The Young Miss of Magnolia Mansion

It was rather the usual day at the Magnolia Mansion. No distinctive chatter could be heard,no posh parties were going to be held and nor were there any people coming to visit. Yep, the usual, peaceful day. Compared to the mansion however, its garden seemed to be bursting with life from all throughout its corners. Golden daffodils and tulips were in full bloom with its ever so vibrant colours as if welcoming the arrival of spring. Just beside them was a sea of yellow, red and pink magnolia flowers. A gentle breeze blew across the garden which made the flowers sway back and forth and enveloped the atmosphere with a sweet fragrance. The garden really was a marvelous sight to behold and attracted lots of visitors namely the bees, butterflies and birds.

Now, a certain black haired beauty seemed to be admiring the view from her balcony that overlooked the garden. "The garden's rather lively today, isn't it?" she asked a young woman standing nearby, who judging by her attire, looked like a maid.

"It is young miss", the maid replied with a closed eyed smile.

"What did l say Daphne..", sighed the beauty as she looked up at her from her chair with a disapproving look. "Call me Sarah not young miss. Seriously, you make me sound as though l were one of those overbearing daughters of the snobby mistresses from my romance novels. I don't like it."

"But young miss...!", protested Daphne.

" Sa—rah", she told her. "C'mon say it, it isn't that hard."

Daphne was perplexed,she did not get it at all. In the past if she'd ever call her old mistress by her name, she would've been deeply reprimanded. Her new young madam was something else indeed.

Reluctantly she agreed, "Al-alright..." Daphne took in a deep breath but all that came out was an inaudible "Sarah..."

"I can't hear you~ Didn't you eat breakfast this morning?" Sarah teased her as she put a hand behind her right ear, pretending to not be able to hear her.

"Sarah!", the blond maid yelled with her eyes shut and hands fisted on her second try.

The beauty let out a light laugh. "That's better! Remember to call me by my name from now on 'kay? Otherwise I won't talk to you!" She puffed her cheeks, folded her arms and looked away as if implying that her threat was not to be taken lightly.

Daphne giggled at her childish act. Young miss is too cute. She's really different from the past mistresses I've worked for. "Okay, I'll keep that in mind Sarah."

Sarah grinned in return and focused her attention back to the garden.

She's so nice..., thought Daphne as she looked at her with a gentle smile. The maid couldn't help but admire Sarah's beauty. Even though it has already been weeks since she started working here, she still couldn't get used to it. Her magnificent hazel eyes, not to mention, her long lashes shone brightly in the sunlight; her olive skin looked as smooth and flawless as ever; a blissful smile played on her soft, pinkish, plump lips; and her silky, long black hair fluttered in the breeze. On top of all that, she had an absolutely gorgeous figure to boot. She was far more stunning than last year's winner of Miss Georgia who, in fact, was said to have been the prettiest lady in the entire state.

Sarah

Her future husband, no doubt, will have countless rivals, thought Daphne. I suddenly feel bad for that poor chap.. then again winning the heart of a girl as enchanting as young miss isn't going to be easy. I do wonder how he'll react when he does meet young miss for the first time, maybe a date after that and a wedding, honeymoon.. . . Bad Daphne! She metally slapped herself. How could I even think about that?!! Oh may heaven forgive me for thinking about such indecent things. I've been reading way too many of my niece's romance mangas....

"Daphne? What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Daphne immediately snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Sarah's concerned voice.

" No-nothing's wrong! What made you say that Sarah?", she answered giving off a nervous smile.

"Well... you seem to be sweating a lot. Are u coming up with a fever? Do u feel alright?"

"Ah... it must be because the weather is quite humid today. I'm fine young— Sarah."

. . . . . Humid?

That's it! She just dug her own grave. The weather's nowhere near humid today! "Uh.. ah.. You're looking very pretty", she quickly added to her earlier response in an attempt to change the subject which much to her surprise worked like a charm.

