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I was greeted by Antoinette Belkins fury immediately I entered their residence.

"You were absent when I got here yesterday why?" she asked me when she summoned me to her study.

"My siblings were stuck at sch-"

"Save the sob story I don't want to know. You are paid to work here for 12 hours so you work for twelve hours. You are not allowed to leave even if your house was on fire." she cuts in. "Got it?"

"Yes ma'am." I answered politely. She never liked me and up till now I don't even know why. Her husband offered me this job after my parents died and I was searching for a second job. He paid good and I really needed it. So I always made to tolerate all her hate. I guess I now know where Collins got his attitude from.

"You may leave." she shooed me away. I turned and left her study. I sighed after I closed her door and made my way to the kitchen to help Maria out since Julia was attending to Collins today. I was passing by Mr. Belkin's study when Isaac, the butler, came out.

"Oh there you are Elsa. Mr. Belkin wants to see you." He informed me. Is today 'see your bosses day' or what.

"Hey Isaac. Is he in now?" I asked with a smile. Isaac was one of the few who liked me from the moment I started working here. He always told me I reminded him of his daughter.

"Yes." he answered." Are the kids alright? Maria told me what happened."

"They are fine. Thankfully one of their teachers kept an eye on them."

"That's good. You can go see Mr. Belkin now."

"O.k." I said to him and knocked on the door while Isaac walked away. I entered when I heard him give me permission to.

"Hey there Elsa." He greeted me with a big smile on his face while he put a picture he was holding in his drawer. I could have sworn it was a picture of my mother but I couldn't be so sure since I didn't see it too clearly.

"Hey Mr. Belkin." I said with a smile too.

"I told you to call me Edward. Anyway I called you here because I was talking with Maria yesterday when she told me about what happened with your siblings. She tells me your friend picks them from school. Is that correct?"

"Yes sir." I answered.

"Since you work here almost full time if you want you can go get them from school and they can stay here with you till you got off from work."

"Really?!" I exclaimed. "That would be great but the problem is I get off quite late and they need to do their homework and go to bed early."

"They could do their works here and George can take you home when you close so you don't have to wait for the bus." he offered.

"Thanks so much." I said. I was so happy I could hug him now if it didn't feel so awkward.

"You're welcome."  He said then dismissed me. I get to start bringing them here today.

Collins p.o.v.

This last few weeks has been great. I admit that I was pretty mad at Elsa when we first met but spending this time with her and getting to know her through Maria has really got me admiring her. She has sacrificed a lot. It almost made me feel guilty for getting her fired from the café she was working at but then this jobs paid more so my guilt didn't really last. My cousin came here to hang out with me. We were just catching up with things in the living room.

"The girl I met is really amazing. I only met her for a few minute but I felt something I've never felt before." He told me. He had this smile on his face while he talked about her. This is the first time I've ever heard talk about a girl since fifth grade.

"I cant wait to meet the girl that has got you so hooked. A moment there I thought you were gay." I joked. He just laughed at that.

"So when is Thomas coming back?" he asked. Thomas is my best friend. I met him in boarding school where I practically grew up. His parents wanted to be more disciplined and mine shipped me off so they wouldn't have to deal with me.

"This weekend. He graduated too. He is pretty excited. " I told him.

"So what about you. Meet anyone special?"

The door opened before I could answer him and two kids walked in and Elsa followed them. The kids seem to be fighting about something I didn't quiet catch.

 "Mr. Monroe!" The little girl exclaimed with excitement  when she saw my cousin.

"Lena, Liam what are you guys doing here?" he asked them." Hey Elsa."  He said to her when he saw her. He had that smile he had a few minutes ago on.

"Hey Zack. What are you doing here?" Elsa with a smile too. I reminded of how I haven't actually seen her smile that often before.

"You two know each other? I finally asked.

"Yeah. She's the girl I told you I met few days ago." I did not see that coming.

"I work here." Elsa finally answered him.

"And he and I are cousins." Zack answered her too while he pointed at me.

"So do you live here. Mr. Monroe?" the little girl asked.

"No I'm just here to visit."

" Kids let me take you to Maria so I can get back to work." Elsa said to them.

"I can keep an eye out for them if you want." Zack offered. Elsa looked like she was going to protest but she decided against it. 

"Alright. Thanks." she said then turned to her siblings. "Do your assignments while you wait."

She left after she talked to her siblings. She totally ignored me. I knew she was she mad at me for my last work I made her do before she left.

I just watched Zack with the kids and I realized I had never seen him this happy since fifth grade. I remember I travelled with my parents that summer and when we got back Zack was totally different. He started pushing everyone away. He never talked about what happened neither does my aunt and her husband.

"Hi, I'm Liam." the little boy said to me. I didn't even notice him come sit by me. He was wearing a blue shirt with a shirt with all the buttons opened and a blue jeans with a blue jeans. He had glasses on too.

"I'm Collins." I said to him.

"So you are the guy that my sister is always complaining about?"

"Elsa complains about me?"

"Not to me but Ian. He and  my sister are best friends." He explained. Elsa walked in a few minutes later and was talking to Zack and her sister. She seemed more comfortable with Zack and for a moment there I wished she was like that with me but I shook it from my mind. I liked this little war we have going on. It helps my living in this house more tolerable.

"I think Mr. Monroe likes my sister. I like him too so I am ok with it." Liam told me when he saw me looking at them.

"Why do you think he likes her?"

"Because he asked us if it was alright if he asked her out."

Unknown pov

I looked at the photograph in my hands and deep inside I felt kind of guilty for how it all turned out. I was going to make it right with the children no matter what. Now all I had to do was find them. A knocked on my door brought me out of my thoughts.

"Enter"

"Morning sir." Curtis, my private investigator, said immediately he entered.

"Any news on the kids?" I asked.

"Yes sir, we found them."