Chapter 56
"I cannot believe he wants to eat with us. Not there, Rose. Put it in the centre. Is this some sort of tradition from his land? I am not used to my employers sitting with me," said Janice.
No matter how hard she thought to come up with an answer, Janice couldn’t find one. She knew nothing about the foreigners and the way they were with their servants so she feared that she had been giving Rose the wrong advice.
"I ate with him the first night I came here and it was not so bad. We will be fine and it will give you the chance to get to know him like you wanted. I do not think he is a bad man. I have seen bad men and he has not shown similarities to them. Though you might not like the nickname he gives you," Rose considered.
She wondered what animal Zayne might think Janice was like but at the same time, Rose didn’t want him to refer to Janice as any kind of an animal to her face. ’That man is a fly,’ Rose decided.
Flies were annoying little things that would not go away even when you used your hands to chase them away. Rose smiled as she thought of how insulted he might be to hear that she thought of him as a fly.
She didn’t want to upset Zayne so she had to keep this a secret though she wanted him to feel what it was like to be annoyed by nicknames.
"Oh Rose," Janice said, touching her chest. She started to notice some of the comments Rose made. "Where have you been to see bad men? Has someone troubled you?"
Janice knew that it wasn’t always safe to travel alone as there were bad people who would try to harm you, especially a young woman like Rose being all alone.
"I see them just from walking around the market. We should be quick to bring the rest of the food here before he comes down. He will be impressed by how much you have cooked. Should I take the guards’ food to them?" Rose asked.