Chapter 39: All smiles

~ Hentritch ~

By evening, a certain someone realized he had to get his act together because he apparently needed to attend a meeting with his business partners.

Kendrell, who had been drowning in one thing or another, received a call from Mario later in the afternoon, that he needed to avail himself at the headquarters of VGQ the next day for an all - shareholders meeting.

At the moment, Kendrell was throwing a chip in his mouth since he didn't feel like eating any meal. Turned out Malcolm's effort wasn't really efficient. Regardless, it didn't change the amount of new found respect and admiration Kendrell had for him.

So for the rest of the evening, Kendrell spent time in doing all that needed to be done before the next day.

At around 8:00 PM, Malcolm's call came in but Kendrell didn't take it, as Malcolm expected.

Ken wasn't mad at Malcolm, but he just didn't feel like taking it. For some reasons unknown to Kendrell himself.

Maybe it was because he needed to prepare himself to hear Malcolm's voice again since he felt guilty about his attitude towards Malcolm? Maybe that was it.

As for now, Kendrell knew he had to be invested and attentive to what he was doing on the PC in front of him.

And he did just that.

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~ Planora ~

When Jenna was done eating the delicious meal Morticia prepared, she freshened up before she picked her phone up from the nightstand to call her mom, since she was sure her parents were together, especially by that time of the evening.

But Evelyn's call came in first and then the questions, discussions, apologies followed suit. About 43 minutes later, Evelyn and Sampson, who were together, as Jenna had suspected, had no choice but to drop the call.

Sighing, a voice in Jenna's head spoke up;

' Now you know why they were scared of doting on you in the first place.'

' Shut up.' Jenna countered calmly in her head before she laid flat on the bed, more like a star fish. She closed her eyes and smiled at everything going on in her life at the moment till she dozed off with a smile on her face.

And then the night grew old, till it was dawn, once again.

But all the while, a certain someone couldn't sleep. Morticia couldn't stop thinking about the fact that she was leaving the city that was pretty much after her life.

The few people she knew hated and despised her deeply. But she was going to leave all of that behind her, all thanks to Jenna.

How was she ever going to repay that young lady? Was that even possible? Morticia mused inwardly.

And then questions and doubts began surfacing in her mind.

' What will her family think of me? Will they hate me? What awaits me there? Does it mean I'd be finally free to live without fears of anyone chasing me? Will I run into my mom? Should I tell her? What would she say or think? How would she react? She doesn't even know Jenna! Ugh..' Morticia groaned as she kept shuffling her lying position on the bed.

Deep down, Morticia was happy she was leaving. She was sick of the city anyways! But she sincerely hoped she wasn't a burden or a liability to Jenna. That was the last thing she wanted.

She grew up in San Huego, where she lost her father, then she moved down to Planora, where she faced endless dilemmas. Now, she'd be moving down to Hentritch where what?...

Well, time will tell, hopefully.

But she didn't and couldn't draw the curtains there as her bright brown eyes stared at the ceiling absentmindedly, till dawn.

The girls met at the kitchen that morning but by that time, Morticia was done with preparing breakfast.

After they ate and discussed a little, Jenna drove the both of them to a mart, where they bought a couple more essentials, including a phone for Morticia, to Morticia's surprise.

She had forgotten she didn't even have a phone. All thanks to Jenna, again.

When they got home, Morticia asked what Jenna was gonna do with her properties, since at least for the moment, they'd be living in her parent's properties that she assumed was well furnished already.

Jenna decided she was going to sell the properties she didn't need and donate the proceeds to an orphanage. That was the least she could do.

And so, the girls began making preparations to leave and say goodbye to Planora.

~ 2 Days Later ~

* * * Hentritch * * *

" Welcome to Hentritch ladies!" Said butler Bruce to Jenna and Morticia who had just entered the car that was to take them to the apartment.

" Thanks Bruce. Bruce, meet my friend, Morticia. Morticia, he's Bruce, the one I told you about yesterday." Jenna said with a smile.

" Oh. Nice to meet you Bruce." Morticia replied first.

" Nice to meet you Milady. " Bruce said with a grin as he extended his hand for a handshake, which Morticia gladly accepted.

Bruce who was sitting in front with the driver asked, a few seconds later,

" How come you're just telling her about me?"

" And when was I supposed to?" Jenna asked with a quirked brow.

" A long time ago. Maybe like last week. I mean, I'm handsome enough for you to brag about. Right miss Morticia?" asked Bruce with a grin.

By this time, the driver who they greeted earlier, was already driving.

" Ugh! Morticia, please bear with him. I told you he can be something at times." Jenna said to Morticia who was smiling.

" Wait, what did you tell her about me? I hope she didn't mention the part where I used to read her bed time stories, or did she Ms. Morticia?" Bruce asked.

" I think we might have to roll up the partition." Jenna countered.

"Oh come on Jenna! Don't be like that. Why don't you want t_."

" Mr Mac, if you don't mind_"

" Fine! Whatever! It was only a joke, you don't have to take it that far."

Bruce said before he turned to face the road with a grin.

" Did you hear me mention anybody's name? Or did I respond to any question?" Jenna asked, looking at Morticia who was already giggling.

The ride to the apartment was fun, and everyone in the car, including Mac, the driver were all smiles till they arrived the apartment.