Malee gave a quick nod to Mary and went down to the cellar for a quick shower and changed to a new uniform before running up to Georgia’s room. She hesitated for a while, pondering whether to pull down the handle to open the door herself or to knock on the door. She could open…
Month: March 2020
Writers’ Journal #160 – Fried Potato – 44
Mary stood aside for Malee and the translator to come into the room and then after Malee had placed the bag on the table, signalled her to leave the room with her. Malee nodded and left George with the elderly gentleman and followed Mary outside of the room after closing the door. “Malee, next time,…
Writers’ Journal #159 – Fried Potato – 43
But there was no time to wonder about Malee because she would have to attend to other urgent matters, such as breakfast for the twins. The guests would be arriving in a few day times and everyone would need to start playing their parts in advance and not on the day itself. With much haste,…
Writers’ Journal #158 – Fried Potato – 42
Malee wanted to protest but before she could say anything, she was in the George’s room. It was still messy as ever with papers lying on the floor as both Mary and Malee were out shopping with Georgia. Malee reminded herself to clean the room in the morning as she was pulled to the table…
Writers’ Journal #157 – Fried Potato – 41
After dinner, Mary packed her belongings in her room, admittedly she had nothing there to speak of as being belonged to her, in a bag and went over to the main house. Mary was already there in her room, preparing the bed and once completed, she came over to Malee’s room to help her to do the same. Malee noted in both of their rooms, there was a phone which Mary explained to her that they were connected directly to George and Georgia’s bedrooms. Master and Mistress would be assisted by their own servants, whom Malee had seen accompanying them to various outings. As Malee tried to sleep in the new bed, she thought of what she had heard during the dinner.
Writers’ Journal #156 – Fried Potato – 40
The preparation for the dinner went as usual with Malee preparing her fried potato dish. Once the dinner was done, the servants were called to gather in the main hall for an announcement. Malee stood behind Mary as the master along with the mistress and the twins looked on them. “Thank you for the work…
Writers’ Journal #155 – Fried Potato – 39
So Malee and Georgia stared at each other places for a while before Mary interrupted the girls. “So, is George agreeable to the arrangement?” asked Mary. “You know him as well me Mary. He still thinks like a little boy.” smiled Georgia while taking a sip from the wine glass. Malee had absolutely no clue…
Writers’ Journal #154 – Fried Potato – 38
How could some people own so much when others could barely survive? Malee tried to answer but couldn’t. She was slowly beginning to understand why everyone they had met since the morning looked frightened when they saw Mary. They inherently understood that the person following her must be one of the family. Even she was…
Writers’ Journal #153 – Fried Potato – 37
“You should try this Georgia.” said Mary as she placed the dress on Georgia’s shoulders. After looking at how Malee looked in the black dress, Georgia seemed to have a second thought about wearing it to the ball. It is one thing to wear it on the beach but another to wear it with as…
Writers’ Journal #152 – Fried Potato – 36
Georgia danced her way into the building in such a hurry that Malee and Mary had to ran to catch up with her. Once inside, Malee eyes became widened in wonder. The security guards were always on lookout for the children from the slums so she had never been in such a huge shopping mall…