Chapter 103 - One Hundred And Three.

A few days had gone by since the visit to the hospital and her diet was taken pretty strictly. Everything that she now ate was healthy and rich in either proteins or potassium etc., Not that she had paid any attention to it. 

"Here," Agatha set up a folding table on the bed where Alexis was seated with her back touching the back of the bed. She then placed a bowl of fruits and one scone on the table.

"A scone?" Alexis smiled giddily, rubbing her hands and getting ready to attack the food. The medication made ber hungry. 

"Yes, but it's after you finish the bowl of fruits." She smiled at Alexis. "Like a treat."

"Hmm," she hummed and began to eat the bowl without any fuss. For the first day after coming home, Alexis was hell-bent on not eating anything. She had abdomen pains which she could not bear. She just held her stomach and cried until Angelo came from the office to have her ear medicine for which, again, she had to eat.

So after making her eat a banana because it was soft and chewable, she had eaten her medication and gone sleep.

After that, she had not gotten up from the bed as the doctor had said. She had gotten the work of interior designing sped up. The bathrooms had been decided and so had been the furniture. Nadine had been helping her a lot.

"Where is Nadine?" Alexis asked. She had a tonne of stuff to do which won't happen while she sat in the bed.

"Nadine is here." Her polite voice was heard as Alexis saw her standing was the door. "Good morning ma'am." She wished with a sweet smile.

"Good morning Nadine. Come in." Alexis smiled at her. Keeping her fork in the bowl, she focused her attention on Nadine.

"Yes ma'am," she said as she came in. "The orders for the sanitary ware and the furniture have been placed. The previous furniture has been distributed as well." She informed.

A smile came to Alexis's face. "Ah, thank you."

"Ma'am I would like to thank you." She smiled a little. "I enjoyed fighting for that woman. She was very happy with me taking her case with the fee that she could afford."

"I am glad." Alexis felt nice. Indirectly or not, she had helped someone by who she was.

"How is Nikita doing?"

Nadine answered immediately, "Ma'am she now targeting the employment issues."

"Tell her to put that on hold," Alexis said. Nikita seemed to be obsessed with hiring. "We have to make sure that everything is up and running. Even the kitchen, which is now under construction. Anything else?"

"No, Ma'am," Nadine took a step back ready to leave as Alexis nodded for dismissal and picked up the fork. "Ma'am there is something." 

Alexis stared at her but when she did not continue, Alexis motioned her to go on.

"You have a Twitter account and Vanessa Heavens and Audrey Hepburn started following you." She said.

"So?" Alexis asked with a frown.

"Ma'am, those are the two most popular women of New York. They come from old money and if they are following you that I am sure that a meeting with them won't be far from today." She winced a bit. Old money woman were bitches. "They are looking into you by now."

"Huh," Alexis huffed. "Well, if it happens, then stall them till I am out of bed at least. Rest we shall see."

"Yes ma'am. Thank you."

Nadine closed the door on her way out.

Alexis turned to Agatha. "Get Blake to find everything on those two."

"Do you not want to meet them?" Agatha asked. "We can say no."

"It's not that. If they are where they are currently, then they must have done things that never reached the public eye. Which means they have things to hide." Alexis told her. "I want to know those."

"Alright," Agatha noted it down. "Anything particular you are looking for?"

Alexis smirked a bit, "I think Blake would know."

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Julia was sitting in the garden with Mariam. She was drinking tea leisurely.

"Word has it," Mariam whispered to her. "The little Donna was taken to the hospital a few nights ago."

Julia's hand froze. She was not excepting that and also, they had been hushed about it. 

"What?" She hissed. "A few nights ago? Why was I not told of this before?"

Mariam glanced around and spoke, "the Don has loyal staff and Agatha keeps a strict eye on them. They do not breathe out a word but I heard one of them talking."

"Then get them to me," Julia said as she sipped her tea. "I will get it out of them."

"You cannot do that," Mariam denied. "You have no jurisdiction here and family or not, Alexis can ask us to leave. Also, Agatha appears whenever I try to pry within the household issues."

"Ah," Julia smiled. "She was a loyal staff but till when?"

"Forever apparently," Mariam commented.

"What does that mean?" Julia asked her frowning. In her lifetime, she had known this, no one was loyal forever. 

"Everyone one of the staff is either a runaway or an orphan. The pay is good so they stay, they never know anything and have food and shelter. Plus they were shown what happens when they tattletale."

Julia sighed. "Great. That means I have to pay a visit to her highness myself." She tsked, "Do I nothing better to do? Why should I get to her? People usually inform about such things happening. Someone should come to me with what had happened."

"True. But that means that they want to keep this under the wraps. So much so, they won't even let the servants know." Mariam whispered. She was interested to know what happened but here's no one was ready to tell.

"That sounds true.." Julia muttered. "Call Marcus. I think I have something in mind.." Raising her pinky finger, she sipped her tea.