| Fan Fiction |
by Ida101
“I think that Charmaine chick likes me…” Bernice whispered to Myolie.
Myolie looked oddly at Bernice, “What makes you think that?”
“Have you seen the way she acts around me? Like just then, she didn’t want to work at the hotel but once I said that I’ll be up that early and working long hours she immediately changed and said she will work,” Bernice started to get all intense, “And how she keeps cooking me breakfast and preparing my clothes. A little creepy don’t you think?”
Myolie who was simple minded laughed, “She’s just being nice. You think too much.”
Bernice walked back into the apartment building whilst looking over at Charmaine and Jessica; she really hoped it was her thinking too much.
“Grandma?” Charmaine tapped the expressionless Jessica on the shoulder.
Jessica looked up with her blank face, “Huh?”
“What’s the matter Grandma?” Charmaine asked concerned.
“It’s Cheuk Hei, I saw him just then, but he acted like he didn’t even know who I was,” Jessica eyes began to water as she recalled that incident.
Charmaine thought for a while, it was impossible for her to see him unless he also travelled to the present time. She suddenly remembered the picture she brought with her of her great, great, great grandfather Cheuk Hei looked exactly the same with her Uncle Ron.
“That’s not General Cheuk Hei, that must be my Uncle Ron. He is my dads cousin which makes him your great, great, grandson,” Charmaine explained.
Jessica wiped the tears off eyes and thought that this explanation was legitimate, “That young man is mine and Cheuk Hei’s descendent? He looked like a really bright young man,” Jessica complimented.
“Yeh, he’s a great uncle too,” Charmaine agreed but suddenly stopped, realising that Jessica never said anything nice about her father. The smile on her face had wiped off, “What about my dad?”
Jessica gasped, “Your dad? Look at him, he is the oldest male in the family now and all he does is spend money and show off how rich he is. I’m going to have to show him a lesson.”
Charmaine knew Jessica was right. Her dad was extremely arrogant and she knew exactly why, there is only one explanation for his actions and that was because of Raymond Lam. Charmaine could only think that Moss acted like he did all because of the bad influence of Raymond, if she had the chance she would want to end their friendship so Moses could be more decent.
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*Westwood Apartment, 5:00am*
Bernice’s alarm rang and as usual she reached over switching her alarm off. She rolled over and opened her eyes to see Charmaine sitting near her bed with her face only a few inches away from hers.
“Morning,” Charmaine smiled.
Bernice immediately backed away again, “What are you doing in my room again?”
Charmaine stood up, “I’ve prepared your clothes again and I’ve made breakfast. Then we can go to work together. I’ll heat up the food,” and walked back outside.
Bernice jumped and quickly got changed, “Seriously need to buy a lock for my room.”
Myolie also had an early start, she walked pass Bernice’s room towards the dinning table but was dragged into her room. Myolie looked strangely at Bernice’s scared face, “What’s wrong?”
“She was in my room again, and prepared my clothes and not she’s making breakfast,” Bernice whispered so Charmaine couldn’t hear. She pulled on Myolie’s shirt and peaked out to the kitchen, “See… I’m telling you she likes me.”
Myolie laughed, “Don’t be silly…” and walked out to the dinning table, “What did you cook today?”
“One of Bernice’s favourites,” Charmaine took the apron off and knocked on Bernice’s door, “You better hurry or we’ll be late.”
Bernice had her back against the door just in case Charmaine burst into her room again, “Ok…” she yelled out. The more she thought about it the more scared she’d got.
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*Lam Mansion, 5:35am*
Raymond’s alarm had been going off ever since 5:00am but he was still able to continue sleeping. Several of his housekeepers had come in to try and wake him up but he didn’t even budge. The only person who could wake him up was Frankie.
Frankie who was already dressed entered Raymond’s room. The first thing he did was open his blinds, the bright sunlight shone directly in Raymond’s eyes. Raymond grabbed his blanket and covered it over his head. Frankie grabbed Raymond’s blanket and pulled it off of him.
“Get up!” Frankie shouted next to Raymond’s ear.
Raymond jumped up hearing Frankie shout, he glanced at the time with his semi-opened eyes, “Five more minutes…”
“No!” Frankie pulled him up, “You knew you were starting work today, no one told you to go out partying last night.”
Frankie dragged Raymond into the bathroom and splashed water on his face waking him up. By this time Raymond was slightly more awake, “I can brush my own teeth, you don’t have to watch me.”
Frankie knew his brother too well, if he didn’t watch his every move then Raymond would just go back to sleep, “I’m going to watch you.”
Raymond rolled his eyes and brushed his teeth, he walked back out into his room and grabbed his everyday clothes from his closet but Frankie snatched it off him and handed him his uniform.
“Come on Dai Gor…” Raymond held up his housekeeping uniform, “please don’t make me wear this,” he pleaded.
“It’s part of the uniform. Hurry up and change,” Frankie ordered.
Raymond grunted and very unwillingly changed into his uniform. He looked himself in the mirror and felt that nothing would be worst than wearing this.
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*Grand Hotel, 5:55am*
Frankie walked into the hotel with Raymond behind him. Raymond wore a hat and sunglasses trying to cover his face so no one would recognise him. He snuck behind Frankie and scanned around to see if he anyone who knew him.
Raymond suddenly heard a roar of laughter coming from the direction in front of him. He looked up and saw Moses standing near the front desk laughing. Usually Moses wouldn’t even be up this early but because he knew his best friend had to work at housekeeping he didn’t want to miss the chance to see him.
