The three of them has
been staying at the inn for more than 2 months now, Riz wondered if that weird
women are still lurking around there or not, but nevertheless he still needed
to go back to their home soon to get ready for the school after New Year.
Now he has been
helping at the inn for two month and this day is the first day of the first
week of the third month, he has gotten used to waking up early to help around
with Lina. Angela and Damian also now are very familiar of the places in the
inn, so they can freely play around at anywhere they wanted without getting
lost. Though grandma Meng volunteered herself to watch over them for safety
purpose.
.._..
Today Riz is helping
at the counter with Lina’s father. The number of customers that are coming at
the inn now are not as many as the first month, because most of the rooms now
are almost all being occupied, so there were only a few available rooms there.
So on this morning
there were only one of two that come to stay for a few days, a lot more are
starting to check out instead now. So Riz mostly help with giving a thank you
free gift to the customers that are leaving. He also wrote down their name in
the checkout book with other details like time of check out and etc.
At the afternoon just
before they are going to go eat lunch, a woman came in, “Hello, is there any
empty rooms available?” The woman asked with a smile. Riz looked up, and since
Lina father left early to the kitchen, only Riz are at the counter.
“Yes there are a few
rooms available. How many rooms would you like to have?” Riz asked after he checked
the available rooms in the log book.
“Only one, if possible
one with the nicest scenery. “ The woman said as she checked her cellphone.
“I’d like to stay for a week” The woman added as she then close her cellphone
and kept it back into her handbag.
“Okay, you room is
031, at the west side, facing to the west garden. It is a bit farther from the
hotspring, but it will give you more privacy because it was a bit secluded from
the other rooms. The room is bigger than the others and it have a lot more better
facilities special for customer.” Riz said with a smile as he promote the room
a bit.
“Alright, that room is
fine enough” The woman nods, “My friend will later arrive, so just lead her to
where the room are in case she came when I’m not there.”
“Sure, I will.” Riz
took note of that. “Would you like to include breakfast and dinner?”
“Yes, that would be
nice.” The woman nods again as she then fill in her details in the book that
Riz handed to her. “I’ll be back later then.” She then left after she told him
that. Riz close the booking book and took the key to that room. He and Lina
will go prepare the room after they ate their lunch.
.._..
And so after they
finish eating lunch, Angela and Damian go to play at the west garden while Riz
and Lina are preparing the room, properly tidy up the room, checking the futons
and pillows, bringing new clean blankets and towels to the room, making sure
the facilities inside are working properly and then they clean up the toilet
and bathroom again. When done they take Angela and Damian back to the center,
Riz stayed at the counter again as Angela and Damian follow grandma Meng to the
small room for the lesson.
Riz take the phone at
the counter and dial the women number to call her in order to inform her that
their room is now ready.
Around 5 in the
afternoon, the woman came back with her baggage, “Welcome back” Riz said with a
smile to her when she arrive at the counter.
She smiled back to
him, “Thank you.” With that Riz hand the key to the room to her and then show
the way by leading her to where the room is. She enter the room, and after
putting her baggage, she came out with a satisfied face. Riz then show to her
where the hot spring is, which is located at the south of the inn, where the
dining hall and also entertainment hall are also located there.
When he done that, he
then return to the counter. Just as he sit down, a woman with a Red fiery hair
enter, she wore a maroon dress and grey jacket, her high heels keep hitting the
floor with a clank, clank, making Riz look up. “…?....!!” And he stare at her
with a gasp.
“I’m Selina friend.
She said she is staying at room 031?” She said calmly.
“Yes, I’ll… I’ll show
you the room.” Riz then stood up and show the way to her, with her walking
behind him with a smile, as she bring her luggage along. She whistled a bit and
chuckle, and she shook her head a bit and smiled more. She never expected to
find him here either, her eyes glinted a bit and she then stare at Riz’s back.
Riz felt as if someone
staring at him intensely, and he sweated a bit. He shuddered and walk faster to
the room. When they arrive, “this is the room, your friend is probably in
there. Excuse me then.” Riz said with a forced smile and then run away fast.
.._..
Amy knocked on the
door with a smile, “Selina, I’m here.” She called, then waited for a while, and
she looked at the west garden.
The door soon opened
and the woman came out, “Amy!” She cheered and hug Amy, and they then enter the
room. They chatted and drink some tea happily. From outside their laughter can
be heard, so anyone who passed by would be wondering what they are talking
about.
.._..
Riz now are waiting at
the counter, he frowned a bit, as he mumble, “Why was she here? Is she here to
take us away?” He frowned more, as he then check everything at the counter
before he leave it to go back to the small room, to play with Angela and
Damian.
As he enter the room,
he can see Angela playing with a knitted toy, its probably from grandma Meng,
because before this when Angela and Damian were taking a nap, Riz do notice
that grandma Meng are knitting something, but he did not ask.
Damian tilt his head
as he stare at the knitted toy, and Riz come and sit close to them. Grandma
Meng came with a plate of cookies, and also a warm hot chocolate drink for
Angela and Damian. She also bring some mandarin for herself to eat. She raise
her eyebrow when she saw Riz, and she smiled and take a seat at a table.
And so, Riz go sit
next to grandma Meng as he ate some of the mandarin with her, and he chatted
with her about what he do today, because he thought of her just like his own
grandma, plus grandma Meng are also very friendly.
.._..
During dinner time,
they went to the dining hall to eat as usual, and coincidentally he stumbled
with the two woman. Riz smiled to them as a greeting, and he let them enter
first before he then enter. Amy glanced at where Riz sit at, and could see that
he is eating with the inn owner’s family. “Did he know them personally? Never mind
that, now that I’ve found you, it is easy.” She smiled and then eat together
with her friend Selina.
“Hey Amy, why are you
staring at that table? Do you know them?” Selina asked while she ordered some
food at the waiter.
“Nothing. Do you
remember about the kid that I told you before? The one that I said that I wanted
to adopt?” Amy said why still watching Riz with smile.
“Ah? From your cousin
middle school?” Selina blinked and turn a bit to look at Riz, “But it seems
that he have another two siblings. Are you going to separate them and only took
in their elder brother?” Selina raised her eyebrow as she said this, she
glanced at Angela and Damian that was eating.
“Hey, I’m not that
cruel. I already know that he have two adopted siblings, since their family
lawyer already told me earlier before he agree in letting me have the right to
take care of them.” She said with a smile, “Plus, the lawyer himself is very
protective of them. I would not do anything bad to them.”
“Well, it is just
because… before this, you don’t really care about children since you doesn’t seem
like you want to get married.” Selina laughed a bit, “So it was weird that you
are interested in a child… and even planning to adopt them.”
“Is that so…? Well,
who knows?” Amy only smiled, as she shook her head a bit. The waiter soon bring
out their food to their table and serve them with smile, he opened the drink
and pour into their glasses slowly. Then he open and put the napkin on them
before he then return to his counter.
.._..
Meanwhile Riz ate
really quickly, he does not care about his manner tonight, all he thought that
he want to return to his room as soon as possible, because he felt really
uncomfortable when someone was staring at him for such a long time. Even though
he finish eating, he just realize that Angela and Damian has not finish their
food yet. So in the end, he have to wait for them to finish eating before
returning to their room for the night.
So when they are done,
he return to their room with them. Angela keep looking at the back as they
walk, she frowned a bit and puffed her cheek. She hold Riz hand and urged him
to walk faster.
-To Be Continue-
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