The Wear Apocalypse Book
04

"Miss, I saw a man pointing at you at the restaurant" Merril said.

"really?" Currently Jane is sitting in the car while stroking her slightly bulging stomach, she does not care about anything other than trying to relieve nausea due to her eating too much.

"Yes, I think one of them is interested in the lady and they all come from the army. It reminds me of when I was young..." Aunt Merril begins to tell her about her childhood love for Jean.

"But I'm not interested in marrying a soldier man, I can't stand my husband having to work" Jean thought. After all it reminded him of the male protagonist who happened to be a soldier, he did not want to quickly meet the male protagonist.

"Jean was right, marrying a soldier meant being ready to be left for service." Randalf suddenly spoke.

"Well.. Jean's right, I can't imagine Miss Jean would be lonely because she was left behind by her husband" Merril nodded in agreement. "Adam is indeed suitable as a candidate for the lady's husband." Merrill continued, which made Jean stunned.

"No, I just think of Adam as my friend, after all I don't intend to fall in love right now." Said Jean. Merrill was silent until they arrived at a market, where there was a large flow of vegetable and livestock sales.

"Miss, why do you always go to the market?" Ask the curious Randalf.

"Well.. Uncle will know later" Jean replied mysteriously. Randalf did not ask any further because he believed in Jean's decision.

"Uncle, I heard you had a house in N city. Is that true?" Ask Jean to make sure.

"That's true but once the uncle was a bit far from here, maybe about 1 hour because at first it was made so that the lady and the mother's father could relax and vacation in the city of N but.." Randalf did not continue for fear of making Jean again sad.

"It's okay uncle, we'll stay there tonight." Jean decides. Jean again wanted to go through the market alone and had Randalf and Merril wait for her at a cafe near the market, but they firmly refused and finally the three of them together went through the market. When Jean finished the clock was showing at 4pm, it was time to go home and rest.

"Uncle, deliver everything to the address of this house tomorrow." jean handed the paper containing the address of his father's house in N town to the seller's uncle, he asked Randalf to write his address because he himself did not know where the house was.

"Uncle Randalf, aunt Merril let's go back." Jean was exhausted and wiped her sweat down her forehead.

"Yes, let's go back" said Randalf who finally understood why the madam yesterday was so tired after leaving the market.

"Miss let me wipe your sweat." Jean nodded and let Merril wipe his sweat carefully. 

Jean falls asleep in the car during the trip and remains unawakened when the car has stopped in a house. The house has a simple, yet spacious style and naturally overlooks the fields and livestock of the local people. Not long after the car stopped in front of the house, a slightly fat woman came out and stood beside the car, looking so agitated, like she was waiting for someone important to get out of the car.

"Who is Aunt Linda waiting for?" Ask a teenage-looking boy who was standing not far from Jean's house.

"Heh.. You don't know yet? I heard the owner of the house is a rich man from the city of J" said his best friend.

"Do you know who owns the house?" Ask the boy again.

"No, only the village chief and Linda's aunt knew who owned the house. We're just poor people just trying to make a living in this village, so how could I possibly know?" Actually the boy slightly disagreed with the words of his friend, Misael. The boy named Liam, he and his friend Misael are orphans from a remote village, they are here to find work and get a job at Mr. Gill's house, their boss to work in the fields and livestock.

"Is the owner richer than Mr. Gill?" Liam asked Mishael once more.

"Yes, I even heard that the owner of the house is the richest man in town J." Misael patiently answered Liam's questions coming in succession.

"If we ask the person for a job, will we be accepted?"

"I will pay attention first to the owner of the house, if he is a good person then I will try to plead with the person" Liam said seriously.

"Liam don't be reckless, if we get caught by Mrs Gill then we will.." Misael could not imagine how Lady Gill would punish them if they were discovered.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Misael fell silent, he just wished Liam had not been caught.

While Jean is still asleep in the car without knowing that they have arrived, Merril, who cannot bear to see Linda waiting restlessly beside the car, finally decides to wake Jean.

"Our number has arrived" said Merril, who woke Jean up.

"Is this the new house you founded?" Jean looked at the house that looked simple but looked comfortable.

"Yes" replied Randalf. Jean then got down from the car and her eyes caught a woman standing next to the car.

"Miss welcome." the woman greeted Jean awkwardly, obviously she was not used to it.

"Whose aunt?" Ask Jean.

"I.. I'm Linda Grant, I was assigned by Roland's secretary to take care of this house." Linda replied. Her father had only come here once and the rest were taken care of by her secretary Roland, so Linda should have never met the owner of the house in person.

"Don't be nervous auntie, let's just say I'm your own bitch" Jean said.

"Baa.. Well miss" Linda is just an ordinary person who has never seen a rich person in person, she only saw him through a television drama film, she said, where most explain that the rich man is an arrogant and can not be offended, he said, therefore he was nervous about the arrival of his master but he never expected it to turn out that his young lady was a very friendly person and did not seem like an arrogant person.

"This is Randalf's uncle and Merril's aunt, they were the ones who took care of me from childhood. And I myself called Jane" Jane introduced Merril, randalf and herself to Linda.

"No need to be polite Linda, you remind me when I first worked in the Barker family" said Merril who smiled kindly at Linda, Linda finally relaxed when she found out that Merril was not Mrs Barker, Linda has not learned that Jane's parents have died.

Randalf and Merril pull out their suitcases and drag them into the house, while Jean sits with Linda in a lounge chair located in the front garden of her house, asking about things related to this village. Jean then learns that the village is indeed a little more advanced because it is not too far from the city, he does not realize that he has been watched by someone from a distance. Jean then asks Linda to prepare tea and snacks.

"Who is that? Come out" said Jean casually, she only realized that she was being stared at by someone, if the system didn't remind her, she probably wouldn't know.

A man thought to be a dozen years old appears before Jean, the light of the setting sun making the man appear to be enveloped in a golden light.

"Ma.. I'm sorry" Liam didn't expect that he would be caught, he felt that his hiding was already very good, but who would have thought that the woman's eyesight was so sharp.

"Who are you?" Jean asked as she brought up her smile, she knew that the little man had no evil intentions.

Liam was a little dazed when he saw Jean's gentle smile, then regained his senses. "I'm Liam, I'm a workman done by Mr. Gill who lives across the street." Liam pointed towards the house that was not too far from his house, the house did look somewhat better than the other houses in this village but still could not match his father's house.

"Then why are you watching me?" Ask Jean. But then Jean is shocked by Liam kneeling in front of her all of a sudden.

"Miss, I beg you to take me and my friend Misael to work with you" Liam pleaded, when he saw Jean talking casually to Linda, he already knew that this woman was very kind.