Chapter 3 First Day At Work

****THE NEXT DAY, 7:59AM****

The sun emitting from the window, hitting Sylvia's face made her open her eyes.

"It's morning already" she thought sitting up on the bed, her eyes moved to the wall clock, time was fifteen minutes to nine.

"There is still time" she thought then she remembered that she was starting her new job as a nanny today. She stood up and took off her clothes before heading to the bathroom, she had a warm bath then she walked out before going to her closet.

Her eyes racked through the clothes as she sighed thinking of what to wear, she finally settled for a blue free knee length gown and white canvas. She wore them and applied lip gloss on her lips then sprayed perfume on her body, she checked the mirror and nodded, satisfied with her look, she took her phone before walking out of her room, heading downstairs.

"Good morning mum" She greeted her mum who was knitting something.

"Morning honey, how was your night?" Mrs Blanco asked.

"It was fine mum and yours?" Sylvia replied.

"It was okay" Mrs Blanco replied.

"Okay, what are you knitting?" Sylvia asked.

"Something for you" Mrs Blanco replied.

"Okay, I will go make breakfast now" Sylvia said and went into the kitchen.

Thinking of what to cook, she decided to make her mum's favourite, fried pasta and chicken sauce so she start to work.

Thirty minutes later, she was done cooking so she took the food to the dining table before arranging the food on it.

"Mum, breakfast is ready" she said when everything was set.

"Okay, I'm coming" Mrs Blanco replied from the sitting room, she dropped what she was knitting before going to the dining.

"Wow my best food!" she exclaimed when she saw the food.

"Yeah mum, I made your best food, I thought that since I would be leaving today, I should cook something special for you" Sylvia smiled.

"Awwwn thanks child, I love you" Mrs Blanco pouted childishly and sat down on one of the chairs, she took her spoon and ate from the food while Sylvia stood, waiting for her to say something about the food.

"Wow! This is nice" Mrs Jones complimented.

"Thanks mum" Sylvia said and took her seat then started eating.

"Wow how did you know how to cook like this? You are even better than me now" Mrs Blanco pouted.

"I learnt from the best which is my mum" Sylvia smiled.

"Awwwn really, I must say you cook better than me now " Mrs Jones said and Sylvia chuckled, they continued eating. When they were done, Sylvia packed all the dishes and took it to the kitchen for washing. After she had washed them finish, she walked out of the kitchen, a knock came on the door so she went to open it, she met a man outside.

"Good morning sir" she greeted the man.

"Good morning mam, I'm here to pick Miss Sylvia up" he replied.

"That's me, you are from Mr Damien, right?" she asked.

"Yes I am" he replied.

"Okay, give me some minutes, I will be back" she told him.

"Take your time" he smiled and she nodded before going back in.

"Who is that? " Mrs Blanco asked.

"The driver assigned to pick me up...I'm coming, let me go get my bags" Sylvia said and went upstairs to her room. She came back downstairs with her bags in her hand.

"Mum I'm leaving" she said.

"Wait, let me see you off" Mrs Blanco said, she stood up from the sofa before going outside with Sylvia.

"Let me take this" the driver said and collected the bags from Sylvia, he put it into the car trunk.

"Thanks" Sylvia smiled at him and he nodded.

"Here, have this" Mrs Blanco said and stretched out a knitted bracelet towards Sylvia.

"Wow,mum this is beautiful!" She screamed and collected it from her. She loved the bracelet cause it was knitted with her best colour, blue and white and there was also beads in it making it look more beautiful.

"You like it?" Mrs Blanco asked.

"Of course, I love it" Sylvia replied and looked at the bracelet, admiring it.

"Thanks mum" she said again.

"You are welcome honey and I wish you well in that house" Mrs Blanco smiled and pulled her into a hug.

"I will miss you" Mrs Blanco cried.

"I will miss you more" Sylvia muttered and they kept hugging for sometime before Sylvia released herself from the hug.

"Stop crying mum, I will be fine" Sylvia said and wiped her mum's tears with her hands.

She understood why her mum was crying cause this was the first time she would be leaving her ever since her father died four years ago and she would be really lonely not like those days when she used to go to college, her father was still alive to stay with her.

"Okay, I will stop" Mrs Blanco nodded.

"I need to go now and I promise to always be in touch with you, I love you mum" she smiled and pecked her mum's cheek.

"I love you too honey, go now" Mrs Blanco patted her back and she nodded then walked to the car, the driver opened the door for her and she got in.

"Thanks" she said to the driver and he nodded before going over to the driver's seat, he ignited the car engine and started driving. Sylvia started waving at her mum till she was out of sight, sighing, she closed her eyes and rested back on the chair.

An hour and some minutes later, they got to the mansion and Sylvia stepped out of the car and got her bags from the car trunk.

"Let's go" the driver said and started walking inside with Sylvia trailing behind him.

"Wait here let me go and call the boss" the driver said when they got inside.

"Okay sir" she muttered.

"Don't call me sir, call me Greg" the driver known as Greg said and she nodded, he went upstairs and seconds later he came back with Damien.

"Good morning sir" she said to Damien.

"Good morning" he replied and told Greg to leave.

"It's good that you are here, let me show you to your room" Damien said and started walking upstairs, Sylvia followed him. They were still walking in the hallway when Damien stopped at a door, he opened it and walked inside and she followed.

"Wow! " she exclaimed looking around the room.

"This is your room" he said and she nodded still looking around the room, she was mesmerized by what she saw, the room was big, times two of her room at home and the bed, it was so big.

"I would leave you now" he said.

"Okay sir, thank you" she thanked him and he nodded then walked out of the room, she didn't really know why she was thanking him but she felt like the room was great and she needs to thank him.

She jumped on the bed and gasped feeling the softness against her skin, she almost fell asleep but was quick to regain her consciousness, she stood up and walked to the closet, she opened it and started arranging her clothes in it.

When she was done, she checked the time and when she saw it was already 12, she decided to go downstairs and see what she can do. She opened the door and walked out of the room, heading downstairs.

When she got downstairs, she met him sitting on the sofa operating his laptop and Damien, noticing a presence looked back and saw her.

"Do you need anything?" he furrowed his eyebrows.

"Errr..I wanted to ask if you could show me to the kids room because I would need to go to their rooms in future" She explained.

"Okay" he muttered and stopped what he was doing on his laptop before dropping it.

"Let's go" he said and started leading the way.

He showed her to Kathy, Flora and Freddie's room and some other places in the mansion so they were back in the living room now.

"Thanks for the tour sir, I would like to make lunch now since the kids will soon be back so what will you like for lunch?" she asked, scratching her hair nervously.

"Anything" Edward muttered and went back to his laptop she nodded before going to the kitchen. She stood still for some minutes, thinking of what to cook and she later decided to make pancakes so she got all the ingredients and started preparing it.