Chapter 45: Chapter 45With 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. sea??h thё N?vel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    She would do anything to see Rose in a light pink dress.

    "After dinner, I will start mending the dresses for you. I can help you to wash and hang them out tomorrow," said Janice.

    "I can wash them alone. You are already doing so much for me by getting rid of the holes. I must repay you in some way. I cannot cook but I will do whatever you need me to. I can wash what you need or help to cut. I’ve already done my work," Rose said, wanting to be useful.

    "Very well. I have been enjoying your company thus far. You can wash the vegetables we will need tonight for dinner. I hope to make something as tasty as the stew. Thank you for sharing it with me. I can tell that you are a kind soul, Rose," Janice noted, happy to see that was going to work with someone so sweet.

    "There was much to bring inside so we needed something to eat. It was only right that I share it with you though it wasn’t a lot. Zayne will not be coming tonight so you won’t have to do too much cooking tonight. I am trying to clean as much as I can to show him that I make a good maid," said Rose.

    "I see."

    Janice helped Rose to fold the four dresses she needed to start working on. "You work here alone. Do you miss your family?"

    Janice immediately regretted her question as a sad smile replaced the happy one Rose previously showed. "Oh dear, I said something foolish didn’t I?"

    "No. It is expected for you to ask such a question. I do not have a family so there isn’t anyone for me to miss," Rose answered.

    "Still, I should have waited a little more before I asked you about your life. I am all alone as well which is why it was so easy for me to accept this job to live here. My husband passed seven years ago and my only son passed the year prior. It is awful to be home alone so I am grateful for your company," Janice said, smiling as Rose’s smile changed.

    "I am enjoying your company as well. I have been alone for many years though I was surrounded by many people. If you wouldn’t mind, can you teach me how to cook and mend clothes? They are both two things I should be able to do," Rose said, crossing her fingers that Janice would say yes.

    "Of course. I have many hours free so I can teach you during that time. A lady should know how to cook. That’s how I managed to snag my husband. I made sure to have my windows open right when he would pass by and it worked. Like a fish on a hook," Janice chuckled.

    Rose smiled, not answering as finding a husband wasn’t the reason she wanted to learn to cook. Being someone’s wife wasn’t in her plans as once it became known she lived in a brothel, no one would want to marry her.