ALAYAH AND HARRY'S FRIENDSHIP

Aaron took his shirt off and went into the bathroom to take shower. While cleaning the living room Alayah looked into the kitchen and saw a glass half full of water.

"What? Alayah! you left the glass", she said and went towards the kitchen and threw the water into the sink, and put the glass into the utensil washer.

Aaron came downstairs, he was wearing a bathrobe, he walked towards the kitchen and saw the glass was empty, "Who did it?" he was shocked.

As soon as he became aware that someone was in the living room, he grabbed a curved knife from the kitchen drawer. He entered the living room; Alayah became alert due to the drawer's noise, so she hid behind a wall.

When Aaron saw her, he assumed she may be a thief and ran toward her to fight, but when he saw Alayah's eyes, he stopped.

"Who are you? And what is your purpose for being here?" Aaron asked.

"No, who are you? Let's make a deal: if you leave right away without causing any harm, I won't ever reveal that you visited. Since you came into Mr. Aaron's home and used his bathroom to take a shower, he would murder you if he found out", Alayah alerted him.

"Have you gone mad? I am Aaron", Aaron said.

"You? How? I mean, no…", Alayah was shocked.

"Aren't you the waitress from the event? Why you are here? Are you a spy or something?" Aaron asked.

"Mr. Aaron, I was just about to leave, I am just a bit late", Alayah replied.

"But what are you doing here?" Aaron asked.

"I am your cook", she replied.

"You cook those dishes?" Aaron asked while pointing the knife toward her.

"Yes", she replied.

"And you write those sticky notes for me?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, I did not intend to talk with you via notes, they were just for the information, Mr. Aaron I am sorry, I got busy cleaning the house and forgot about the time", She said.

"Cleaning? What is it to you", Aaron asked.

"Well, if you don't know, I do that too", Alayah replied.

"Ask Mrs. George to extend your time then, I don't have any problem", Aaron said.

Aaron headed towards his room then he turned back and said, "don't add sesames to my shrimp toast again!" and gave the knife to Alayah.

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AT DENZEL'S HOUSE:

Denzel was not at home, a lady arrived. She had another key of the house; she opened the door and went inside.

Denzel's house was weirdly designed, the basement bedroom of Denzel's home had thousands of photos of musicians, gangsters, and artists arranged on the wall in random order. Upstairs, there was a piano in front of the room, and on the wall, a bicycle was hanging as decoration. On the left side, there was a cozy minibar, and on the right, there were several different types of sofas arranged in a haphazard manner, a table with various cactus plants and books was placed between the sofas.

That girl took her dress off and went to take shower, she came back sat on a chaise lounge sofa, took a glass of wine, and started reading a magazine.

Soon Denzel arrived, went upstairs, and saw her. "What are you doing here Rosie?", Denzel asked.

"Well, I was passing by so decided to get to come here. Why you did not pick up my phone?" Rosie asked.

"I told you I don't want to see your face", Denzel shouted.

"Well, You've repeated this to me countless times, but you have never advised me to take it seriously", she said then stood up and came close to Denzel.

Denzel took the glass of wine from her hand, "Stop drinking! You have drunk enough, Rosie! You said it's over, you just packed your bag and left, why you came back? What do you want from me?" Denzel said.

Rosie saw a chain, it was a kind of necklace, Rosie held it, it was a half-heart pendant. Then Rosie held her necklace, which was also a half-heart pendant, she held both of them and tried to join them.

Then she looked into Denzel's eyes, touched his chin with her finger, looked into his eyes, and then put her head on his chest and closed her eyes, and Denzel just hugged her gently.

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AT ALAYAH'S HOUSE:

Alayah told each and everything about Aaron to Elin and Luna. Alayah was talking but instead of listening to her, Elin stood up and went towards the table and turn the laptop on, and started searching for something on the internet.

"I am talking here and you are just not interested in listening?" Alayah said to Elin.

"No, I am just being curious, that who is Aaron? Alayah! What is his full name?" Elin asked.

