#SINS_FORGIVEN_BUT_NOT_FORGOTTEN
EPISODE 18
*Master’s be-droom…*
Tim let Kira sit on the be-d. He took his first aid kit in a medicine cabinet and started to apply medicine to Kira’s wound.
“Why did you do that?” Kira asked Tim who is putting a plaster on her f!nger.
“Did, what?” Tim asked back.
“Why did you treat your auntie rudely?”
Tim looked at Kira, “And why you keep on following her orders?” Tim asked back again.
His expression is as cold as ice.
“I am just being polite to her,” Kira replied.
“Being polite? Kira, can’t you see it? She’s trying to intimid@t£ you, she’s bullying you. There should be a limitations to everything, Kira. It’s alright to be polite, but to let her bully you, is another story”
Kira lowered her head, Tim might be mad, he even called her by her first name.
” Tim, she is your auntie—”
“So what?” Tim interrupted Kira.
“Don’t lower yourself just to plea-se her. The more you lowered your self to her, the more she treats you rudely. She’s the kind of person who likes to manipulate someone’s life. You should know how to fight back especially when they are taking advantage of you.” Tim is enraged.
Her Auntie was one of the reasons why his Mom left him and his dad.
“Kira, that woman isn’t here for nothing,” Tim warned Kira.
“She has been eyeing for the family’s business since my dad pas-sed away.”
Kira did not answer. She doesn’t know Madame Gezel’s attitude, so, she should listen to Tim who knows more about his auntie. She kept her head lowered, she did not dare to look at Tim, she’s afraid to see his anger.
“Oh!”Tim looked up, trying to calm himself.
He took a de-ep breath before he looks down at her again,
” Now, I’m having second thoughts on whether to leave out of town or not. ” Tim mumbled after a while.
Kira looks up to Tim, “Out of town?” she asked.
“Ennn…” Tim nodded.
” I have important things to do in C Province.” He explained.
This time, his voice is calm.
“Oh! Is it that important?” Kira asked again.
“I have to talk to a family friend, he was the one who helped my father when he nee-ds financial help,” Tim explained.
“Then why are you having second thoughts?”
“I’m worried about you, especially now that auntie is here,” Tim said in a worried voice.
“You’re worried that your auntie might bully me?” Kira asked again.
“Ennn…” Tim replied.
Kira was t©uçhed by Tim’s concern. She felt like someone tickled her heart and she can’t help but smile. She held Tim’s face.
“Don’t worry about me. I won’t let her bully me again.” Kira @$$ured.
Tim closes his eyes as he feels the warmth of Kira’s palm on his face. He lifted his hand and held hers.
“Why won’t you come with me?” He suggested.
Kira shook her head, “You know I can’t.” She refused.
“I have to work the next day, I can’t leave my students,” Kira explained.
“Oh!” Tim blurted out.
“I’m going to miss you.” He said.
“Hey, are you not tired of seeing this face every day?” Kira joked.
“Nope!” Tim quic-kly replied.
“Never!” He added.
He looked at Kira in a serious expression.
“I’ll be back in a few days, alright?”
She knew she’s going to miss him too, even if it’s just a few days. She is used to his pres£nce and this is the first time that he will be away from home.
—–
The next day in the afternoon, Coby carried Tim from the Villa to the airport.
After Tim left, Gaile arrived to see Madame Gezel.
“Hello dear, Gaile. I’ve missed you” Madame Gezel said to Gaile.
“Hello, Auntie!” Gaile approached Gezel and embr@ced her.
“How are you dear? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other”
“Oh, I’m pretty good, auntie” Gaile replied with a sweet smile on her face.
“You know what, it’s better if we talk at the garden.” Madame Gezel suggested.
“Oh, sure, auntie. I also have something to give you and I hope you’ll like it” Gaile said.
The two of them headed to the garden.
—–
Kira got bored inside the master’s be-droom and decided to go out of the room. She wants to take some fresh air, so she decided to go to the garden.
But unfortunately, Madame Gezel and Gaile are there on the garden’s table set, talking while seeing their pieces of jewelry to each other.
“Oh! I like this design”
The woman lifted the ru-by diamond n£¢klace with her sparkling eyes.
“Really auntie?” Gaile got excited.
“I was about to give that n£¢klace to you” Gaile added.
Gaile secretly sm-irked inside.
‘I know how to get you, auntie’
“Really?” Gezel asked in an unbelievable expression.
“Of course auntie” Gaile said without having a second thought.
Kira changed her mind. She doesn’t want to stay in the garden anymore.
“Hey, Kira!” Gaile called Kira.
Kira st©pped on track.
“Why won’t you join us here?” Gaile asked.
