The billionaire's secret affair

Chapter 2 The obsessed nanny

"Alice! "

"Yes ma'am"

"Set the dinning table"

"okay ma'am "

"Alice! "

"Yes ma'am"

"The wine glasses are not complete, every set of dinner plate on the table should have a wine glass beside it! "

"Okay ma'am, I'll get them right away"

"Alice!! "

"Yes, ma'am"

"The McPherson's has only two of their children having dinner with them tonight; why set a dozen dinner plates on the table? Take away the extra plates immediately before Mrs McPherson arrive the dining room!"

"Yes ma'am "

I hurried tiredly back to the dining room to get the table ready for the McPherson's dinner, just the way maidservant Kim would have it, I wondered why chief maid servant Kim is so keen on giving me Carson the best treatment, and I remembered what one of the maid servants in the estate told me.

"You wonder why the chief maid servant Kim is so special about Mr Carson and how he should be treated?"

"Yes I am, because maid servant Kim had been lecturing me all through today about what Mr Carson would like, and what he wouldn't like, how I should behave while around him, and how I shouldn't behave. Even when Mr Carson is yet to arrive. Is there any special thing about Mr Carson that I should know?".

"Chief maid servant Kim has always seen Mr Carson like the son she never had. She was said to have been a maid to the McPherson's for 40 years now, and was the one who took care of all the McPherson's children from birth. She lost her only son while working with the McPherson's family, but couldn't go home to see the boy's remains before burial due to the situations between herself and her son's father. And when Mr Carson was born maid servant Kim took a special liking on the boy and practically raised him like her own son, and would scold any young girl that comes visiting Mr Carson at home when he was still a teenager before he traveled for his military service abroad ".

"Wow! Little wonder she dots on him so much like this. But, what exactly happened to her legs, why is she leaping and had to walk with a walking aid. Did she come to the house as a nanny deformed or was it a recent accident? "

"I heard that her deformed right leg was as a result of the incident that happened between her, and her son's father ........ ".

"And what is this meeting all about?". Chief maid servant Kim had arrived behind us noticed, and had interrupted our conversation.

"Nothing ma'am, we were just about to go carry out our duties". The maid had said and hurriedly walked away to the back of the house, and I followed.

Thinking about that conversation with the maid that day made me realise that I had no other option but to keep up with chief maid servant Kim's pace in rendering a noble service to the McPherson's, or get kicked out of my job.

And the latter was never an option to me, so I must try my best.

So as I moved to, and from the kitchen at the far end of the hall to the dining room close to the sitting room, I could feel the heaviness on my two legs, and it was visibly showing in the way I walked, bit I refused to complain.

The chief maid servant Kim had been on my neck ever since the arrival of Mr Carson.

No denial, every other person's hands has been on deck, I must confess, but I was the only one that the chief maid servant Kim would insist I repeat a particular chore over and over again until her taste bud is satisfied.

And she really has a hug taste bud!

Earlier on, when Mr Carson just arrived and was with his parents and the other members of the family that was present, in the large expensively furnished sitting room of the McPherson's, the chief maidservant Kim had me wait on them right there, standing by the doorway and filling any wine glass that is empty before Mr or Mrs McPherson would demand for it.

After that, she had me stay with the chef while he prepared Mr Carson's favourite because I would be needed to prepare Mr Carson's meal at anytime.

"Listen here Alice, Mr Carson is a very sensitive young man, and do not like clumsiness. He is allergic to dirt and dust, and so as his personal maid, you must make sure to dust and clean his room very well, and never leave any object around in his room carelessly. Also, you would be needing to make his favourite meals just the way he likes them, and do not add too much sweetener in his coffee ".

"Yes, ma'am "

After the back to back routine that day, I could hardly lift my legs, and had to drag myself along,down to the dining room that evening to wait on the McPherson's while they had dinner.

"Carson"

"Yes dad"

"Have you spoken with Margaret already; does she know you are back?

"I've not really spoken with her today, bit she knows about my plans of returning already. But I will find time tonight to speak with jet". Carson had replied, and Mr McPherson nodded in satisfaction, while eating his meal in his gentleness.

"You know, women has this soft spots that tends to excite them when they know you think about them always, and carries them along in everything you do. Especially, when they are looking forward to a future with you". Mr McPherson had added, and Mrs McPherson gently cleared her throat in a sarcasm way that made everybody laugh.

They understood her joke.

"Dad, you don't have anything to worry about Carson's relationship with Margaret; they are both on the same page. I've been seeing their posts and pictures of each other regularly on social media. The love birds are cool". Patra, the McPherson's second daughter said.

And they all laughed again.

By the time the family finished having their dinner, and all retired to their rooms, I was half dead with tiredness. I had never imagined that serving as a maid in someone's house could be this hard work. I have never worked this tediously in my life before. And to make it more tedious, Chief maid servant Kim had me prepare Mr Carson's clothes for tomorrow that night before going to bed. And by the time I was through, everybody had gone to be. As I dragged my tired self down the hallway to my quarters, everywhere was as silent as a graveyard. The only sound I heard was the heavy snore from maid servant Kim's room when I passed her room on my way to my room.

And as soon as I walked into my room, I went straight to my bed and threw myself into the bed and I dozed off; totally forgotten that I had promised my sister Rose that I was going to call her by the end of that day.