Painith woke up to her brother opening the front gate, everything seemed fine and bo traces were left of what transpired a few hours prior.
The rooms were large and spacious while also being aired out quiet frequently by a single maid that came once a week to do any cleaning up or chores. Other than the work that the maid did cooking, ironing and tossing dirty clothes into the washer was padparadscha's job which so included keeping an eye on his younger sister.
Although he usually did most of the things around the house when their parents were away on some business trip his siter also sometimes help cooking and cleaning some easy tasks.
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"How was work?" Painith asked in a lethargic and vored manner as if following a boring script that had just thlse 3 words nothing more nothing less
"Fine nothing new, just simple deskwork no new cases to talk about" replied the man in a business and diligent fashion.
"Is that so...." the girl said unenthusiastically as her brother took of his coat and tie haging them together then taking off his watch and keeping them on the desk like clockwork.
Their daily conversation in the eveing could be summed up in those 3 lines of lines, but today was a bit less mundane and usual.
"Would you love me even if you didnt know i existed?" Inquired the girl with a serious look on her face.
Albeit he was taken a back the man chuckled and laughed a but and replied "No, of course not more than would i the question should be how would I, if i didnt know of your existance. Stop thinking such silly and melancholic things and help me make dinner"
Hmmm thought the girl
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Due to the prior question that had the man taken aback he was a good mood he made painith's favourite pasta with lots of chicken and salad to go along with it. He was also humming a tune that his sister was all too familiar with and loved.
After a while paad set up the table and got neal to come down from her room which took some time so he also played the music box which moved around with a small single ballerina as it played the same tune he was humming before.
Neal was too tired from seemingly nothing so her brother carried her all the way to his room and let her sleep there while he laid on the sofa and fell asleep happy with his fulfillng and genuinely enjoyable day.
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It was the next day already 8 o' clock in the morning when painith had still not woken up paad was not really scared since she was tired yesterday so he let her rest and went to worl leaving behind her breakfast on the table lunch in the fridge and note on the desk beside neal.
Unbeknownst to him he would not see her for along time to come.
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Neal woke up somehow both tired and energetic she was hoping that her day would be good but she laughed at herself for expecting anything.
She was in her brother's room but even then she felt like something was amiss just abit slightly off than what it's supposed to be. A houseplant a bit dry, the table abit dusty, the house smelling off and the last nail being a moldy plate left on the table beside the balcony where she usually ate.
She was disgusted mortified even when she saw it and had to clean it herself since her brother was nowhere to be found and the maid's visit was still 5 days later, or so she thought, when her eyes fell on her digital clock it said WED. 9AM while it was supposed to be monsay she was a bit comfused so she rushed around the house to look at all the digital clocks she was just as confused it really was wednesday or at least according to every digital clock inher house.
She went to her brother's small collection of luxury watches all of which was 26 written when it was supposed to be 24. Althoush it was strange it did explain the weird things happening in her home but where was her brother? I'm sure he'd be scared by my slumber lasting abit too long thought the girl but wait where was he? He was supposed to stay home today accprding to his work calenderit was strange where was the bormally meticulous man that always wanted the gouse in order?
She did not know and was still having a hard time figurimg out what was going on.