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tried to reclaim my phone. But she had anticipated my move and quickly took a step back. She moved around the room as I chased after her. The phone buzzed and Anna beamed with delight.
    ‘We’re going shopping,’ she said with a smile. ‘Lorraine, do you want anything?’
    ‘Me? Oh no, Miss Annabelle, although I am running rather low on tomato paste,’ the housekeeper replied.
    ‘Tristan said to take the grocery card,’ Anna informed her and Lorraine disappeared for a moment. She gave the golden card to Anna who ran off with it.
    ‘Phoebe, enjoy yourself,’ Lorraine said to me when she caught the uncomfortable look upon my face. ‘It is not often Miss Annabelle is happy. Let her do as she pleases before the other masters finds out that she is back.’
    Anna called out for Jace who had disappeared back to his tasks. I sighed and Lorraine gave me a reassuring pat on my back.
    ‘You are doing a great deal of good for her,’ she said with a nod. ‘Now go and have that shopping spree.’
    Within a split moment, I found myself in the backseat of the car again and Jace behind the wheel. It was mid-afternoon when we reached the mall and Anna dragged me into every possible store. She made me try on an endless array of clothes and we argued like sisters when our styles clashed. We eventually agreed on the comfortable things and I managed to persuade Anna to buy a few things for herself. It made me feel selfish to only get things for myself. I mean, I haven’t even signed the employment contract yet and cringed at the price tag of things Anna picked. They were all high end items that I would never dare of touching with my ten bucks an hour wage.
    ‘You deserve this,’ Jace told me when Anna went to the counter to run the card through the machine. ‘You cured Miss Annabelle. Look at her, for the first time in a long time, she’s alive.’
    ‘No, she just doesn’t have all those pills in her system,’ I told Jace.
    ‘What are you two talking about?’ Anna asked with an animated sort of frown as she came back with a handful of paper bags.
    ‘Lunch,’ I told her. ‘I’m starved. Let’s go eat.’
     

Chapter 6 – The Silent Contract
     
     
     
     
    I would have stopped after the first two stores but Anna would not relent until I had enough clothes to last me a lifetime. Lorraine came out and helped us carry the bags and packages to my room. Anna sat on the bed and went through them like a child opening her presents. I could not help but feel happy for her.
    It was almost seven when the headlights of another car pulled up the driveway. I went peer out the window and saw that it was the familiar silver sports BMW. The tall dark silhouette of Tristan Vice slipped out of his car and he threw Jace the keys as he passed the gardener. They spoke to one another. I held my breath as Tristan looked up and for a quarter of a second, our eyes met. I felt a jolt of electricity down my spine and I quickly turned back into the room. Anna did not notice. She was too preoccupied looking over every item she had bought today with her brother’s money. I caught my reflection in the mirror and did not like what I saw. My hair was a mess, by skin tired from lack of sleep and the clothes I wore came from my old stock of things.
    The door was slightly ajar and Tristan pushed it open without knocking. The young god was still in his dark grey suit jacket and I saw softness in his eyes. Under the light, his complexion was perfectly smooth and I could not help but admire it. He glanced at me and our eyes met again. I could smell the lingering scent of his cologne. I held my breath, uncertain to what he would say to me. I felt guilty for using his money, or rather, allowing Anna to spend without restraint.
    The rustling of bags and tissue wrapping paper stopped.
    ‘Tristan! You’re back,’ said Anna.
    ‘Am I right to assume that you enjoyed yourself?’
    Tristan Vice spoke with a different tone. It was warmer and more personal.