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Where He Lives
Where He Lives
“I guess the tour comes after lunch…” I said with a depressed sigh.
“That’s right. Eat up. I don’t want to tell Hayden that you haven’t been eating much…” Auntie said with
mock scorn.
Hayden again…
“Ok ok…” I said before I started eating.
The food tasted great now that I was in the mood to have an appetite. I placed a hand over my tummy
and wondered if I had started to gain weight. Auntie is spoiling me with so much food and dessert as
well.
After finishing lunch, I urged Auntie to take me on a tour of the mansion straight away. I didn’t want to
put it off anymore and now that the tour was about to start, I felt oddly excited about the whole thing.
“Follow me closely…” Auntie instructed as she led the way.
I followed her obediently from the long hallway that seemed to stretch out endlessly. The mansion was
large and seemed to have many sections. I didn’t know why the boss or whoever it was in Hayden’s
family decided that they needed a place this enormous.
“First, I will take you through the commonly used rooms on the first floor and second floor. These rooms
are conveniently located at the center part of the mansion. You’ve seen some of the rooms before
since you’ve walked past them, but I’ll show you again to make sure that you’re aware of all the rooms,” Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
Auntie explained.
She guided me to the first floor at the center of the mansion. The commonly used rooms were just as
she had called them, they were rooms that were in use daily in the mansion.
“This is the main dining room and in the corner is a bar. The next room is the living room for when we
have guests. This one here is the private living room. As the name implies, it is strictly for family
members and guests are not allowed in this living room. Master Hayden spends a lot of his time in this
private living room when he’s free,” Auntie explained.
All the rooms that I’ve been led to were too big for their own good and luxuriously furnished. Auntie led
me to a few other rooms including a study room, a library, a mini movie theatre, a fitness and so many
other facilities that I thought were probably not needed at home. After a long walk, I began dragging my
feet. My initial excitement at finally being able to see Hayden’s home had all but vanished at that point.
The real problem was that apart from the first few rooms, I felt like the other rooms didn’t have any
personal connection to Hayden at all. I mean, how often does he actually visit the library. Maybe he
does but Hayden doesn’t look like a bookworm kind of guy at all. I found it very hard picturing Hayden
sitting still and composed as he read a book in the library. I shook my head to clear that strange and
unfitting image away from my head before it began to stick. That was when I realized that I wanted to
know more about Hayden’s lifestyle and how he spent his time in the house.
For instance…
“Auntie, where is Hayden’s room?” I asked very straightforwardly.
It wasn’t like I was planning to sneak into his room or anything like that but I just found it weird that he
knew exactly where to find me, but I didn’t even know where his bedroom was in his mansion. Now that
I thought about it, I have never seen his bedroom either. He did take me to his living room, and he did
mention that he occupied that set of room but was that where he usually stayed?
“Oh…that’s right, I guess you’ve never been to Master Hayden’s wing before. He spends some time
there but not always. I can show you. The boss and his sons used to live here together before…you
know…” Auntie explained before trailing off with a sad look on her face.
I knew that she was probably referring to Harvey’s unfortunate and early death. I see, so before Harvey
passed away Hayden lived here with his father and his elder brother. That’s news to me, I wondered
what life was like for him as a child and when he grew up. This mansion was huge and the Torex were
loaded so he must have lived a very privileged life. He still does by the way…
“After that…the boss moved out? He lives in the other mansion now, right?” I asked.
“That’s right. The boss moved to a new place and Master Hayden inherited this mansion from his
father. I think he was the one who insisted on staying here,” Auntie said as if recalling some old
memories.
Auntie led me along a very long hallway and soon we arrived at a fork in the path. This was where the
mansion was split into the various wings.
“Master Hayden’s wing is this way. Please follow me closely, the place is quite large so please don’t
wander off or you’re going to get lost,” Auntie warned sternly.
She led the way and I quickly followed close behind her. Hayden’s wing of the house seemed to have
been remodeled because the modern luxury style of decoration was quite different from the rest of the
house. A lot more marble of shades of white and grey was used here in Hayden’s wing of the mansion.
It felt like walking in a modern five-star hotel, and I had to say that I was very impressed. If this was his
taste in interior design, then I was glad to say that I shared the same tastes.
“Each wing in the mansion was built to house its own sets of room so that it can act as a standalone
mansion in terms of function. The boss had it designed so that when his sons got married and had their
own families, they could all still live in this mansion while having their own private space with their
families,” Auntie explained.
I nodded at how much that made sense. While looking around at the various rooms, I wondered if
Hayden thought about starting a family too and if he wanted to spend time with them here in this wing
of the mansion.
--To be continued…