Kira turned back to them, she revealed a smile and say, “No, thanks! I have some important things to do.” She said politely.
“Oh!” Gaile blurted out.
“We have a guest here, shouldn’t you be serving tea for our guest?” Madame Gezel suddenly spoke.
Kira averted her gaze to Madame Gezel.
“Why are you just standing there?” Madame Gezel asked sternly.
“Go and make tea for us”
‘Relax Kira, this is not yet bullying, right?’
‘Stay calm and be polite as long as she doesn’t hurt you.’ Kira secretly said to her self.
” Sure, Auntie” Kira said in a calm voice.
She turned and headed inside the house.
Gaile’s gaze followed Kira, and a sm-irk slowly formed on herl-ips.
In the kitchen…
Helena went to the kitchen to drink water, but she saw Kira near the stove.
Helena is now wearing a kerchief to cover her bald head.
“What are you doing, dear?” Helena asked.
Kira turned her head to her auntie’s direction.
“I’m boiling water for the tea, auntie. ” Kira said.
“Tea? You should have told the servants if you want to drink tea and let them do that,” Helena said.
“It’s…” Kira seems like she’s having a second thought.
“It’s not for me, auntie.”
“Who would drink that, then?” Helena asked.
“It’s Madame Gezel’s order, auntie,” Kira replied.
Helena sighs!
“That woman is treating you so rudely.” She said.
Kira smiled, “I can still handle it, auntie.”
Their conversation was interrupted by the kettle’s whistle, indicating that the water is alre-ady boiling. Kira turned off the g@s range, took the kettle and transfer the h0t water into the teapot. She put the teapot in the food tray and she added two teacu-ps before she lifted the food tray.
“I will bring this to them, auntie,” Kira said and then she walks out of the kitchen with the food tray in her hand.
Kira went back to the garden, she st©pped on the door, she took a de-ep breath before she approached the table where Gaile and Madame Gezel are sitting. The two of them are laughing when Kira arrived on their table.
“Here is the tea that you requested for, Auntie,” Kira said as she put down the food tray on the table. Madame Gezel looked at the teapot on the table.
Kira was about to leave but Madame Gezel suddenly spoke.
“Are you not going to serve us this tea that you’ve brou-ght to us?” Madame Gezel asked sarcastically.
Kira st©pped and pressed herl-ips, ‘You’re just going to serve them the tea, Kira. She’s not hurting you.’ She reminded her self again.
With that thought, Kira turned back to them, “Sure, I will!” she said with a smile on her face.
“Auntie, I think we should ask the servants to do this.” Gaile pretended to be on Kira’s side.
“Oh, let her do that I am sure she won’t mind serving her guests. That’s what the wives supposed to do, right Kira?” Madam Gezel throws Kira a meaningful look.
Kira still tried to be polite, she revealed a sweet smile as a response.
When she finished filling the teacu-ps, Kira put down the teapot on the food tray and then she turned to leave.
Madame Gezel took a sip of the tea, but then she spits it out again as her mouth feels the h0t tea.
#SINS_FORGIVEN_BUT_NOT_FORGOTTEN
EPISODE 19
“Pfftt!” Madame Gezel spit out the tea.
She instantly turned furious. She thought Kira did it purposely.
Madame Gezel turned her head to Kira’s direction and yell, “Didn’t you check for the water’s temperature?” She asked angrily.
She was so angry to the point that her face turned red. Kira knitted her brows as she turns her head to Madame Gezel.
“Wha–”
Kira’s word was stuck in her mouth when madame Gezel suddenly splashed her the teacu-p’s contents.
Madame Gezel gets up from her seat, and throws the h0t tea on Kira’s feet.
“Auntie!” (Gaile)
“Aaah!” (Kira’s scream)
Kira automatically raised her arm to protect her self. As a result, the h0t tea landed in her arm which created a burn.
“Ah!” Kira looked at the reddish p@rt of her arm.
She can still feel the heat from the tea.
“What do you think you’re doing?!” Helena was the one to react.
She secretly followed Kira earlier, so, she saw how Madame Gezel throws the h0t tea to Kira and it made her got enraged.
Kira instantly turned her head to the door and saw Helena.
“Auntie…” She blurted out.
“This woman is trying to burn my mouth with the h0t tea and now we’re even” Madame Gezel did not feel guilty about what she did to Kira.
Helena walks closer to the table, ” Come on Gezel. You’re not a kid who nee-ds to be reminded of everything. It was a newly boiled water, so, what would you expect?” Helena has had enough.
“Look what you did to her?”
“Ha!”
“She deserves it!” Madame Gezel said sarcastically.
Helena held Madame Gezel’s arm with her ti-ght grip. She looked so furious.
