Chapter 4

• Holding my bag in one hand and locking my door with another I try to reply the message Paula has sent to me. She will really like to know where I was now and am fricking late already
• I wasn’t even doing anything of importance last night to wake up so late yet I found myself awake when my clock has passed 30 minutes after ringing
• Locking the door comfortably I put the key into my bag hurrying to the living room so I could wear the sandal shoe I had selected. My mother is sitting on one of the sofa’s, is like she felt my eyes as snapped open and she is piering at me
• ‘’Good morning’’ I greeted her and was rewarded with a frown
• Not having enough strength for her this morning I hurriedly put on my sandal making sure everything is inside my bag before standing up. Not that I actually needed credential for this job, but me been me I carried one of my Resumes, in case of
• ‘’Where are off to this early morning’’ she said stopping me shut as am about to close the door to leave the house
• I turn back, not wanting to answer her with my face outside
• ‘’Am going to meet some friends of mine’’ I told her
• Her frown is very visible now, she is scowling so hard at me and if I was any other person I will be hiding away behind the door
• ‘’So you are doing early morning hookup now, I should have known that you wouldn’t amount to anything in this life, you will always be……’’
• ‘’Mother, Mother please not today….’’ I cut her off her words already having effects on me. I know cutting her off is equal to making her madder than she is already but I really do not have her strength
• ‘’Please when I come back you can continue from where you……’’
• Before I could continue a vase find it’s way flinging all the way from where she was seated and I had to dodge it as it shattered on the wall. She stood up already spilling words and cusses my way and I use that opportunity to run out of the house jamming the door hard
• Why did I even cut her off, knowing it will anger her more making her more furious than she already is. But then knowing whatever she say to me this morning will have effects on me made me snap at her even though I didn’t want to
• I hear the sound of her voice and turn back and she already has come out of the house with a huge wrapper tied around her. She is with a broom pointing it my way. Her voice is loud enough to be heard from here and I can see our neighbors are already outside to witness one of her episodes
• I sigh heavily walking off as quickly as I could. Once I get the money from this job, at least three month worth of salary I will move out as quickly as possible
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• I got to the hotel venue and it was as exquisites as I imagined it to me. It’s a huge five storey building from outside here am standing it looks so polished I knew truly it was for the rich
• I got to the gate and before I could knock someone had already appeared before me
• ‘’How may I help you’’ the young guy over the gate ask me
• ‘’Good morning, am here for the job interview. The cleaning one’’ I said emphasizing on the cleaning as though me been on a plain white shirt with a blue jeans trouser and a sandal hasn’t already spoken for itself
• Like on a cue the guy look my over assessing what I was putting on. They say a person dressing matters and as am dressed low class of course I will be looked upon as a low class
• ‘’Okay, but you must show the acceptance email’’
• Yep Paula mentioned and also sent it to me. I wondered what sort of hotel will need an acceptance email for ordinary cleaner and housekeeping workers, but looking at this place? It all makes sense
• I fish out my phone from my bag searching for the email and once I found it I showed it to him. He looked at it thoroughly before the gate slide open and he gave me back my phone inviting me inside
• Been someone who had eyes for buildings, I imagine myself coming up with all the patterns this house was designed with and as I step inside the very outstanding inside I thought of the way it would have been if the pillar was pushed to the right
• Okay Sarang, that is enough. You did not come to tell them what is wrong with their building so you might as well just came for what brought you
• The receptionist showed me the floor the supposed interview was been held and after a few minutes elevator ride I was already there. The amount of people there of sitting down there were all alarming. Considering the scarcity of work in the country this wasn’t unexpected
• After two hours and some crazy heat that drench my body my name was finally called. It seems as though as more people leave the premises, as more people enter so the number was never reducing
• Thankful for the final avoidance of the stuffy environment I jump happily following the voice that call to me
• ‘’Miss Joseph you can follow this way’’ a female whose name badge is Ruth pointed to a door for me.
• I nodded smiling to her as I quietly follow the door, opening it slowly. It reviewed three people inside a room. They are all sitting down and welcome me with a smile
• ‘’Welcome Miss Joseph’’ the only female there spoke and I thanked her
• ‘’Now all you have to do is make this bed’’ she pointed to my back and my eyes follow the fingers looking at an unmade bed.
• Laughter wanted to bubble inside me, is this the interview? Okay this should be easy, of course it should
• Dropping my bag on a chair opposite the bed I spread out the already laid bedspread and got to work