Chapter 2 2

A month has passed since Sophie turned down the nanny job, and things aren't getting any better for her apparently. She was starting to wonder if the universe was against her.

Nowadays she does the same routine all day, wake up, check her email to see if any job send her a message–she usual gets none, sadly, take a shower, eat, apply for more jobs, and then scroll through her phone to waste some time, and the she sleep, only to start it all over again.

Okey

This cycle was repeating itself, and nothing seems to change. And she was starting to feel like her parents were getting tired of her.

Just last night at the dinner table, her mom made a comment about her unemployment issue, she said 'if you aren't getting a job, at least get married so that I can have grandchildren.' Everyone laugh, including her, but what she said hurt her badly.

She rubbed her face with her hands, it seems like all her hard work was put to waste, maybe being a nanny is not that much of a bad idea.

She picked up her phone, stared at it for a reasonably long time, she sighed, and called Melody.

The call went to voicemail and Sophie cut the call, she was probably at work. She would call her again later on in the day.

She went to the kitchen to try and get something to eat, opening the fridge she brought out a container of Mac and cheese, heating up in the microwave, she carried it upstairs to her room, plopping down on her bed, she ate out of the mac and cheese. She heard her phone ring, she picked it up and saw that it was Melody calling.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Sophie. You called me not quite long ago, sorry I didn't pick up the call, I was kind of busy."

"Ah no problem, I actually called you to ask if the nanny job is still available?"

"Yes it is still very much available. Do you want to try it out?"

Sophie took sometime before she answered, she was really running low on cash and she can't depend on her parents anymore, ever since that statement, last night, so she really didn't have a choice.

"Yes, I do want to try it out."

"Oh that's splendid. Meet me at the same coffee shop tomorrow, ok."

"Ok, would do that."

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Sophie didn't actually know what she should wear for an interview as a nanny, so she decided for something more casual. A checkered t-shirt, with jeans and boots that was what she opted for.

It was a humid Saturday morning, and all the people were going about their regular day. Sophie checked the time, Melody was already 8 minutes late, and Sophie was starting to get anxious, she began tapping her feet, creating a sound that made the person next to her to give her a look.

Melody came inside the coffee shop, dressed in a white chiffon shirt tucked in a pair of jeans, her hair was put in a bun. On her entering the shop, she got the attention of some patrons, who gave her a once over.

She spotted Sophie and walked up to her. "Are you ready to go?" Sophie nodded her head, whilst standing up, with Melody leading the way, while Sophie was following her behind, she caught a whiff of her perfume. It smelt expensive.

They both went outside and Melody was trying to hail a taxi, she could have just called an Uber instead, but she would rather do things the old fashioned way.

A taxi pull up to the curb, the both of them got in the backseat. Melody told him the direction they were heading, and the driver drove down the road. Sophie looked outside the car window trying to distract herself with the passerby's and buildings on each block.

The song being played in the background was an Opera song, the rich vocals deeply penetrating Sophie's earbuds as it seems to make her feel dizzy, the sound wasn't loud, it was just effective enough to make her feel like she was high on something.

The Soprano singer had entered a higher note, while the alto singers backup. She felt her throat becoming dry, her fingers became cold, her feet became numb, and her brain became lost for thoughts.

She didn't even notice when they got to the place of the interview, cause Sophie was lost in thoughts, Melody snapped her fingers in her face, Sophie managed to get out of her reverie and realized that they were here already.

They got out of the car, Melody paid the driver his money, Sophie eyes marveled at the sight of the place that they were in. The gates looked tall and towered over them with a domineering presence.

She couldn't really see the inside but it looks like there was fountain in the middle of the house. Sophie clutch her bag closer to her chest, she was beyond nervous. She was terrified.

Melody walked up to the gate and pressed the intercom and a voice came through asking who they were? Melody answered that she was here for the interview, then the gates slowly began to open. Someone was waiting for them at the other side of the gates. It was man who looked to be about 6'2 or there about, he had a full hair of luscious grey hair, he had on what seems to be a jacket with a tailcoat at the end.

"Good day ladies," he greeted them. "Follow me," he turn around and began walking to the direction of the front door, which seems like a very long way.

Sophie looked at the well trimmed bushes, some of them were trimmed to look like animals, the fountain had a sculpture of a lady who was holding a bucket of water and was pouring it out from the bucket into the fountain. It looked lovely.

Sophie eyes darted to the mansion and one of the windows, she could have sworn she saw the curtains closed quicker than the speed of light. Someone had taken notice of their presence.

The man opened the double doors and both Sophie and Melody let out a small gasp, the inside was just as pretty, if not prettier than the outside.

The ground was decorated with marble tiles, a chandelier lit up the room, the walls were made of marble too, with paintings hanging on them, there was a couch by the side of the room, and a staircase with rail which was painted in gold that led to the upper chambers of the house.

The man told them to take a sit, while he go and calls the owner of the house, so that the interview can begin.

He went up the stairs and disappeared into it. Sophie legs were closed tightly, and her hands were placed on her legs, with it opening and closing every now and then, she didn't even know why she was nervous for some reason. She saw Melody's place her hands on Sophie's as a means of telling her that she is here too.

Sophie appreciates the effort. The sound of footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs, Sophie heart started racing as she looked down at her hands, clasping them tighter than usual, she can't explain why she feels nervous.

When she left the house she felt confident, it's not even her first time doing a one on one interview, so she honestly don't know where all these nervousness was coming from.

She could tell that he was at the bottom of the stairs, her eyes went up to look at the person that was about to interview her.

What she did not expect was seeing someone that had a very familiar face.