After that my mother left. I looked at the map, I went inside the bathroom. I noticed that Jake's room was three rooms away from this bathroom. There are actually ten bathrooms in this house. No surprise there. As I put down the map, I surprisingly met a boy my age in there. He was wearing a polo shirt where the sleeves were rolled up, vest, black pants and shoes.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'll go and wait outside" I said
"I'm not here to use the bathroom. I here to clean it" He said
"Still, I'll go wait outside" I replied
"Oh well, If your gonna wait. Then you'll be taking you bath at one in the morning" He said
"Can you at least stay outside? Cause I'm not comfortable with a guy in the bathroom with me" I said
"Oh don't worry. I'm cleaning the sink and toilet area right now, which is a different room from the shower room." He replied
"Oh. Okay then" I replied
As I went inside the shower room , I saw a huge bathtub filled with warm water. And on the sides were few buttons. I took off my clothes and glasses and I cleaned myself. After which I, Curiously, pressed one of the buttons on the side. Which turn my bath into a bubble bath. It was relaxing. So relaxing that I can fall asleep in it.
From the outside, I can here the boy scrubbing the floors. I thought to myself "poor kid, He has to work at this age and at this time of night".
"I can here the bubbles from the tub. You must be using the bubble bath feature of that tub. Must be relaxing being there huh?" The boy said outside
"Yeah it feels great, First time I ever had this kind of bath" I said
"I know what your thinking. Your thinking: Poor kid he has to work at this age."
"How did he know?" I said to myself
"Don't feel sorry for me. It's not like I have to do this job. I just wanted to do hard work" He said "Your name's Clark right? Jake's twin."
"Why yes. Yes it is" I replied
"I heard so much about you. I heard you two lived opposite lives. You must had it tough?"
"No, not really. Its not so bad once you get used to it" I said
"That's good to hear. By the way I heard you were going to be tested by grandfather" He said
"Grandfather? Then that means..." I exclaimed
"Yup, My name is Remy. Remy Spire" He said "Nice to meet you cousin. Surprised?"
"Okay. I'll admit that was a little shocking" I said
"I'd love to stay and catch up, but I got to go" He said
"Aren't you gonna clean the shower room?" I asked
"Maybe tomorrow, I know you'll take a while in that tub. Every guest does" He said
After he left, I was bored. I got to relaxed being in the tub. It didn't take long for me to fall asleep. Hours later, someone was knocking on the doors.
"Clark, you've been there for two hours" Jake said
As I came to my sense. I went out of the tub, Dried myself and put on my pajamas. Then I open the door and went out.
"Thanks" I said to Jake
We both went back to his room. I dried my hair with a towel. And sat at one of his chairs.
"Took you long enough" Jake said "What took you so long?"
"I got lost" I replied
"That happened to me a couple of times. Anyway, Its my turn to take a bath. See you in a while" Jake said
"Couldn't you have taken your bath in other bathrooms?" I asked "there are ten in this house"
"Of coarse not, Each bathroom is built for a designated for a certain age limit" Jake said "Two for infants, two for kids, two for teens, two for adults and two for old people."
"Why two for each?" I asked
"One for male, one for female." Jake answered
"That figures" I said
"If that's all you need to ask, then I'll be going now" Jake said
As he was about to leave, I remembered one last thing to ask him about.
"What about Remy? What's the deal on him? He is your cousin right?" I asked
"No one talks about Remy's... situation in this house" Jake replied, with a deeper tone
"Oh Okay" I said softly
"I'll be going now" Jake said with a different yet happier tone
After that Jake left. I'm not sure if it was my imagination or not, but I thought I heard Jake sobbing. No reason came to mind, as to why is he in sadness. Was it about Remy? Or was it just my imagination?
After thirty minutes or so, He got back
"Lets get back to our conversation" He said "I have to tell you about grandfather. Maybe that will help you on the test tomorrow"
"I don't wanna know, Knowing about him and what kind of person he is might make me more nervous." I said "Tomorrow I just want to get it over with . I know that our family will not stay broken forever"
"Tomorrow? You do know the test will last for days even weeks" Jake said
"Again, Your not making me feel any better" I said "I'll just have a good night's rest and do my best tomorrow"
So I lied in bed, took of my glasses and placed it on the table. Then I just hugged a few pillows and then I felt sleepy. Jake turned off the lights, by clapping.
"Goodnight Clark and good luck tomorrow" Jake said
"Thanks... Brother" I replied
To be continued...
