THE FIRST

Waking up the next day happened with a smile as I had known that the day would bring in even more smiles. Since Charles was drunk the night before, a proper talk didn’t happen, and we had gone to our respective rooms. But the day seemed to have come with a lot of happiness, so I got dressed and I stepped down.

On meeting the managers as they were working, I could guess that some talk about Charles and me was on, their expressions told me so. To ease the tension at least with my first point of contacts, I initiated a conversation about the day before to know what exactly happened and why Charles behaved the way he did because I also wanted to get surety on the way that I was feeling and the things that I was assuming about him.

From what I learned, he had created a ruckus when he didn’t find me at home that evening. My chauffeur, the house manager, and his assistant also told me that he made a big scene when he didn’t find m