Chapter 416 - Find the girl (2) (2/2)

As soon as Aiden answered, Jeff's furious voice was booming. ”I told you just to locate the girl! Not to waltz in the den of armed wolves!”

”The girl is safe… mission accomplished.” Aiden defended himself. ”If you have a problem with execution, talk to Sarah!” He gave his phone to Sarah.

Sarah puffed her cheeks and mouthed, ”Traitor!” She took a deep breath. ”Sorry, brother-in-law. But there was some trouble that we could not avoid. And it ended up that we saved the girl also… hehehe… You can't be angry, right? It all ended well. We are out, safe and ready to go home. I'm sure we earned lots of money for you. Right?”

Jeff exhaled. ”Well, as long as both of you are safe, then it's fine. Have a safe flight.”

”Thank you, brother-in-law. See you when we get back.” Sarah grinned victoriously and handed phone to Aiden.

Aiden could not believe it. ”He yelled at me!”

Sarah stuck her tongue out as she walked toward the plane and teased him. ”Maybe he likes me more.”

Aiden tapped her shoulder. ”I think you are forgetting something…” He pointed with his head toward back.

Sarah turned around and faced seven pairs of big eyes staring at them. She cleared her throat. ”We are going now. You girls are safe… go back home.”

All girls lowered their heads. One of them spoke. ”We don't have home to return to…”

”Oh…” That was the only sound Sarah could make. After a while she found her voice. ”So… what are you going to do?”

The girls ran to Sarah and Aiden, grabbing them by waist and legs… whatever they could grab onto. ”Please, take us with you…”

Aiden lifted his arms up in the air. ”Hey, hey… don't look at me. Saving you was her idea.” He pointed at Sarah. ”She is the Boss.”

The girls from Aiden switched to Sarah who was not able to react. They were hugging her arms, legs and two were around her waist. They all begged. ”Please, Boss, don't leave us behind! We have nothing here! We can be useful… do your dishes, and clean… whatever you need. If we don't know it, we will learn…” They sobbed and pleaded without taking breaks.

Sarah looked at Aiden who was not helpful at all.

Aiden had an amused smirk and 'I-told-you-so' expression. He told her not to meddle. He told her to walk away. But she didn't listen. He is happy that she didn't get hurt, but still, she needs to deal with whatever came out of it. And somehow it ended up with seven girls clinging onto her.

Sarah made all girls stand in line to face her and shook her head helplessly. ”What will I do with seven girls?”

The smallest one took a step forward. ”What if some are boys?”

”What?” Sarah and Aiden said in unison.

The smallest one looked at Sarah with fear in the eyes. ”Boss, when bandits came to our village, they gathered all kids. Boys got beatings, and girls were taken away. I didn't want to get a beating, so I told them I'm a girl.”

The boy had a pretty face, almost girlish. And he was still young so no difference between genders was shown. And all girls wore pants and tops and had short haircuts… there was no obvious way to differentiate them.

”I see…” Sarah mumbled.

”Me too.” One more person took a step toward Sarah.

Sarah was stunned. ”OK! OK! How many of you are girls?”

Five of them raised their hands. That left two boys who previously stepped forward as boys. Sarah exhaled. ”What will I do with five girls and two boys?” She looked at Aiden hoping for help and saw that he is enjoying the show.

Sarah was frustrated that he is not helpful at all, but still asked him. ”Should we take them with us?”

Aiden laughed. He enjoyed the show and had no intention to help her. She got him stressed and upset when she went into the danger recklessly. Now she needs to suffer as well. ”What will YOU do with them?” He grinned.

The girls and boys started talking at the same time again saying that they can clean and help her with whatever she wants them to do. Sarah waved her hand gesturing them to stop. They calmed down after a minute, all of them eagerly looking at Sarah, waiting to see what she will do next, and hoping that she will not leave them behind.