Moses shook his head laughing at Raymond as he walked towards him, “Wow, you look very… attractive.”
“Shut up,” Raymond shot back at Moses slightly embarrassed of his look.
“I’m complementing you,” Moses kept on laughing.
Raymond pulled on Moses shirt, “Since you’re the CEO, why don’t you tell my brother to let me work in another department. You know… give him some pressure.”
Moses thought about it, “I don’t want to intervene in your family problems. Even though I’m the CEO but I wouldn’t want to get on the bad side of your brother.” Moses glanced at his watch, “You better get going, don’t want to be late on your first day.”
Raymond covered his face and towards the elevator hoping he would see anyone else he knew.
*House Keeping Department, 6:05am*
All the newly recruited staff were in the briefing room ready to start their training as housekeepers in the hotel. Louisa So the head of department stood out the front and waited for the last person to arrive. Five minutes later, Frankie opened the door with a non-recognisable Raymond behind him.
“Sorry his late,” Frankie apologised to Louisa.
Everyone looked at Raymond who was covered up, no one could recognise who he was.
“Just treat him as a normal employee,” Frankie reminded Louisa again, “See you later.”
Raymond kept his head down and walked towards a spot with hardly anyone standing. He stood quietly next to someone and kept his head down the whole time.
Louisa stood out the front and gave a brief introduction, “Hi, I’m the head of House Keeping Department. As you may know that our department is basically responsible for the cleanliness of hotel rooms. So before we start I just want to make sure that presentation is very important in our job so would the young man at the back with his hat and sunglasses please take them off.”
Raymond knew she was talking to him. He slowly took his glasses and hat off and brushed his hat hair away. He suddenly heard a giggling noise coming from next to him. He looked up and saw Charmaine standing next to him laughing.
“What are you laughing at?” Raymond whispered.
Charmaine tried containing her laughter, “Oh… nothing.”
Louisa continued her introduction, “In House Keeping, we usually work in groups of two so I have paired everyone up with a partner. This way, training would be easier and you both can help each other if help is required. Move next to your partner when I call your names out. Kenneth and Elaine…” Louisa started calling all the names out and everyone began shifting.
Charmaine kept looking at Raymond laughing. Raymond was seriously annoyed, of all people in the world, she also had to work here, “Stop laughing!”
“So what happened to you being all rich and throwing money in people’s faces?” Charmaine asked still laughing.
“None of your business,” Raymond sniped at Charmaine.
Charmaine kept laughing and didn’t even pay attention to what was happening at the front until Louisa called out her name.
“Raymond and Charmaine…” Louisa read out.
Charmaine’s laughter immediately stopped hearing her and Raymond’s name being put together. Suddenly Raymond thought it was great having her as a partner, he slid across standing extremely close to Charmaine, with his shoulders almost touching hers, he had the biggest smirk on his face, “I guess I’m you partner,” he knew that this would be a great time to get a little revenge on her.
“Ok, so that’s your partner until further notice. Any problems?” Louisa asked.
Charmaine lifted her hand to put it up, Raymond knew exactly that she wanted to request to change partners. He grabbed her arm pulling them back down, “I don’t think so…” he said still having that smirk on his face while he kept holding her hands down.
Louisa clapped her hands together, “Ok, since there are no problems then we will split up into groups and tour the hotel first.”
Everyone started heading outside the common room, Raymond finally let go of Charmaine’s hand and stepped in front of her, walking out before her. Charmaine knew that this was just her luck but at least she could keep a close eye on him so he doesn’t get too close with her dad.
*Grand Hotel Lobby, 10:15am*
Ron looked at his watch while he hid behind the column overseeing the front desk. He had been waiting behind the column for around fifteen minutes without taking his eyes off the front desk. The time on his watch ticked exactly 10:15am, he smiled to himself as he looked over at Myolie who was sitting down.
Myolie got up and walked out of the front desk and headed towards the staff lunchroom for her break. Ron adjusted his tie and jacket and walked hastily after Myolie. He had finally caught up with Myolie but walked straight in front of her trying to get her attention.
Myolie being the clueless person she was, walked aimlessly towards the lunchroom not even realising that Ron was walking slightly in front of her. Ron knew he had to make it a little more obvious; he slowed down a little and pretended to bump into her.
“Sorry,” Ron apologised.
Myolie stopped walking, “No, I’m so sorry,” she started bowing down at Ron thinking it was a customer, “So sorry…”
Ron stopped her bowing, “It’s ok.”
“Oh…” Myolie looked up finally seeing who it was, “sorry Mr. Chuek.”
Ron smiled with a slight uncontrollable blush to his face, “Um… are you on a break?”
“Yes, Mr Cheuk,” Myolie answered.
“You can call me Ron,” Ron could feel his sweat trickling down his forehead, “That’s if you want.”
“Huh?” Myolie didn’t know if she was allowed to call him that because he was the general manager, “Am I allowed to call you that?”
“It’s ok,” Ron stood in front of Myolie, he didn’t know why but every time he talked to her, he will automatically become very nervous, “Um…” Ron began to say.
Myolie looked at the time and realised she only had a few minutes left of her break, “Mr. Chuek… I mean Ron. I have to get going. Bye,” and ran off towards the lunchroom.
Ron hit himself on the forehead with the palm of his hand, he had missed his chance to ask her out again. The question would always be at the tip of his tongue but not once he had the courage to say it out.
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hope u enjoyed this chapter... Raymond and Charmaine now working together.. and Ron likes Myolie but too scared to tell her..