I&T: Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Joette was sleeping face down in her pillow with the comforter thrown over her long blond hair. She flipped over and the comforter fell off the bed. The morning sun casts its glow through her window and shone directly on her face. It was already late the night before when Ing helped her with her luggage back to her room. She didn’t bother to unpack and went to sleep after washing up and changing to sleeping clothes.

Joette got up and went towards the window intending to draw the curtains to block out the sunlight. Her room window was facing the back yard with a small swimming pool at the side of the house. Before she could pull the curtains together, she spotted Mrs Yue walking on the lawn, holding a bundle of freshly picked flowers in old hand and her husband’s hand in the other. Hurriedly, Joette dodged downwards and started to crawl towards the toilet in her room.

Mrs Yue put the beautiful flowers she has picked in a crystal vase partially filled with water. She carried the vase into the living room where the elegant white grand piano sat quietly at one side. She smiled as she laid the vase on the piano’s varnished top. She proceeded to the kitchen to help the servants bring out the breakfast she has helped prepared.

Soon, Ing and Yue came down to the dining room to have their morning meal. Yue wore a warm grey blazer over a white long sleeve blouse with a matching metallic silver tie. Ing on the other hand looked less formal with his short sleeve pale blue blouse and greyish slacks. They sat down at their respective places at the dining table and started with breakfast.

Halfway through their meal, Joette burst in throught the sliding door.

Joette: SURPRISE!!! I’m back! Everyone missed me right?

The three turned to look at her; two of them shocked. Yue had scrambled eggs half dangling from his mouth while Mrs Yue was about to sip her coffee. Yue quickly swallowed his scrambled eggs.

Yue: Are you supposed to be back here now?

Joette: I sent you an email telling you…

Yue: You sent an email telling me that your vacation starts in two weeks’ time from now!

Joette: Daddy… I did apply for leave and there’s no more important lessons after exams.

Yue: I was even thinking of having us fly over to spend a week with you there before coming back together. And you just took a plane off without informing us? Think about present day terrorism and

Joette interrupted: But I’m back now.
Yue: Nevertheless, it is irresponsible. You can’t just miss lessons and appear back home all of a sudden.

Ing: Dad, Joette has got good results I have heard. She has been doing fine in her school the whole term.

Mrs Yue: Please stop the arguing. I’ll ask the servants to get Joette some breakfast. And you two should be getting ready to set out soon.

Yue could not bear to irritate his wife so he sat down to finish his breakfast while using the newspaper to distract his thoughts. Mrs Yue went upstairs to get changed after informing the maids that Joette is back. Mrs Yue wore a shin-length white skirt with large light blue floral prints and a pale yellow blouse. She folded her sleeves and tied the front hems of the blouse together into a bow-like knot. She brushed her silky hair and tied it up in a bun. She sat in front of the mirror and dabbed her lips a shade of rose pink. Before leaving the room, she picked up her handbag and a folder of scores.

Yue: So I see that you have an early lesson today?

Mrs Yue: Yes, a new student. The boy is only 6 this year.

Yue: Ah… you and your passion for music. I see that another young gentleman will have the feel of your hands on his today. Shall I be more envious of this new boy or your beloved piano?

Mrs Yue looked down and smiled at her husband’s joke.

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A/N: Hi! This is Emz. Another update. Hope you will enjoy. I was actually thinking of closing down this blog since the readership is like totally pathetic but then, thanks to a friend for some encouragement and reminder. She asked me what my goal is when I started to write the stories and posted it on the blog. Then I thought that the initial aim was not to gather large readership. In the midst of writing, I started to have another aim. It is quite ridiculous so I won’t be telling you what that aim is. I think the new aim was really hard to achieve and since readership is so little, I had thoughts of giving up and forgot the initial reason I started to write the story. Let’s see how long I can go on. Well, in this chapter, you will see that the Yues are a very loving couple. I hope I manage to succeed in depicting Mrs Yue as a woman with elegance and poise. Do leave a comment.
Love ^^
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