chapter 2

"mum said what? "

whilst having tea Mrs Chen put down her half-eaten scone gently on the plate and said rather seriously "I hope everyone can be present at dinner I have a few words to say "with that she ate up her scone, dabbed her lips with the napkin and stood up she walked to the window, took a breath of fresh air and walked out of the dining hall "I wonder what making her come to tea with bunny slippers "snickered the Parlour maid Anna Jones "haha well guess we will find out at dinner" laughed Nanny Rose. And of course they all did, at dinner the atmosphere was rather tense "ahem" coughed Mrs Chen "so I want you all to say your goodbyes to Mona she is leaving in a week" said Mrs Chen sipping her red wine slowly "leaving whatever for" said the Nanny Rose a bit scared "nothing bad I promise she is just going to a new school" Mrs Chen reassured her "Oh really, then why the goodbye she'll be back by Christmas won't she" said the Governess Betsy Ryan "no Betsy she's going to China" Mrs Chen sighed. she had just dropped the biggest bomb in front of her employees , they all simply adored Mona but sadly they had to let her go. "no wonder she has not been out of her room since then poor girl must be shocked" thought Rose to herself. The rest of the dinner ended silently, the maids took away the plates and every other person decided to go in early "Nanny Rose" called Mrs Chen "yes madam" replied Rose "please just talk to her ok" Mrs Chen said walking down the hall to the study, Rose watched her open the study door and go in, then she hurried upstairs she could hear sobs coming from Mona's room but when she opened the door she saw that those weren't Mona's sobs so she walked in and said cheerfully "Bai Zhe you can stop crying now I really thought it was Mona or some weak girl soaking up the tissues" a black haired boy looked up at Nanny Rose and smiled "I'm so sad nanny Rose Mona can't believe it I just don't believe it I mean no" the boy said gloomily.Bai Zhe was one of Mona's best friends and the sole heir to the Zhe group, he had black hair and was pretty cute, he always made Mona lighten up now he was the one acting all soppy. "There there Bai just breathe okay it is not the end of the world just breathe" Mona said cleaning his face with her fingers. "Mona can we talk" Rose said smiling "if you are here because Mrs Chen told you to then I don't want to hear any word of it okay" Mona said coldly "Mrs Chen? Mona honey that is your mother" Rose said sternly "Mother? haven't you heard of the saying out of sight out of mind I am leaving in a week and I'm going to make that saying a reality now if you don't mind I'm free loading at Zhe's tonight I need enough time to hate you guys" Mona said staring Rose straight in the eyes. She went into her closet through a few things into a bag tied her hair in a bun and left the room, Bai stood up quietly and followed her "well there goes the talk" Rose said looking after them. "Nanny Rose Nanny Rose" called a voice from the kitchen "yes who is it?" Rose replied "it's me Harley I've just received a call from new York ms Money will be back on Thursday" the voice said "okay thank you Harley" Rose replied, she walked a little further down the hall and reached at a door, she brought out a bunch of keys and tried one to the door, the door sprand open then she put on the lights "first Ms Mona leaves now Ms Money comes back what exactly is going on" said Rose as she opened the window nearest her, a cold and icy wind blew across her nose "it seems to me like a mystery "Rose chuckled to herself.

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Thursday came earlier than expected Mona and her mom were still in a cold war. Rose tried her best to make everyone happy which was very appreciated. Mona was at the little cottage reading up about her new school when a pair of hands covered her eyes from behind "peekaboo guess who" the voice said "um I don't know" Mona said "it's meeee" the voice said again "oh... Money I'm quite sure it's you I know that high voice of yours" Mona replied to quite sure of herself "yep it is me" the voice said removing her hands from Mona face. Mona smiled as a beautiful red haired girl sat across her, she was wearing a pair of shorts and a hoodie, her hair was long and curly, she had a pair of flip-flops on and crossed her legs as she sat down, an aura of authority hovered around her. "so whatcha doing" Money said casually "oh nothing so sorry I couldn't come pick you up they all left without waking me up" Mona said rolling her eyes. money was in the same class as Mona they were twins but Money didn't school in England she was a straight a student at a prep school in New York one of the best in the country. she and Mona really close sisters and even closer friends what Money didn't know was that the distance between them was about to get even father. "shop you seem down what's up" money asked her eyes shining "hasn't mom told you" Mona said smiling "no but now I'm interested spill" Money said excitedly "well mom says I'm going to........." Mona said telling her everything that happened Mrs Chen had told her that night two days ago. Money went silent and let her talk without interrupting. then she took a sip of Mona's water and put her hands together, when Mona was done she took a deep breath and said sharply "mom said what?". "that's exactly how I felt but no worries I'm not a pushover maybe it might tickle my fancy" Mona said holding Money's left hand. "Don't worry about me I.....can do this" Mona continued reassuring her. after a few minutes of talking about the holidays and he two girls walked into the house hand in hand. In 48 hours Mona would be at the airport, all those who lived at the Chen house were determined to make these remaining hours the best hours of her life, and in fact they did.

#1 A series of unfortunate events.

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