The Young Miss of Magnolia Mansion

It was rather the usual day at the Magnolia Mansion. No distinctive chatter of children could be heard, no posh parties were going to be held and nor were there any people coming to visit. Yep, the usual, peaceful day. Compared to the mansion however, it's garden seemed to be bursting with life from all throughout its corners. Golden daffodils and tulips were in full bloom with its ever so vibrant colours as if welcoming the arrival of spring. Just beside them was a sea of yellow, red and pink primroses. The infamous magnolia trees, the very trees which the mansion had been named after, themselves, were blooming with white and pink magnolia flowers. A gentle spring breeze blew across the garden which made the flowers sway back and forth and enveloped the atmosphere with a sweet fragrance. The garden really was a marvelous sight to behold and attracted lots of visitors namely the bees, butterflies and birds.

Now, a certain black haired beauty seemed to be admiring the view from her balcony that overlooked the garden. "The garden's rather lively today, isn't it?" she asked a young woman standing nearby, who judging from her attire, looked like a maid.

"It is, young miss", the maid replied with a closed eyed smile.

"What did I say, Daphne", sighed the beauty as she looked up at her from her chair with a disapproving look," Call me Sarah not young miss. Seriously, you make me sound like those overbearing daughters of the mistress that I read in my romance novel. I don't like it."

"But young miss...", protested Daphne.

"Sa - rah", she told her again," Come on, say it".

Daphne was perplexed, she did not get it at all. In the past, if she'd call her old mistress by her name, she would've been deeply reprimanded. Her new young madam was something else indeed.

Reluctantly she agreed ," Al-alright..." Daphne took in a deep breath but all that came out of her mouth afterwards was an inaudible 'Sarah...'

" I can't hear you~ Didn't you eat breakfast this morning?", Sarah teased her as she put a hand behind her right ear, pretending to not be able to hear her.

" Sarah!", the blond maid yelled this time with her hands fisted and eyes closed.

Sarah let out a light laugh. "That's better! Remember to call me by my name in the future 'kay? Otherwise, I won't talk to you!" She puffed her cheeks, folded her arms and looked away as if implying that her threat was not to be taken lightly.

Daphne giggled at her childish act. Young miss is really different from the past mistresses I've worked for. "Okay, I'll keep that in mind Sarah", she smiled.

The beauty grinned in return and focused her attention back to the garden.

" Young miss is really nice", thought Daphne as she looked at her with a gentle smile. The maid couldn't help but admire Sarah's beauty. Even though, it had already been weeks since she had first started working here, she still couldn't get used to it. Her magnificent hazel eyes, not to mention, her long lashes shone brilliantly in the sunlight; her olive skin looked as smooth and flawless as ever; a blissful smile played on her soft, pinkish, plump lips; and her silky, long black hair fluttered in the breeze. On top of all that, she had an absolutely gorgeous figure to boot. She was far more stunning than last year's winner of Miss Georgia who ,in fact, was said that to have been the prettiest lady in the entire state.

. Sarah

The blonde maid shook her head furiously. What was she?!! A guy!?! To have been thinking of young miss like that! Unforgivable!! But... she stared at the beauty again, if she, a girl, couldn't even help but ogle at young miss... Then what would the guys do when they see her... Noooooo!!!! , she internally screamed at the dirty images her mind had displayed in her head. She shook her head fiercely again to get those sickening thoughts out of her mind.

"Why are you shaking your head like that? Is something wrong?" Daphne immediately snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Sarah's question.

"Is something wrong Daphne?", Sarah asked her again, her eyes blinking curiously while staring at the nervous maid.

"It's nothing at all yo... Sarah, I was just thinking about how pretty you are", she answered smiling, intentionally leaving out the part about how her mind played the most sinful images of her in her head.

" Thinking about how pretty I am...", Sarah repeated. "I don't think that I'm that pretty", She mumbled quietly but loud enough for the maid to hear and resumed to admire the garden again with a hint of blush on her cheeks.

Not that pretty, Daphne mentally snorted, If young miss isn't considered to be 'that pretty' as she claimed to be, then what am I? The bride of Frankenstein? She sighed. Young miss is just too modest. But she, at the same time, felt pity for the young girl. Being born with a weak body, she couldn't leave the mansion at all, sometimes even her room as a matter of fact, for if she did she'd seriously fall ill. How lonely must have it been for her all these years. Aside from the maids working here and the young master as well as the old master who , themselves , can't visit her frequently due to their busy schedules, people rarely ever visit her. Let's just hope that she gets better. Besides in own her opinion, Daphne thought that Sarah was looking quite fine for a couple of days now.

Meanwhile, somewhere in London...

" So, Dr. Zakaria, how are the results?", a handsome, old man, who seemed to be in his early fifties, anxiously asked the bespectacled bald man sitting behind the shiny black table with a stethoscope around his neck.

" Well, Mr Fernandez, the test results are very good indeed", the doctor replied while smiling as he checked the papers on which the results were shown. " Your daughter Sarah's health has improved a lot. She can now go outdoors without falling ill if not maybe a slight fever which she'll eventually recover from the next day itself. But be mindful of her diet though, as she needs eat lots of healthy foods to strengthen her immunity system and take note to not give her too spicy foods as it might affect her weak stomach."

He couldn't believe what he was hearing right now. My little Sarah can finally go out...? It seems too good to be true... His eyes brimmed with tears and he covered his mouth with his hand before smiling hopelessly. He couldn't describe the sense of joy he was feeling right now. He could finally, at last, be at ease. His baby girl can finally go out of the mansion and see the world for herself. She can finally see those beautiful landscapes that she always loved instead of him showing her its pictures; finally be able to eat in his favourite restaurant with him, her dad; finally be able to meet with people around her own age and make some some friends as she wished for dearly. She can... can finally be able to live likea normal person.

He immediately sprang out of his seat, thanked the doctor over and over again and shook his hand for about a hundred times as gigantic waterfalls continuously fell from his eyes.

The doctor comically sweatdropped and just smiled saying that it was fine. The two secretaries of the man who was currently making small puddles in the doctor's room were standing outside and quietly witnessing the scene. They both looked at each other before giving one another a thumbs up. Looks like our bonus is guaranteed.

"Mr Fernandez, I understand that you're feeling quite happy and all, but if don't stop crying then I'm afraid the whole room is gonna flood. Besides, I don't know how to swim" Dr. Zakaria told as he handed him another tissue to wipe his runny nose. "Shouldn't you instead be with your daughter right now?"

"That's right! My beloved daughter!!", he exclaimed rather loudly scaring the poor doctor in turn. He quickly wiped away his waterfalls, thanked the doctor for the last time and hurriedly exited out of the room after saying a quick goodbye. He headed straight to the elevator with his two secretaries following him from behind, struggling to keep up his pace.

They quickly got inside the lift and pressed the ground floor button. "Agnes, I want you to book me the nearest and quickest flight..." He was immediately cut off with a 'Done sir ' from his blue eyed female secretary.

" Well very good then and Dave..." The old man wasn't allowed to finish this sentence either as he was abruptly cut off again by none other than his blond male secretary.

"Don't worry sir, I've already cancelled all your appointments for today and postponed the meeting with CEO Jester to the 12th of this month", he stated plainly as they stepped out of the lift.

" I'm impressed you guys. Keep this up and I'll triple your bonus", their boss told them as he walked from the hospital's entrance to his black limousine. The blond secretary did a little ' oh yeah' before he followed his boss into the car.

Right now, the only thing he wanted was to give his daughter a big bear hug, thought Jackie Fernandez as they made their way to the airport.

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