Cade was stewing in his seat. He sent the idiot to get the girl three minutes ago! Everyone was going against him now! 15 minutes he wasted waiting around for a bunch of nobodies! The more he thought, the angrier he got.
The maid standing beside him saw his increasingly bad mood and started to sweat bullets. She wasn't scared of the runt beside her, she was scared of the people behind him! The young miss and the Master were both ruthless to servants who didn't please Young Master Cade well enough.
She knew that if she spoke incorrectly she would be fired on the spot and dealt with later. Yet if she did nothing she would be the object of her young master's anger as well. She decided to bite the bullet and try to console him.
"Young master, when the arrogant slut comes back up we will make her pay for what she has done! she dares to make someone as handsome and influential as you waiting?!"
She spoke with such passion, yet in the end, she nervously peeked over to her master to see what his reaction would be.
Cade was nodding his head and his tensed shoulders slowly relaxed. She heaved a sigh of relief in her heart, thankful that everything turned out okay, but never showed her emotions on the outside.
Lorena was walking behind Number 2. He seemed to be taking his dear sweet time, talking to the people he knew at the pub on the way and shaking hands every now and then. He seemed like a popular guy, she wasn't surprised either, he respected everyone and treated everyone equally.
They finally made their way up to the snot-nosed brat's table in the corner of the second floor. Nobody really sat on the second floor because it was so much more boisterous and fun downstairs. The first thing Lorena saw was a shattered cup on the floor, a hysterical brat, a sobbing maid on her knees picking up the pieces, and the same annoying maid yelling at her.
Lorena was astonished, so was Number 2. So much could happen in five minutes! Though they did take their time, the amount of time between Number 2 leaving them and him bringing Lorena back was only about 5 minutes. Yet this managed to happen in that short span!
Number 2 magically appeared behind the maid and promptly knocked her out with a chop to the back. There was a pause in silence, then a thud. Cade was shocked silly and stopped crying. Lorena was really surprised. She hadn't seen a man cry ever! Sure she knew they did, but they always had their pride and managed to cry in secret rather than in public.
Yet here was this arrogant, spoiled, and now weak crybaby! Whatever sort of warped respect she had for him was non-existent, and it seemed to be the same for Number 2. He turned around, scratched the back of his head and said.
"I apologize Miss, it seems as though we walked in on a bad time..."
He then looked at Cade with disappointment in his eyes.
"It seems as if young master Cade has forgotten all of master Garrula's teachings. I suppose we must go back, no?"
Cade visibly shivered in fear. He didn't want to go back to the scary old man!
Lorena, on the other hand, was shocked silly. Everything was coming together! A spoiled and arrogant brat from a wealthy family, absurdly highly trained bodyguard, an arrogant maid, and though he seemed incompetent, the little squirt still was decently trained in martial arts. Not enough to take her on, but enough to defend himself and run away.
Only a few families in the continent could afford to have a grandmaster as their bodyguard and have their son be trained in martial arts... There was the Rone family, the Praze family, the Carpes family, and then the Garrula family. It wasn't possible... was it?
Why is it that I now see the resemblance? The same face shape, the same eyebrows, the same nose, the same hair... It's the only way. The only explanation that makes sense.
Cade Garrula was... Zachary's younger brother. And the Garrula family blood flowed through his veins.