Chapter 2: Job Opportunity
Here goes chapter 2! Thank you all for reading this – your opinions and input are much appreciated!
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In a small house at the far side of Fortuna city, a small young woman left her seat to grab the daily newspaper. She was thankful she received the newspaper that day, she needed to browse through the job classifieds.
"I need to find a job...and fast, unless I want to lose my house and starve to death.", she said, while sighing and flipping through the pages of the newspaper.
Her small home was almost devoid of furniture, and although she led a modest life, she was not afraid to work hard. Her life was not easy, but she would not spend time thinking of the past, she focused on her future, better yet on the pile of bills on her desk.
She was medium height (around 5'5), was really shy and plain. She was that type of woman that would disappear in the crowd. She liked being invisible sometimes. Her long and sometimes wavy dark hair framed her petite heart shaped face. She was one of those girls who didn't give a damn about makeup or wearing provocative clothing to show off. She had long ebony hair and beautiful emerald green eyes, together with creamy olive skin and plush pink lips.
She went through the newspaper, and then it hit her, just what she needed...a job opportunity!
She had worked since a very tender age, never afraid to wake up early and do whatever it took to make ends meet in an honest way.
The ad read:
"Maid is required.
Woman (from 18 up), needs to cook, clean, wash, iron clothes and do the house chores.
Sleeping at the house may be required.
Contact : 9990-0999, talk to PATTY."
"Gosh, that's absolutely what I need! Thank God I am old enough for this job post! Now let me call them, I hope everything goes fine and they give me the job…somehow."
Even though she lacked proper experience when it came to the whole "taking care of a large household" she was willing to learn and do whatever she could to earn a living. In fact, the ad wasn't very specific and they did not really inform the size of the house or even how many family members were there. She did work here and there but she needed something to get a stable income. It would be impossible to pay all of her debt and other expenses without a real job.
Then Anne decided it was time to take the phone out of the cradle and dial Patty's number.
She sure hoped that job had not been taken already.
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ring, ring, ring, ring
Dante groaned and asked, actually, ordered Patty to pick up the phone, since it was too darn early to a normal person to be calling him (since it was "just" 11 a.m, and cute little Dante loved to sleep in...a lot).
Patty snorted but agreed to pick the phone up. She answered the phone not so sweetly, since she didn't like being bossed around all the time. Even though she was a teenager herself, she enjoyed sticking around to help around the house. At that time of the year she was on vacation and had nothing else better to do back at home. She was sick and tired of staying in her room doing nothing, so she figured she would "help" Dante out.
"Hello, what do you want?", came the harsh words out of the girl's mouth.
"Hi, is it Patty speaking?", Anne spoke taken aback by the woman's temper on the other end of the line.
"Yeah, it is", again harsh words, she was so annoyed at how Dante could boss her sometimes. He did not show any appreciation, sheesh!
"Ahh, sorry to bother you, but I'd like to know about the maid ad in the newspaper."
FINALLY!, I hope this one looks decent, not another slut...please, thought Patty hearing the other lady on the phone.
Not that she had received lots of calls for that job, they were a little short on candidates. Well, very short.
"Ahh, so tell me more about yourself then!", said the girl now in a very different demeanour; her voice was now pitchy, way too cheerful. Anne could definitely tell she was younger. "Maybe she is their daughter…"
"Well, ma'am I can cook well, wash clothes, iron, clean and even babysit if that's the case…if there is anything else you need done that I do not have experience doing I am willing to learn…and in case you need me to sleep over I can, no problem. I fit into all the conditions on the ad, so I'm looking forward to visiting your house and hopefully settling everything so I could start working as soon as possible."
"That's nice to hear dear, so when would you like to come over here, would you be available today?"
"Sure", replied Anne a little uncomfortable with the girl's cheerfulness.
"So what's your address ma'am? I can go right away, if that works for you."
"Yes, how could I have forgotten this!, It's 1176 West Ave, Coberville city.
"So when do you think you'll be able to make it here?"
"I believe by 3 p.m miss, is that ok?"
"Course, see ya!", she said before placing the phone back into its cradle.
Eagerly, Anne went to her bathroom, took her clothes off, and took a quick, yet relaxing hot shower. She then went to her wardrobe and chose a plain knee-length dark skirt and a beige dress shirt, discreet but cute nonetheless. She quickly checked herself on the mirror and seeing that she seemed to be ok, she went to her closet and got her dark flats. She did not have a lot of money to buy fancy clothes, but what she had would have to do.
Funny thing she did not even ask for my name…thought Anne right before grabbing her keys to leave her place.
Even without having lots of expensive and beautiful clothing, Anne who lived alone since her parents died in a car accident, managed to buy some cute clothes. She was feminine and loved shopping for them, naturally. Her natural beauty would have to suffice the lack of jewelry though.
She put her hair in a tall tight bun, took her purse and managed to take a bus, right on time, only hoping this job could solve her problems.
Never did she think that, from that day on, problems would only start to arise.
End of chapter 2 - The first chapters are a bit shorter, don't hate me. XD Please it would mean a lot if you review, so please feel free!