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Chapter 2
Just at that point I knew I had to intervene, not just because we were behind the counter and costumers are watching but also because Nicky, she go beat flora hands And stuff a lot of raw chicken in her mouth and pay later.
“Nicky it’s OK, M.D might see you fighting and fire you, she doesn’t worth it” I said to her.
Hearing that from me, she calmed down and leaned on the counter but I’m sure that If flora says another word, she wont hesitate to slap her. That’s Nicky for you.
Well stupid flora did try to say something but her partner in crime Diva stopped her.
“Flora e don do, she’s too stupid to Waste your saliva on, scratch her and face your work” Diva stated.
Stupid people. Well at least that did the trick, we all faced our work and nobody said a word.
I’m sorry I didn’t introduce myself properly, my name is Andra Bassey. I’m 21 years old, and yea I’m not in school, cause I don’t really have money to train myself in school.
‘Train myself in school?’ You are asking right.
Well let me tell my story after the dark incident that happened 10 years ago which took my family’s lives.
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After the death of my family, courtsey of that wicked black wolf, my aunt and her husband took me in.
But six months later, I became a maid to them, they beat me at any slightest provocation, insult me and call me a wtch.
They accused me of eating my brother and my dad and killing my mum and sister In the accident but instead i blamed it on a wolf. Sometimes I wonder if they have mental issues, cause how can they accuse an 11 year old kid of such things.
If i do anything wrong, I’m definitely sleeping outside that day. That made me get used to the street, the street knows me and I know the street.
They managed to enroll me in a poor public secondary school and any day I come back from school a little late and i see my pillow outside, no one needs to tell me that it’s sleeping outside day.
This continued until I managed to graduate from secondary school, then i met Bryan, he was like a God sent , my savior, my helper, my everything.
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He got me an apartment and that was the happiest day of my life so far, that made me love him more then, but now, sometimes i just feel like i don’t even want to see him again.
Well as for my upkeep, i run from one waiter job to another, trying to get some money in order to train myself in school.
I must definitely go to school, even if I’m 50 years old, I must see the four walls of a university.
Well right now I’m working at FOOD PALACE RESTAURANT. That’s my story people, but it didn’t end here, I have a feeling my life is about to enter another dimension and it’s kinda scaring the sht out of me.
I felt someone tap my shoulder and i jerked back to reality. Nicky.
I turned to her and asked. “You need something?”
“Yea, i need you to look at the door” she breathed out with a se.ductive smirk.
I diverted my eyes to the door and my brain froze. Oh my God, I never knew that greek gods exist, otherwise how can a human being be this handsome.
Looking at the door, i saw a tall, smartly built, athletic handsome, in fact the cutiest guy on earth.
His step, the way he raised his body, shoulder level, he looks so perfect, like a model. His thick silky dark hair speaks of being an American or perhaps a mixed race like Nicky, well he looks more like an American.
“He’s so gorgeous” Diva breathed out.
“He’s beautiful” Flora added.
We gave her a weird look, men are not called beautiful, this girl is actually a runaway psychiatric patient.
“Beautiful? Really?” Nicky mocked her.
“Well look at him” flora gestured.
Make I no lie sha, he could pass for beautiful.
His classy blue jean trouser, his fabulous white T-shirt which was written ‘i devour’ on it, his small diamond ear rings, his diamond wrist watch, his italian shoe screams wealth, this guy Is clearly swimming in money.
He finally found a table and sat down, I could swear that all the ladies in the restaurant were drooling even those with their spouses.
Before I could blink, our M.D was already shaking his hands and smiling like a roasted goat, after exchanging pleasantries, he walked up to us at the counter.
“Flora” he called.
“Sir” she replied, smiling sheepishly cause the M.D was about to ask her to go and serve Mr. Handsome or so we thought.
“Go to the store and get a carton of wine and refill the fridge, I told you to be doing it every morning but you always forget, and you Andra go and serve the customer in table 12” The M.D instructed.
Table 12 (Mr. Handsome’s table).
No way, this man can’t be serious, he can’t do this to me. Has he forgotten that wednesdays are not my days, I always screw up anytime I’m serving a customer on Wednesdays or I’ll get hurt…. The point is one thing or another usually happen to me on wednesdays and he particularly instructed me not to serve customers on Wednesdays especially indiginous ones. So why ask me to serve today.
I can’t do it, I’ll end up embarrassing myself in front of him.
“But sir…” I tried to protest but before I could talk, he was already out.
“Nicky help me” I pleaded.
“Of course I’ll help you, now listen…. This is how you are going to ask for his number, just say….”
“Nicky” I cut her off, is this girl is insane. “I said help me serve him and you are talking gibberish”
“Are you insane? Girl this is a lifetime opportunity” she argued.
“Nicky I have a boyfriend”
“Who is he? That idi*t, please spare me that sentiment, come on girl, go do you job…. And if anyone hits you a dagger eye, I’m gonna pluck it off” she stated, referring to Diva who was glaring at me, flora has gone to refill the fridge.
But wait a minute, why am I scared of embarrassing myself in front of him, I mean this is not the first time I’ll embarrass myself in this restaurant on Wednesday, why am I afraid to do it in front of him, it’s not as if I want to impress him, although I pray that God will save me. I picked my palm slip and walked out.
As I was walking to him, i felt his eyes fixed on me, though he was wearing sunglasses but i could still feel his eyes on me, it was as if he was scanning my soul, my whole body began to heat up as if something was burning inside of me, I instantly became scared of him, his eyes, even though I cant see them yet I was scared of them.
I got to his table and smiled at him, thank God nothing bad happened. So far so good.
He flashed the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen, he bent his face to the table and picked up the menu even before asked.
“Please what can I get you sir” I asked.
“Strawberry punch” he replied.
Strawberry punch? That’s why you dey open menu, really Mr. Handsome.
“OK sir, I’ll be right back” i stated.
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I walked back to the counter and flora was already there, both she and Diva were glaring at me as If i snatched their husbands, but trust Nicky, crazy as ever.
“Some people’s eyes wont kill my bestie, they can as well go to he.ll” she fired without looking at them.
I smiled, i picked a little tray and dropped it on top of the counter, I walked to the juice fridge and took out strawberry punch, i picked a glass, filled it and dropped it on the tray and was about to leave but flora fired.
“I hope you fall bch”
I turned to her and reply “I’d hate to disappoint you but that won’t happen”
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This girl na complete bad luck. Well I don’t have her time now. I walked out, as I was walking towards Mr. Handsome, i began to feel uneasy, I felt so dizzy like I’m gonna faint In the next 2 seconds, i guess Mr. Handsome noticed cause he fixed his eyes curiously on me, I don’t know what happened to me but all i could remember was that I tripped and before I could blink I was already in his arms. Great.
I looked at my hand and saw the tray, but where’s the glass of juice, I heard the glass cup shatter on the floor, i looked down but it was only the cup, where’s the juice. Please let it not be what I’m thinking.
I slowly lifted my head up and saw Mr. Handsome’s white T-shirt stained with juice right under the ‘I Devour’.
Just shoot me. I hate Wednesdays.
“Sir, I’m so sorry, please forgive, I’ll quickly get a rag for you” I cried out.
I ran back to the counter to get a rag, if it was possible, flora and Diva’s eyes would have shot me a thousand times, while Nicky was smiling mischievously as if she was enjoying the show.
“Give me a rag” i yelled at her.
“I’ll be your maid of honor” she said as she gave me the rag.
If not that I’ve tagged flora the mad woman of the century, I would have given it to Nicky, in fact she’s flora’s second in madness, how dare she say such thing.
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