Chapter 3

• A distant ringing interrupted the dream I was having, groaning I press a pillow over my head closing my eyes tightly. The ringing stopped and I sigh in joy relaxing over my sleep again
• I probably wouldn’t go back to my dream land where everything is okay and I have the most perfect job as an architecture, but then even if I wouldn’t dream anymore not having anywhere to go I will just keep sleeping
• The ringing started again and with a groan I reach out my hand to take my phone cause that is definitely my ringtone. With a hand stretched out I searched for the phone of my side table but nothing came into hand, where the hell is that goddamn phone
• Flinging away the bed cover and pillow at once I sat up cleaned my eyesight and started looking for my phone. Not seeing it on the table as the ringing had already stopped and there was no way to search for it right now. The phone just want me to wake up early than scheduled
• The ringing started again and I jump in happiness bending down and finding my phone under the bed where it was ringing
• ‘’What the hell?” I grab the phone cleaning it with my dress as the caller ends the call.
• I had to repair it almost a week ago after the fight with my mother. She has been pretty silent since then and only but tolerates me. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t hurl insults at me at every giving opportunity
• I shouldn’t think about that right now, I should call back who ever had the decency of calling me thrice. I sat back on the bed, unlocking the phone, seeing the caller I smiled and dialed the number
• ‘’Three goddamn times’’ was the first thing she said as soon as she picked up
• ‘’I know I know, I was sleeping and its still very much early you know that’’ taking the phone off my ears I look at the time. It’s exactly 5:27 am. I mean who calls by that time of the morning. Umm that should be Paula
• ‘’I had a news I couldn’t wait till morning to share with you’’ she said excitedly and my heart started racing
• ‘’What sort of news’’ I ask quietly
• ‘’Oh trust me the one you will love’’ it’s like she is jumping excitedly where she is, I do not know what she means by that or what sort of news she is talking of but am suddenly curious to know
• ‘’Then spill and stop keeping me in suspense’’ she laughs loudly then kept quiet for a while, oh well, she is always super dramatic in moments like this. I almost groan out loud with frustration before she started speaking
• ‘’So a friend of mine told me about a job, it’s actually really good and pricey too. They pay really well. It may not be your type of work considering your credentials but its too good’’
• ‘’Are you going to tell me what this job is about or are we going to keep waiting?” she laughs at my impatience then continue
• ‘’So basically this has to do with working in a hotel, like you know the regular thing, cleaning managing and all that stuffs. Listen before you start groaning and all that this is really good and they pay so well. It’s not your usual poverty stricken hotels, this is where the big fishes lounge. Trust me its that good. am thinking of quitting my job to apply’’ I knew she was joking, she loves her job too much to quit
• ‘’Anyways so what is this price that makes it all good’’ I ask her
• ‘’Hmm that is 120 dollars a month, if you convert it to our currency according to their payment method that is exactly 75,000 every month just imagine’’
• For someone who made 20,000 at the last place I work with and the highest I’ve made so far is 30,000 I am suddenly been convinced without having any other conviction.
• ‘’Before you start making your decision, just remember less seeing your mother, more money in your account that you could safe and you could even run into someone that has to do with what you studied and you could pitch those ideas to him. Think about it’’
• Am totally sold, I do not even need to hear another reason as to why I should take this job, this may not be IT for me but it still goes a long way of making me take that bold step I have been dreaming about
• ‘’No wonder you are a marketer, you have me totally hooked’’ I say to her and she laughs
• ‘’Trust me I am the best at what I do’’ that is very true, her words changes people’s decision as soon as she starts speaking, she is that good
• ‘’Now what cause I am not missing this opportunity’’ I can feel her grin all the way from here and tell her excited she is
• ‘’I will tell him about it and then your interview can be scheduled, oh trust me you are getting it though”
• ‘’Interview? For a cleaning job?” I say in disbelief, what they need that for
• ‘’You are joking right? You didn’t hear the part I said the ‘IT’ in the world go there, like renowned people stay there maybe for a weekend visit in Nigeria, of course there is an interview’’
• If it’s so then it makes me more sense that they will request for an interview, but then am not sure of getting the job anymore. I have a very bad history of falling back to back when it comes to job interviews and am sure it will rub off this one
• ‘’Before you start thinking of those bad history of yours with interview better just wait for it to be over first’’
• I smiled, she is not my best friend for nothing, babe can read my mind and mood like nothing dey happen. I assured her I wasn’t thinking like that and she sighed, knowing that am lying
• ‘’Anyways, between tomorrow and the next I will let you know for your interview and yes I have already applied for you. Yeah hold you thanks’’ and she ended the call
• I hope I don’t flop at this too…..