"Pretty..? I don't think that I'm that pretty", she mumbled quietly but loud enough for the blond maid to hear and resumed to admire the garden again with a hint of blush on her cheeks.

Not that pretty, Daphne snorted, If young miss isn't pretty then pigs would be flying in the air by now. Compared to her, I look like the Bride of Frankenstein. She internally sighed. Young miss is just too modest. However she, at the same time, couldn't help but feel pity for her. Being born with a weak body she couldn't leave the mansion at all, let alone her room, for if she did she'd seriously fall ill. How lonely must have it been for her all these years. Aside from the maids and Butler Joe who work here as well as young master and old master who, themselves, can't visit her frequently due to their busy schedules, people rarely ever visit her. Let's just hope that she gets better. Besides in her own opinion, Daphne thought that Sarah was looking fine for a couple of weeks now.

Meanwhile, somewhere in London...

"So, Dr Zakaria, how are the results?", a handsome, old man, who seemed to be in his early fifties, anxiously asked the bespectacled bald man sitting behind the shiny black table with a stethoscope around his neck.

"I'm happy to say that the test results are very good, Mr Fernandez", the doctor replied while smiling as he checked the papers on which the results were shown. " Your daughter Sarah's health has improved a lot. She can go outdoors without falling ill of not maybe a slight fever which she'll eventually recover from the next day itself but be mindful of her diet, she needs to eat lots of healthy food to strengthen her immunity system. Do take an important note to not give her too spicy food to eat as it may affect her weak stomach. Take care of these and I guarantee you that she'll be completely fine within a couple of years."

The man couldn't believe what he was hearing right now. My little Sarah can finally go out..? It seems too good to be true... His eyes brimmed with tears as he covered his mouth with his hand before smiling hopelessly. He couldn't describe the sense of joy and relief he was feeling. He could finally, at long last, be at ease. His baby girl can finally go out of the mansion and see the world for herself. She can finally see those landscapes that she always loved instead of him showing her its pictures; finally be able to eat in his favourite restaurant with him; finally be able to meet people her own age and make some friends as she wished for dearly. She can finally.... finally be able to live like a normal person.

He immediately sprang out of his seat, thanked the doctor over and over again and shook his hands for about a hundred times. Gigantic waterworks continuously fell from his eyes.

The doctor comically sweatdropped and just smiled saying that it was fine. The two secretaries of the man who was currently making small puddles in the doctor's room were standing outside and quietly witnessing the scene. They both looked at each other before giving one another a thumbs up. Looks like our bonus is guaranteed.

"Mr Fernandez, I understand that you're feeling enormously happy and all but if don't stop crying then I'm afraid the whole room is gonna flood. Besides, I don't know how to swim and with my weight, I'll sink to the bottom", Dr Zakaria told him as he handed him another tissue to wipe his runny nose. "Shouldn't you rather be with your daughter at this moment?"

"That's right! My beloved daughter!!" , he exclaimed loudly scaring the poor doctor in turn. He quickly wiped his happy tears, thanked the doctor for the last time and hurriedly exited out of the room after saying a quick goodbye. He headed staight to the elevator with his two secretaries following him from behind, struggling to keep up his pace.

They quickly got inside the lift and pressed the ground floor button. "Agnes, I want you to book me the nearest flight and quickest flight..", He was immediately cut off with a 'Done sir' from his blue eyed female secretary.

"Well then very good and Dave—", The old man wasn't allowed to finish this sentence either as he was abruptly cut off again by none other than his blond male secretary.

"Don't worry sir, I've already cancelled all your appointments for today and postponed the meeting with CEO Jester to the 12th of this month", he stated plainly as they got off the lift.

"I'm impressed, keep this up and I'll triple your bonus", their boss told them as he walked from the hospital's entrance to his black limousine. The blond secretary did a little 'oh yeah' before he followed his boss into the car.

Right now the only thing he wanted was to give his daughter a big bear hug. Sarah dearest dad's coming home soon, thought Fernandez as they made their way to the airport.

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