BXBX NOVEL Chapter 724 - Guests At The Cliffside Villa (1)
~ Los Angeles, Cliffside Villa ~
Aiden, Felix and Jesse transferred four unconscious people from the car trunks to the room on the sixth level (underground) and left them there tied up, while Sarah and Sophia stayed outside with Jarred, Charlie and their bodyguards.
Sarah instructed Gennifer to make preparations necessary to accommodate guests.
Gennifer is a lady in late forties and she is one of the first hires for their Cliffside villa house staff. Her role is: the main housekeeper. Gennifer returned few days ago from her training on the island, and so far she is performing flawlessly. Sarah can only admire Aiden and his gift to train staff, because things in and around their home are taken care of, and she never notices staff getting in the way. She also has only praises for various ways which Aiden introduced how they can communicate with the staff related to anything that is outside regular schedule. After Aiden explained all this to Sarah, she finally realized why she never saw the staff on the island, yet everything was… perfect.
Gennifer has great experience and references, but Aiden is pretty sure that Sarah insisted on hiring her just because she can call her Genie. Sarah denied it, but she was exposed when Aiden caught her browsing online while trying to purchase oil lamp which looks like the one from movie Aladdin.
"What are you doing?", his voice startled her.
"Nothing…", Sarah minimized the window which showed lamp options, but it was too late… Aiden saw it.
He laughed. "Are you getting a lamp to rub in order to summon Gennifer?"
Sarah pouted for a second before laughing with him. Her intention was exposed and denying it would be pointless.
"I can connect the lamp with Eve, so when we rub the lamp, Genie (the housekeeper) will get a signal that she is needed. We can even customize rubs, so that she gets different messages depending on how we rub the lamp." Sarah explained while her hands moved as if she is rubbing the invisible lamp in front of her.
Aiden thought how it\'s adorable that Sarah manages to bring fun into their lives. She treats everything like a game. In a good way.
Back to present…
Aiden and Sarah made sure that Jarred and Charlie are accompanied by one of them before escorting them to their rooms to freshen up because they don\'t want strangers to know what is below their \'regular quarters\', how they call them. That includes anything below level three of their Cliffside villa.
Even the house staff is not allowed to go to levels six and seven (underground) which are mostly dedicated to technology related to virtual reality, various prototypes, Eve and their equipment which is used when they operate as Sigma and Omega.
The only exception of the staff who can go to level six is Jesse. They still don\'t trust him with access to level seven, and based on their discussion, that level is reserved just for two of them and for people who know that they are Sigma and Omega.
Levels four and below have additional security measures, and each next level is more secured.
There is no need for Jarred and Charlie or any outsider to know more about the house layout other than guest bedrooms they got and eating and sitting areas on the top two floors, as well as entertainment areas on the first level underground.
Elevators are controlled by Eve and if anyone unauthorized tries to access lower levels, Eve will prevent it and notify Sarah and Aiden of that violation.
Room where they kept people who attacked them in LA Medical Center is on the sixth level, and that is the room equipped with virtual reality experience. Sarah has plans for those troublemakers. When they wake up, they are in for a surprise by her latest creation.
Jesse got a task to take six bodyguards, which Jarred and Charlie brought with them, and to show them where they can stay. In the side house where other full time staff stays, they got to use bedrooms, bathrooms, common sitting area, kitchen and dining area and Aiden told Jesse that he can show them training grounds, and indoor gym if they want to get some exercise.
Other than that, they warned all newcomers not to wander around and not to leave property without letting them know in advance.
"Our security system will warn us if you cross property lines, and we don\'t want to wake up in the middle of the night just because you decided to have fun in the town." Aiden explained to the bodyguards (and the Smiths).
In truth, the more important part was not to wander around. They have too many passages and rooms with things in them that should not be known to outsiders. Eve will prevent access, but it will put all of them in an awkward situation.
…
In a bedroom, two levels underground.
"Are you finding everything fine?" Jarred asked Charlie. He was thinking if Charlie has any issues because he can\'t use his legs and needs to move with wheelchair.
"Yes. Elevators, bathroom, everything is easily accessible.", Charlie confirmed.
Two of them looked at the ocean through huge glass window.
"Uncle, why are we here and not in our villa?", Charlie asked what is burning him.
Charlie remembers how Jarred practically tricked Sarah so that they come here, and he does not understand why. They have a perfectly good villa in Los Angeles. What\'s with this unnecessary sleepover?
Jarred threw a side glance at Charlie and smiled. "What do you think about Sarah and Aiden?"
"I admire them.", Charlie simply responded.
Jarred nodded slightly in agreement before speaking: "I met them in a card game in Las Vegas. Sarah was icy calm while she cleaned the tables, and she played mind games with seasoned players and won. She attained every prize there is and managed to walk away unharmed." Jarred glanced at Charlie\'s legs while remembering that even with his bodyguards present, Charlie suffered such heavy injuries while his bodyguards were less lucky. "Sarah gave me that blue diamond without blinking. I thought that she did it because I helped them out of a pinch, but after their flashy display today… I know that they would handle those Vegas hooligans without a problem. And they are getting two helicopters without even flinching at the mention of the price tag. Both Sarah and Aiden graduated as top students at their University in computer science.. And I believe that they have more talents which we still don\'t know about."