Chapter 45
With the help of Soren, Rose was able to help Janice bring her things inside.
"So, I am to argue with them about the price they have?" Rose asked as she failed to see how Janice got the dresses to be far cheaper than they originally cost.
"I wouldn’t use the word argue. I had a simple conversation about the price needing to be less and I managed to convince them. You must not show them any signs of backing down or they will keep the price as you first found it. Understand?" Janice asked.
Janice doubted that Rose might be able to sway anyone because she looked so reluctant to ask for a lower price. It wasn’t nearly an hour since she met Rose and already she had to be stopping herself from trying to pinch Rose’s cheeks.
No one had told her that she would be working alongside such a little cutie pie. If she had not been told the young woman present was here as a maid, Janice might have mistaken Rose for being someone’s lover as she wasn’t used to an employer giving any thought about what a maid would wear.
Then there was the secrecy about who was working there. The pay was good so Janice didn’t see any reason to break the one rule given to her which was to stay silent about who she saw here. Everyone had their reasons and she only wanted to be paid.
Rose picked up one of the dresses Janice bought. Her finger went through a large hole at the side. She was starting to see why the dresses were so cheap but as someone who only had two dresses and Zayne’s shirts, Rose could make the holes in dresses work.
"I will mend those for you. I am excellent at taking ruined dresses and making them look new. The one I am wearing now came from the same dressmaker I got your dress from. Could you tell?" Janice asked, doing a little spin to show off.
Rose couldn’t believe her eyes that the pink dress Janice wore now once had holes in it. "It looks like it came from a fancy shop."
"Thank you. If not cooking for a living, I would like to try my hand at making dresses but I don’t have the time for it and no one wants to hire me at this age. I suppose I don’t look like I could move fast to help with their customer demands. I enjoy cooking and I get to mend my dresses so I can’t complain," said Janice.
Rose smiled as Janice seemed to be a ball of positivity. She hoped to have Janice’s ways rub off on her. "I would hire you to make dresses for me if I could afford it."
"Thank you. This job brings me the chance to mend the dresses and size them better to fix you. The next time I go to the market, I will buy some pretty cloth to add some colour. You mustn’t wear such bland dresses. They do not suit you," Janice said, greatly disliking what Rose wore now.