Thin Line Between Love & Hate

The Bancroft villa

A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE&HATE

CHAPTER TWO

BOSTON PROVINCE

BANCROFT MANSION

9:00 AM

Walking into the kitchen Tristan Notice Mrs. Heleins pale look, he finds himself worried about this woman

“You should take a day off” he muttered jolting her out of her worries

“Good Morning sir, ”she greeted with a bow and Tristan scoffed

“Come on Mrs. Helien I need you to drop the formalities,” he muttered and took a step closer while she just smiled

“You look pale, I guess it will be better for you to take a day off, at least till you fully recover” he explained amidst sympathy and Mrs. Helien smiled

“I know right but that will be me kissing my job Goodbye” she replied and walked up to the well-decorated Kitchen cabinets she took some cribbage from it and began to chop them into smaller pieces

“Let me help you with that, Mrs. Helien”

She bowed and smiled afterward “there will be no need for that young master I'm almost done” she replied in a moment and Tristan nodded

The look on his face held sympathy, he doesn't know but he sincerely cares so much about Mrs. Helien and her health conditions, he finds it fun spending time with her in the kitchen, even when he is supposed to be doing other things

In a way, he cares so much about Mrs.Helien than some of his family members

After chopping the cabbages she turned to her bag to take her drugs, after several minutes of ransacking her bag it came to her notice that she didn't come along with her drugs, and at this point, she knew she was doomed, she sighed frustratingly as different thought nagged at her

She can't take permission to go home, Mrs. Bancroft won't let her, now she is left with no option but to call Tatiana, she huffed frustratingly as she held her forehead tightly with her hand

She had tried so hard to avoid this day, the day Tatiana will ever step her feet into this house

“What wrong with you Mrs. Helien” Tristan inquired the moment he notice a string of silence in the air

“It's nothing young master” she replied and picked up her phone afterward

SOUTH STREET DINER

11:30 AM

Standing close to the counter, Tatiana sighed frustratingly, she hates to see these gangsters in their eatery, if only she has the power to throw them out, the sight of them irritates her as it keeps bringing back the memories she tried too hard to bury

“I will take their orders, Tatiana, you don't have to worry” Charlotte her close friend Volunteered while she nodded faintly

She took the menu and walked over to them Leaving Tatiana behind at the counter

A few minutes later Charlotte came back with their orders

“Does monsters are one hell of a loser” Charlotte whined angrily and Tatiana chuckled

Slowly she heard the beeping sound of her phone, taking it out of her pocket she realized it was mum

She stood for a while wondering why her mum was calling her at this time.

It's so unusual

“Hello mommy” she whispered the moment she picked up

“Hello” Mrs. Helien’s faint voice struggled to pass the message

Tatiana felt worried as she began to panic

“Hello mummy, ”what's wrong with you?”she questioned worriedly

“It's nothing sweetheart but I need you to help me get my drugs from the house, I feel a little tired” she explained and Tatiana Sighed

“Okay mummy drops the address, I will be there in a jiffy”she replied and almost hung the call ready to make an excuse

“Nothing different Tatiana, come and meet me in Boston province at Mr Bancroft's mansion”those word felt so heavy in her mouth as she offered them to Tatiana and she could swear that Tatiana is yet to believe her ears

Tatiana Batted her lashes uncontrollably to be sure she heard her mummy right and yes she indeed heard her right

Before she could utter a word, Mrs. Helien already ended the call

BOSTON PROVINCE

BANCROFT VILLA

12:30PM

TATIANA’S POV

Stepping into the mansion my mouth went wild in amusement, the house looks twenty times our house, the design was put off this planet, the waterfall and the animal drawing looked real, I couldn't help but salivate in pure bewilderment, all my life I have never seen a place as beautiful as this, although I have heard people talk about the look and how heavenly the view is and I have also seen the picture of Bancroft mansion on the magazine but it wasn't as beautiful as it looks on the real

Thanks to the number my mum sent to me am sure the security would have had my head, everything about the place is so massive, and the security is so tight I don't think one could commit any form of atrocities and go freely

I followed the map the guard placed on my phone and it took me to somewhere written as the kitchen on the map

I would pause each time I see something new to me, frankly speaking, everything here looks new to me, cause where in the world will I get to see something as beautiful as this

I kept walking carefully to avoid messing up cause am sure if I damaged anything here not even my life-saving can be summed up to pay for it

Walking into the kitchen I saw my mum starring something in the pot, wow their pot was nonstick

Everything about the house was quintessential

“Finally I have visited the Bancroft villa” I muttered Stealing her attention from what she was doing

“You are here”she questioned and I turned left and right to be sure she was talking to me but of course she was

I mean am the only one standing here right

“Alright thanks for helping me, you may leave,” she said wearing a very emotionless expression

“The view here is giving” I complemented and she sighed

“Thank you Tatiana I know that already, you may leave she added again and I pouted.

Why must she be such a hard not to crack

“But I want to feed my eyes,” I said pouting and she cast me a very ridiculous glare

“Go home, Tatiana”

“Can I at least see Mr. Tristan That likes you so much” I insisted and she turned to stare at me

“I don't want to lose it, Tatiana, so please just go home” she muttered angrily and I took the road that lead to the kitchen without even saying a word to her

“Stepping out of the kitchen my mouth threw open at the sight that befalls me, the view was quite different from the one I saw a couple of minutes ago

“What is happening here??i questioned rhetorically my hand won't stop betraying me as it kept admiring every beautiful thing

As much as I want to obey my mum and go home I also have to admit that my eyes want more of this view

I found my legs walking me to an unknown place and suddenly I took the stairs that lead up, the stairs, chair, and dining table were all designed with gold

After Fully ascending the Stairs I stood up and viewed everything from above and damn!! the view was giving

As if that wasn't enough I felt like something was drawing me so I kept walking

I spotted a room whose door was opened, I peeped in and nobody was inside I found my leg making move, I just hope I don't get into trouble