Chapter 24
She waited outside on end for minutes with no sign of Derrick and Audrey coming out , when Sophie came downstairs in her nightwear and sleepy eyes , it seemed like the noise going on did not have an effect on her as she looked like someone who had just woken up.
“Wooooow, nice sleepy head” she teased
Sophie Yawned and replied ” Steph I had a very long night, I’m tired ” ,” where’s Derrick, did you see him?” She asked ..” Sir Roland is back, ” Stephanie answered . .
” Ohh wow I need to get upstairs then” she replied and went back up to have her back and get dressed.
When Sophie went upstairs to dress, Stephanie decided to leave too Audrey would come and meet her in the room, she knew that .
well.
” Wait what, what do you mean we are leaving tomorrow morning, we are not done with what we came for” she said.
“I don’t care we are leaving tomorrow and that’s on period” Audrey said and stormed out of her room
This made Stephanie worried as she was not going to leave just yet, she had things to do, she had to make things right, she was not going to lose having Audrey because of some silly mistakes his father made. She knew the reason she came to Ohio was to find out if they were a good match and could mate, and what they would do. She knew Audrey did not mean what he said; he was just angry at his father and wanted to get back at him. He would later on regret his decision.
She quickly rushed downstairs hoping to see if there was someone she could talk to, she knew meeting with Derrick would be an effort in futility as Audrey hardly ever enhanced Derrick in a meaningful conversation, she thought of Sophie but she would be with Derrick. So he decided to go with the only option she had, going to meet his father was going to solve everything .
She ran to his father’s office and saw him crouched on the chair; she immediately got pissed at him for blaming Audrey.
“You have to make things right,” she shouted.
“What do you mean ” he asked
” Audrey is planning on leaving for New York, first things tomorrow and I don’t want to leave without sorting out everything” she said
” You have to make things right, I have come all the way to Ohio to find a solution and meet you as his father but you never for once talked about us” she lamented and started bursting out in tears
” You have to fix this or else forget you have a son if we should leave for New York tomorrow” she said and walked out crying .
Nanny Maria saw her crying and immediately knew something had gone wrong in the family because everyone was shouting at each other and they were all stomping their feet and doors, so she had to be careful how she interacted around them .
“What’s wrong , Mi’ja? ” she asked.
“We are leaving tomorrow,” Stephanie said.
” Oooh, and you don’t want to leave right” nanny Maria said
“It’s weird right?” Stephanie said while wiping away tears from her eyes and chuckling.
” I know I’m supposed to be the biggest advocate of his leaving, but we are not even done with what we came to do” she added.
“And I’m scared that I might lose Audrey if his father does not approve of me, I don’t even know what to do or say that will make Audrey stay ” she continued..
Nanny Maria knew that the matter would be a technical matter, so she offered to take her to fields just like she did the other day, she thought that the serene environment would help Stephanie and make her calm down. So they both went down to the fields and Nanny Maria talked to Stephanie assuring her that Audrey would not leave the next day, she would find a way around it
” Don’t worry, Mi’ja Audrey won’t leave tomorrow, trust me I would find something to do about this, k don’t even want you to leave you are such a sweet and charming young girl who would not love to have you around” she said.
” Thank you Nanny, for being my biggest supporter since I got into this house” Stephanie said and hugged Nanny Maria.
They both talked and gisted and this even made Stephanie forget all about everything happening in the house. This made them laugh so much and forget all their worries.
” You know Mi’ja, I’ve been with Audrey since they lost their mother, and I have not seen him this happy in a long time, you have that effect on him” Nanny Maria said.
” You know what seeing your mum die right before your eyes can do to you, right, so I want you to take things easy with him” Nanny said
” I understand, Nanny” she replied, ” I really understand ma” she continued.
” Come let me show you something” the nanny said
She took Stephanie on a tour of the Brown mansion and showed her why it seems Audrey and Derrick don’t get along and why their father is so uptight and strict with them. She showed her and told her the real reason why their father was so upset with them when he saw them with you in the woods.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
” He was not mad because you were brought into the woods, he projected his fear in a wrong way” she said,
” He was just scared that you would end up like their mother, you know the Ravens were the same people that killed their mother, so he was just shouting at his son for putting you at risk” she continued.
” But Nanny, that was not the right thing, he should have projected it in a better way,” Stephanie said.
Nanny Maria laughed because it was very funny, ” you know that’s typical of Roland Brown, he does not know how to show his feelings for anyone, he just hides it behind something” Nanny Maria explained, ” As kids he never showed Derrick and Audrey how much he loved them, he feels worrying and show of love are what makes a man weak and what made them lose their mother so he has been closed of since then” she said.
This made Stephanie see why the family was that way and why they never showed love to each other; she wondered how Sophie coped with everything going on. She promised that she was going to change that and do what was right for the family.
Stephanie walked to Audrey’s room, with the hope that she would change his mind. As she got there she found him reading his favorite Shakespeare, she then remembered back in New York, he had told her that he uses classical literature books to cool down when angry and he doesn’t like to be disturbed at that point so she took the initiative to leave when he talked.
“What are you doing?” He asked
“Uhmmm, I just wanted to talk to you about the decision to go back to New York, do you think it’s a wise decision?” she said.
He called her to sit down beside him, he told her everything she already knew because Nanny Maria had already explained it to her earlier.