will know basic commands.”
Malee nodded and took out a wine bottle and passed it to the butler who was standing behind them. She then went to the cabinet to take out a silver tray and 3 cups. The butler opened the bottle with the screw from his pocket and poured it into one cup before placing it around his nose.
“Not bad but you have better?” said the butler, which was what Malee heard from the ear she put the translator device in.