บท 17: Spill out everything

"Mom... Dad!! I am home~"

Jamie enters The house with a tired face. She walks to the living room and collapses on the couch like she just got shot. She stretches her body groaning and roll around the couch. With the commotion going on in the living room, Sarah knew what she must have been doing and she laughs imagining Jamie doing weird kinds of stuff. William walks downstairs smiling at her daughter. He approaches her and takes a seat beside her on the couch.

"What is going on?"

He speaks making Jamie flinch at the sudden presence of her dad and sit up straight with a poker face. She glares at her dad and groans when William eye her with a brow raised. "Anything wrong?" He questions again just to receive silence. Jamie then looks at her dad with a displeased look.

"Anything? NO Everything is wrong? It's your fault dad!" She says with a pursed lips and frowned brows. William chuckles at his daughter throwing tantrums at the time of dinner when he should have been seated on the dining table munching down his food.

"And why is that? What did I do?"

Jamie whines grabbing her hair. " You did everything dad. Ugh! You made me work under a devil. How could you? Don't you love me?" Jamie says dramatically acting hurt with her hands on her chest just above her heart with a fake cry. William signs shaking his head no in disbelief at his daughter's words and moreover at her dramatic pleads and complaints. He chuckles just to receive a glare from Jamie.

"I can't believe you, Jamie. He is your... um... Uncles' son. You must get along with him. Okay?" William says trying to cover his mistakes of almost revealing the truth or moreover their plan. He looks away cursing under his breath for his carelessness. "But still... ugh! He is sure a son of Satan." Jamie closed her mouth with her hands when she realizes what she just said. William looks at her with wide eyes and mouth gaped open. "What?"

"NO. Nothing. Hehe. You heard nothing dad." She says standing up from the couch and ran upstairs towards her room. She closes the door and leans against it with eyes closed shut and mouth wide open breathing heavily with slow pants. She then groans stomping her legs on the floor and bangs thee all with her head cursing herself.

"Why? UHG! Just why?"

She keeps banging her head but in anger, she banged her head much harder than she thought. She groans holding her head with her hands cursing at herself once again. She makes a crying sound as she moves towards her bed and collapses down with her hands still holding her throbbing head. She slowly removes her hand from her head with tears brimming at the corner of her eyes.

"Why am I so unlucky? UGh! Ever since that bastard entered my life... My life turned upside down. " She says to herself with a sign. She wipes away the tears before they fall out of her eyes and make her way to the closet. She grabs a pair of inner, loose shirts and sorts and makes her way to the washroom. She strips out of her clothes and removes the binder she used to suppress her chest. She then places her fresh clothes on the sink and makes her way inside the shower. She opens the tab and cold water starts pouring out. She shivers when the cold water runs down her body.

Just what she needed to calm herself. She signs running her hand through her short hair and enjoy the shower with lots of thought going on inside her mind. She really was stressed with all these things happening in her life. It sure changed from a silent one too much hetic and troublesome. With all thoughts gambling inside she stops at the moment where she was in the office with him. Her mind lingered around the memory of her staring deep into her boss's eyes as he did the same. She couldn't understand what she felt at the moment. She felt calm at that moment and serene.

[What was so different at that moment? And What was I feeling? But- Wait what am I thinking? Aish!!]She groans hitting her head with her fist feeling an idiot to ponder about the moment with that evil boss of hers.

After an hour of conflicting with her own thoughts and a shower, she comes out fully dressed. She then dries her hair with the towel she had on the hand. She then sits on the side of the bed. She was about to lie down on the bed but a voice makes her stop.

"Jamie! Laren!! Come down. Dinner is ready." With that being said, she stands up making her way out of the room walking downstairs. She reaches the kitchen but the food in front of her made her mood bright. She smiles brightly as she saw her favorite dish being served on the table. She happy squeals forgetting all those thoughts troubling her and she makes her way towards the chair. She pulls out a chair and sits on it. She then grabs her fork and spoons eyeing the food with her mouth-watering at the sight in front of her.

Once Sarah serves a plate in front of her, She starts devouring it. William and Sarah smiled at her. Then they too start eating. Sarah looked around with a raised brow. "Where is Lauren?" She questions catching William's attention. He looks at her with his mouth full of food and shrugs. Sarah rolls her eye at him and make her way to the base of the stairs.

"Lauren!! Come downstairs. Dinner is ready. Fast!"

Sarah yells making her ay back to the dining table and continues eating. But still, after that, Lauren doesn't come downstairs. Sarah signs eyeing towards the stairs to see if she arrived but she got no sign of Lauren talking downstairs. "What is she doing upstairs?" William questions

"I don't know. Today Lauren seems to have a bad day. Something is going on inside her mind." Sarah says still seeing the stairs. "Really?" Jamie says now joining the conversation. "Are you sure she is not sleeping?" Jamie asks again laughing at her own words as she imagines Lauren sleeping peacefully on her bed hugging her pillow. Sarah and William smiled at her. "who knows maybe?" William says laughing with Jamie.

"But she needs to eat. " Sarah says with a frown.

"Don't worry, mom. I will go to her with the food." Jamie says standing up. She grabs the plate of food and walks upstairs. As she stands out of Lauren's room, She knocks on the door. She waits for Lauren to open but She just had to stand there with a plate on her hand. She knocks a little harder and louder and yells as well. Soon the door opens revealing Lauren but she seemed off. Lauren moves away letting Jamie inside. As Jamie enters, Lauren shuts the door closed.

Jamie place the plate on the table and sat on the edge of the bed with her hands folded around her chest. "What?" Lauren questions once she observes her sister giving her a look of amusement. "Today is the first day... you left dinner. Can I know why?" Jamie says with a grin on her face while Lauren just looks away. "It's nothing. I just didn't feel like it. " She says with a shrug but Jamie still eyes her suspiciously. "But come on eat. Staying empty stomach is not good." Jamie says gesturing towards the plate on the table.

Lauren signs defeated by the food in front of her. She makes her way to the couch and grabbed the plate placing it on her lap and she starts devouring it. Jamie chuckles seeing her sister acting odd.

"But mom said you had a bad day. What happened?"

Upon hearing this Lauren chokes on her food and starts coughing while Jamie hands her a glass of water. Lauren drinks the water and continues eating ignoring her sister. "So?" Jamie questions again urging Lauren to speak. Lauren looks up at Jamie.

"What? I just had a bad day... because of a crazy bastard..." She whispers towards the end.

"What? Speak again." Jamie says frowning as she couldn't hear her properly. Lauren signs placing the plate back at the table and make her ay to the bed. She sat on the bed with her legs folded with each other. Jamie faces her excitedly.

"Okay. Now spill out everything."