My Very Best Mistake

chapter 8

The next day

Ammaline Pearson: 

I received Mr. and Mrs. Parker's blood test result. I had to delivery these results to them by myself so I spent half of my lunch time to deliver the test results to the Parker's mansion.

Once I arrived at the Parker's mansion, I parked the car and quickly get inside.

"Hello, Miss Pearson!" the same maid that I talked to yesterday greeted me.

"I'm here to deliver this to Mr. and Mrs. Parker." I held a folder in my hand up to show the maid.

"Miss Pearson, please wait in the living room. I'll go announce Mrs. Parker that you're here." the maid said.

While waiting, I saw a car drove into the garage, but I ignored it. 

"Ammaline, you're here?" Mr. Parker said while he walked into the house.

"Hello, Mr. Parker! I'm here to hand you the test result."

"You must be waiting here for so long. I just got back from work." he said.

"It's not that long Mr. Parker."

"Ammaline, you're here." Mrs. Parker showed up.

"Mrs. Parker, I'm here to hand you the test result."

"Mrs. Parker, your health is so perfect. You maintain the amount of sugar and cholesterol in your body perfectly." I said.

"Yes, you're right. I concern about my health so much and I try to avoid food that is bad for my health." she chuckled and I smiled at her.

"And for Mr. Parker, you're fine too, but you have high cholesterol." I said.

"You see. I told you to cut down the amount of meat that you eat." Mrs. Parker scolded Mr. Parker.

"I'll listen to you next time." Mr. Parker said and looked at his wife.

"It's good for you to cut down the amount of meat that you eat, but I highly recommend you to exercise more." I said.

Mr. Parker nodded and said "These days, I try to exercise as much as I can especially when I'm free."

"That's good, Mr. Parker. You should think about your health more. Don't work too hard." I told him.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." he laughed.

"Ehh, Ammaline! You still call use Mr. and Mrs." Mrs. made an angry face.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Parker. I forgot." 

"I'll get mad for real if you still call me Mrs. Parker." 

"Ahh Auntie" I smiled.

"That's good." she chuckled.

"I think that's all that I want to tell you. If there's anything else you need to know, just call me, Auntie." Mrs. Parker nodded.

I stood up and said "Auntie and Uncle, if you don't need anything else, please allow me to go."

"You're leaving now?" Mrs. Parker said. 

While I'm about to say goodbye, Mrs. Parker said "Please, stay here for lunch. We prepared lots of food today. If you don't mind having lunch with us."

"Auntie, I don't mind having lunch with you, but I have to go now. Please enjoy you lunch." I politely rejected.

"You reject our offer again." Mrs. Parker said.

"No, Auntie. I'm really busy." 

"What kind of work are you going to do? This is lunch time." she said.

"Actually, I have an appointment with a friend of mine." I lied.

"So, you're going to have lunch with your friend and not us?" she made a sad face.

"No, Auntie. I'm going to meet my friend and help her with some of her works." I made guilty face.

"Helen, if she's busy just let her go. Don't make things hard for her." Mr. Parker said.

"Okay! You can go, Ammaline, but you can't reject me again next time." she demanded and I nodded.

"Thank you, Auntie! Please enjoy you lunch." Mrs. Parker nodded.

"I'm leaving now, Uncle, Auntie." they both nodded and I turned around and walked to my car.

Eric Parker:

I drove from my office to my parents' mansion. I knew that dad hasn't arrived yet so I headed up and rested on my bed. I was so bored and thirsty after resting for a while so I walked down to the kitchen to grab some water. After I grabbed some water and ready to go up, I heard a soft voice of a woman that totally got my entire attention. She sounded so polite and the way she was speaking is so gentle. I stood in front of the stairs ready to go up, but that voice kept me standing there without me noticing. 

'Who? Who belongs to that voice?' my brain asked me that question.

I was a little hesitant whether I should go up or find out who that person is. 

'Wait! Why should I care about that person?' I quietly asked myself. 'Let's ignore it.' 

I started to climb the stairs until I heard "Mrs. Parker, your health is so perfect. You maintain the amount of sugar and cholesterol in your body perfectly." said by the owner of the voice.

'That person might be from the hospital.' I told myself. I looked at a watch on my wrist just to see that it's 11:40 and almost 12 so I walked down and about to enter the dining room but I heard my mom invited that person from the hospital to have lunch with her,  but she rejected.

'Who is she to reject my mother?' I thought to myself. 'And why mom invite a random person to have lunch with us?' these questions kept wander around my head.

I walked into the dining room and waited for my parents so that we can have lunch together.

"What brought you here?" dad asked me while entering the dining room.

"Mom called me yesterday to come have lunch." I said.

"Hmm so it's your mom who called. I thought you want to have lunch with me. Actually, you were called to come here." dad teased me.

"FATHER!" I shouted.

"What?!"

"How can you say something like that?" I said coldly.

"I'm joking. Yishhhhh can't I joke around with you?" 

"Mom, hurry up! I'm hungry." I told my mom while she was about to sit on the dining chair.

She then gestured the maid to serve the food.

"You arrived home before me, hah?" dad said.

"I left office early that's why." 

"How's work lately?" Mom asked. 

"I've been so busy lately." I replied.

"That little brat worked non stop." dad commented.

"Dad, I'll take that as a compliment." 

"Both of you should stop talking and eat before the food get cold." mom said and I ate quietly.

"If only Ammaline agree to have lunch here, we probably become four." dad chuckled.

I didn't get what he meant so I didn't react to what he said.