Alayah tried to think, "Well I don't know".

"Elin! Do search the list of guests who came to that event", Luna suggested, and soon they get Aaron's full name there.

They looked up his name on social media, but he wasn't active there, so the only thing they learned about him was that he was one of the wealthiest bachelors in the country.

"I am surprised why he is single yet?" Elin said.

"Well, he is young and handsome", Alayah replied.

"Handsome? so you admit he is!" Elin and Luna looked at her.

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NEXT DAY (NOON), AT AARON'S HOUSE:

Alayah was in the kitchen, she just had prepared the dish and was putting it in the oven, when Harry immediately entered the kitchen.

"Hey! Alayah, see I am here", he said.

"Hello", she replied.

"Until Mr. Aaron returns, could you spend time with Harry here? Mrs. Della and Mr. Henry need to go to a wedding tonight, and Harry wanted to spend time with his uncle", Walter asked.

"Sure! No problem", she replied and Walter left.

Alayah entered the living room, Harry was playing on Aaron's iPad, "Harry! Come let's play together".

"No, I am busy", he replied.

"Busy?" she asked.

"Yes, I am busy, can't you see I am playing games", Harry replied without looking at her.

"Harry, I am talking about real games, come on! Get up", Alayah said.

"No", he said and turned his side.

Alayah took a cushion, threw it towards Harry, and shouted, "If you catch it, you keep it". Harry was not ready for the attack.

He immediately stood up, took another cushion, and threw it toward Alayah. Soon there were cushion furs, ducks' feathers, and cotton pieces all over the living room.

Alayah was tired, and jumped into the sofa and put both her hands on her face in order to protect herself from Harry's cushion.

"Harry, stop, ha-ha, stop, you were looking good while playing on iPad, kindly take it again, I thought you are a child but no you are a monster", she said.

"My uncle says I am a cute monster", Harry yelled while making a monster-like face.

"Ha-ha, let's play another game, but before that game, we need to clean this mess", Alayah said.

"Okay, Alayah, we will make a mini house in the garden", Harry said.

"A house? But how?" she asked.

"Oh, you know nothing, I mean a tent, I will teach you", Harry said.

"Okay, done, now let's clean this room", Alayah said.

After cleaning the room, went into the garden, and make a tent, with the help of sofas, chairs, and bed sheets, "Alayah let's play the cowboy game, you will be the cowboy, and I …" Harry was saying but Alayah added, "Harry I am not good as being a cowboy, let's make some cookies first".

"Cookies?" Harry asked.

"Yes, these are not like ordinary cookies, they are Japanese cookies", Alayah said.

"Oh whoa, sounds yummy let's make it", Harry said excitedly, "but after that, you will play with me".

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IN THE EVENING, AT MR. AARON'S OFFICE.

"I asked Walter to leave Harry at your house, as we have to attend a meeting", Della said to Aaron.

"Oh, that's so great, I miss him", Aaron said with a smile.

"Yes, even he kept on talking about you all day", Henry added.

"But Aaron, please do take care of him, I mean he doesn't eat anything, he just kept on playing", Della said.

"Don't worry sister, I will take care of that cute little monster", Aaron said.

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AT AARON'S HOUSE:

Aaron entered and saw a tent in this house's garden. He started observing it, went near it, and put the curtain up, Alayah and Harry were playing with toys.

Aaron looked at Harry and said, "Oh my handsome nephew, come here."

"Uncle! Harry shouted with excitement and ran towards him; Aaron picked him up and kissed his cheek with love.

"What were you doing", Aaron asked Harry while Alayah was looking at them with a smile.

"Uncle! My dear uncle", Harry said while rubbing his cheeks with Aaron's, "I played a lot of games with Alayah."

"Oh really, show me your hands, they are dirty go and wash your hands, my little handsome nephew", Aaron said to Harry. And Harry leaves.

"Miss Alayah! Your duty is to clean my house, right? Aaron asked Alayah.