I brought the wine to Elizabeth just as she had ordered it – with ice and a lemon slice. This time she didn’t say anything as she was busy speaking on her phone. She was apparently telling some friend of hers about her day spent in shopping and going around the cafes. She seemed so sad and angry because of the fact that someone had bought the Gucci bag she had wanted before her.
I once again realized how superficial this girl was. But again I thought about her parents – they were completely responsible for this but they didn’t seem to care or do something about it. I looked at them and they were so calm and unconcerned. Katherine was slowly drinking her vodka martini and reading some fashion magazine while Chase was reading a newspaper. There was no communication between any of them, which seemed to me rather strange and bad. Those people had everything but they did definitely not look happy at this moment. They seemed bored with all of this, even with each other’s company which was really sad.
I went back to the kitchen to take a breath until they call me to serve dinner or anything else. The kitchen was empty now. The cook had prepared the meals and probably gone to sleep, the nanny must have been in the baby’s room putting him to sleep as it was already late, and I don’t really know where the others were.
I sat on a chair to relax for a minute and I realized I wasn’t feeling my legs anymore. I didn’t feel even tired, I felt nothing. This first day had been really intensive and burdening. I relaxed on the chair and I closed my eyes just for a second. Suddenly, I heard the nasty voice of Janette; she was speaking something which I couldn’t completely catch. She screamed.
I woke up. Oh my God! I had been asleep. I don’t know if I had been sleeping for seconds or minutes or more but I knew that this could cost me a lot. Janette was apparently furious. She was talking and talking and talking but I couldn’t really understand her as my head already hurt. I only got the part in which she told me to serve dinner immediately as I was late.
She instructed me to put a piece of salmon in each plate with a spoon of puree and some broccoli. Those people definitely knew what to eat. The food looked fine and sophisticated as everything else in the house but I couldn’t imagine how this kind and amount of food could be enough for me.