Because I was terribly distracted on my way back from the greenhouse, the 2 hours journey took me almost 3 hours. Despite the tumult in my heart, my body was on edge and demanding by the time I got home.

With mummy always traveling and Daddy returning at midnight everyday of the week, the House was essentially mine and the butler's.

I entered the compound and parked close to the entrance door, hurried out of the truck, into the house and up the stairs.

Our house is a large Victorian house with two duplexes boxing in a third big two stories rectangular building. The two duplexes are called wings. While...