After dinner Eunice went with Daphne to her room so they could chat for awhile so Dale took the opportunity to get some alone time in his study .
He was alone, now he could drink some wine in piece
He smiled at the thought as he walked gleefully to his study.
Dale sat on his armchair and opened a small compartment hidden in the coffee table and pulled out his special wine bottle and placed it on the table.
"Bang!" Asher barged into the office
"You need to speak to Aunt Eunice"
Dale collapsed into his armchair and just stared at Asher with a pained expression.
"I have no problem with her decision" He said
"She could be a threat to us, we can't just be raising every stray, there are lives at stake here remember? "
"Your aunt us the only one that can know for sure if it's safe or not , You can ask her "
"Ask me what?" Eunice asked as she walked into the study
"We need to make sure we're not making a mistake here, she could be anyone and we're just taking her under our wing without any research" Asher said
"Follow me " Eunice said and walked out of the study. She took them to her bedroom and sat in front of her dresser.
"You can ask now " she said taking of her makeup.
"Do you even know who she is ?"
"It's not clear, her parents didn't leave anything to her and she never knew them. For all we know they may not even know she exists"
"So she really came out of nowhere " Asher said in a flat tone.
"Why are you even taking her in ? "
"She's been through so much Asher, and she doesn't show it . All the pain and suffering it's all over her and I can feel it sometimes. When she stares out the window. Or zones out it's evident she was never loved wherever she came from"
"Everyone goes through something in their life Aunt , Some more than others but that's not a valid reason to take her on like that "
"There's still a lot we don't know how did she manage to cover her tracks for years she was only found 5 years ago by that orphanage around a luxury restaurant. Doesn't that sound weird to you ?"
Eunice stared blankly at her mirror for a while then she replied.
Since she was little she had been around that restaurant, she had a friend there, a chef.
He picking at their garbage and offered her a meal. Since then he had been feeding her consistently, till one day he died unexpectedly and everyone said it had to be her that she had cursed him . And she was captured by the restaurant staff and handed over to the police. Then she was put in an orphanage at the time but she never really stayed long at any thanks to her reputation.
The orphanages believed she was some kind of witch and whenever they would toss her onto the streets they would clear her name off the registers in order to avoid a bad omen. The only reason she was able to stay at the last one was because the police officer recognized her and remembered taking her to two other orphanages, the orphanage had no choice , he was keeping tabs on her till she was adopted. And even with all that they still made her do everything around, she was the lowest of the low.
She's been through a lot in her life, things we have never had to think about .
Being at the mercy of everyone and not being able to do anything about it. Her life has been all pain and anguish and despair for so long. It's all over her now, all those bad memories, they overflow from her. I just want to help her find peace, that's all "
"She could be a threat to us "
"That actually depends on how we treat her , she's nothing extraordinary, she'll favour those who favour her" She said meeting his gaze. Then she got up and went into her inner room leaving him and Dale in silence behind her.