“Why?”
“What are you gonna do to me?” Madame Gezel seemed unthreatened by Helena.
“You never chnaged, Gezel. You’re as evil as before!” Helena said sarcastically.
“What did you say?” Madame Gezel’s arrogant expression chnaged and she seems like a dragon who would blaze fire at any moment.
She suddenly pushes Helena f0rç£fully which made her slumped on the floor.
“Auntie!” Kira was shocked.
Kira held Madame Gezel’s hand and prevented her from splashing it’s content to Helena. Kira’s gaze suddenly turned sharp.
“I can tolerate if your insults is towards me, but hurting my auntie is another story!!” Kira said as she glares at Madame Gezel.
Madame Gezel gritted her teeth.
“How dare you t©uçh me?!” Madame Gezel yelled as she tried to pu-ll back her arm.
But Kira won’t let her go just like that. She ti-ght£ñed her grip even more.
“How dare you try to hurt my auntie?” Kira yelled back.
She will never let anyone hurt her auntie!
” How dare you yell at me? Is that how you treat your elders?”
“My attitude depends on how you treat me” Kira said coldly.
“Let go of my hand” Madame Gezel tried to pu-ll her hand again but she can’t escape from Kira’s grip.
“Are you deaf? I said let go of me!” Madame Gezel yelled again and continued on her attempt to escape from Kira’s grip.
“Alright! ” Kira suddenly let go of Madame Gezel’s hand which is holding the teapot and the remaining tea spill on her b©dy.
“Aaahh!!” Madame Gezel scream as the h0t tea spilled on her b©dy.
“It’s so h0t. It’s so h0t!” Madame Gezel shouted.
“Auntie!” Gaile instantly run towards Madame Gezel to help her.
Kira stared at Gezel with her cold gaze before she helped Helena to get up and left without saying a word.
——-
“Auntie, are you alright?” Kira asked Helena when they reached the living room.
“I should be the one asking you that,” Helena replied, and then she looks down at Kira’s reddened arm.
Helena makes her sit down on the couch and then she headed to the medicine cabinet.
This time, Gaile and madame Gezel pas-sed by the living room as they head upstairs, but Kira just ignores them.
Helena gets back to the living room with the burn ointment in her hand.
“Come, let’s put an ointment before it gets worst,” Helena said.
She sits beside Kira and started to apply the burn ointment in Kira’s arm but the redness is still there.
When Helena nearly finished applying for Kira’s burn, Coby suddenly popped out on the front door. He notices the two ladies in the living room.
“Is there any problem, Missus?” Coby asked.
Kira and Helena were startled. She instantly gets up from her seat and answered, ” No, Coby, there is nothing wrong.”
Coby looked down on Kira’s arm and notice the redness on it.
“What happened to your arm, Missus?” he asked.
“Ah,” Kira tried to think for an alibi.
“I… I accidentally splashed it with h0t water.” Kira lied.
“Oh! You should be careful next time, Missus.” Coby said.
“Ennn… I will.” Kira said with a f0rç£d smile.
“Ok, Mr. Tan asked me to get something in his study room.”
” I should go then,” Coby said as he remembers his reason for coming in the Villa.
Coby took the do¢v-ments that Tim requested to him. He did not stay for long, he gets back downstairs as soon as he got the do¢v-ments.
But on his way out, he overheard the servants’ conversation.
“Oh! Madame Gezel is such a rude woman” It was Becca.
“Yeah, I saw how she throw the newly boiled water to the Missus earlier!” Jane answered.
“The Boss’ is not paying you to gossip here” Linda, the s£nior servant scolded the two servants.
Coby knitted his brows, and then Kira’s reddened arm flashed into his mind.
—–
After helping Madame Gezel, Gaile bided her goodbye to the old woman.
She heads downstairs and gets out of the front door, but her footsteps c@m£ to a st©p when she heard someone is crying behind the bush. Gaile sneak a peek out of curiosity and she saw Linda, she is talking to someone on the phone.
“Don’t worry, I will find a way to get that amount of money.” She said while tears continued to fall from her eyes.
Gaile lost her interest to listen to the old servant, so, she turns to leave.
_________
*Fuente Residence…*
Gaile is in de-ep thoughts. Mr. Fuente notices his daughter.
“Why are you in de-ep thought?” He asked as he picks up a glas-s and pours a whiskey on it.
Gaile snapped back to her s-en-ses.
“I un-derestimated that woman,” Gaile said while looking out of the glas-s window.
Mr. Fuente revealed a mysterious smile,
“You don’t know her that much. She is just like her father.” Mr. Fuente mumbled before he takes a sip of his whiskey.
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