A Countess Needs A Maiden

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"Hi!" Codie squeals and grins at Alcina. She raises an eyebrow but remains completely still. You look at the side table beside her lounge chair. On it sat two wine glasses. One half full and the other completely full. 

'Couldn't wait to finish the first one before asking for another from that maiden, could she.'

You look back at Alcina and raise an eyebrow.

"Woooooahhhh." Codie says, looking up at you. You look down and see him opening his arms wide.

"Aha excuse me?" Alcina remarks with a raised eyebrow.

"Alcina, relax. He's a child." you run your fingers through his hair while looking at him with a blank expression.

"Intruder." you hear her say under her breath. You watch as she picks up the new glass of wine with the hand that held her cigarette and takes a long sip while looking at the wall beside her.

"Yes, she is." you mutter under your breath but loud enough to catch her ears. She lowers her glass slightly with a slight pout and gulps the wine with a frown. You look down and watch Codie trot to the sofa. He sits down on the ground and plays with a few toys that Heisenberg must've left him. You look at Alcina to find her looking at Codie with a raised eyebrow as she takes a big drag of her cigarette. You cross your arms in front of you, making her look at you. She furrows her eyebrows for a moment then rolls her eyes once she realises. She stubs the cigarette on the wooden side table and picks up the same glass as she looks at you with a blank expression. 

"Thank you." you say. She nods and continues to read. You sigh and take a step towards her.

"Don't you want to talk to him?" you ask.

"And say what?" she answers, still looking at her book.

"You don't have to...well, he did greet you. You could greet him back." you start tapping your foot on the ground out of frustration.

"I'm not good with children." she says, bluntly.

"Listen, Alcina." you rub your temples "I know you're not on board with this, but I have no choice-"

"Forgive me, my Ladies." 

You turn around and see Daciana standing in the doorway with a glass of milk. 

"Yes?" you smile a little.

"He hasn't had breakfast yet. So, I thought-"

"Yes, good think." you cut her off and smile. She nods and looks at Alcina for a moment. You raise an eyebrow at her as you see a small smile form on her lips, knowing fully well that Alcina was beaming at her from behind you. She gracefully glides to Codie and kneels down in front of him as she proceeds to slowly feed him the milk. 

"You were saying, baby." Alcina speaks up, making Daciana tilt her head slightly in your direction. She didn't dare look at both of you. You look at Alcina and frown, showing her that what you're about to finish saying is best discussed in private. But, she doesn't flinch or change her blank expression as she looks at you.

"I'll tell you later-"

"Nonsense." she cuts you off "You can tell me now. What was it you were about to say?"

You frown slightly and part your lips but when she refuses to understand the subtle hints you were giving her, you start to grind your teeth.

"I'm trying...okay?" you speak softly but you know that Daciana could hear you. You give her a quick glance and look back at Alcina "I'd appreciate it if you-"

"Hallo mal wieder!" Heisenberg announces loudly as he walks in with a big bag. He gives you and Alcina a small smile and walks right to Codie "I've brought preseeenntsss!" he sings as he places the bag next to the child and kneels down next to Daciana. He pulls out a few toys-

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