Letty's P.O.V

It was about 2pm when I heard my Mother, Ana shout from the kitchen "Letty, I need your help for dinner" I was laying in my room, daydreaming. It had been a week and a half since we have moved to the Dominican Republic and I was finding it a really nice place.

"Coming!" I yelled as I got out of bed and made my way to the kitchen. As I reached the kitchen the smell from many different foods hit my nose and I smiled. "Something smells good" I exclaimed as I came to a stop next to my Mother.

"I'm glad, now you can start cutting up the vegetables" She said getting straight down to business.

"K, no problem"

It was about ten minutes later of comfortable silence when I was just about finsished chopping up the vegies and my Mum finally spoke up.

"Letty, we need to start organizing your homeschool lessons, because your father and I definitely cannot afford for you to go to school, and we need you home anyways to work."

I silently screamed in my head at my Mother. I hated not being able to go to school for the last couple of years. I had gone to school back in Puerto Rico but stopped before Year 10, as my parents didn't have the money, therefore my Mother homeschooled me. "Okay sure thing" I said giving a fake smile before telling her the vegies were finished and walking out of the kitchen.

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I was sitting on the beach later that afternoon just admiring this place. I was really happy to be here, I feel like a change of lifestyle was what I really needed right now.

I heard footsteps behind me and immediately looked up to see my brother, Alex, coming to sit down beside me.

"Hey there sis" He said

"Hey" I replied leaning my head on his shoulder

"You alright girl?"

"Yeah, I'm just you know, thinking"

"About?" He pressed on

"Just about our life... How we live" I said quietly.

"Yeah, I understand what you mean" He said as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders "I know it's hard sis, but if you even need anything, don't hesitate to come to me." I smiled at him.

"Thanks Al"

He groaned, "I hate that nickname Let" I giggled

"I know you do" I smirked before we both got up and he chased us back home.

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No One's P.O.V

The next morning Letty woke up at 8am ready to find a well paying job. She jumped out of bed, showered, ate breakfast and began walking to the small town about ten minutes walking distance down the road. Once she arrived their she saw the normal stores that were just food and the homeware stores. She new that she would probably have to work in one of these stores, although she really did not want too.

Back in her home town, Letty wanted to work in the town's garage along with her brother but her parents said that as a woman, she should not be working in grub and dirt around loads of men. To say Letty's parents were strict was an understatement.

She knew that her brother would be getting a job at the garage that they had seen on the way here, but unfortunately Letty knew there was no way she would be allowed to even set foot in the place.

She walked into a diner she thought looked the most formal and popular. Knowing that they would probably we raking in the most money. The diner had quite a lot of customers inside, she made her way to the counter and was immediately greeted with a bright smile from a young waiter, probably about my age.

"Hi, I'm Eliza, how may I help you?"

"Hi Eliza, I was actually wondering if you were hiring?" Letty asked

"Um, one second, I will just have to ask the manager" Letty took a moment to look at Eliza as she went to grab the manager, she had orange hair, but not the normal bright orange, it was a lighter shade of orange and really pretty. She was about the same height as herself and had a great figure.

Not soon after Eliza was coming back with a woman who Letty assumed was the manager of the place.

"Hi, I'm Letty"

"Yes hi, I'm Claire and Eliza here tells me you are looking for some work?"

"Yes, thats correct"

"Well lucky for you, two of our best waitresses actually just quit, so are you comfortable with jumping straight in and starting tomorrow, or do you need some guidance."

"No, thats actually perfect, I have been a waitress for years now, we just moved here so I'm looking for something to work as."

"Okay, thats perfect. Your shift tomorrow starts at 7am and finished at 4pm, is that good for you? Of course you will get two half an hour breaks or a full hour break"

"Yes that works fine, how much is the pay?"

"The pay will be $13 an hour, and also the shifts wont be like this everyday, it is just that tomorrow I have been left with only two waitresses and I desperately need a nother" Claire said and Letty could tell she was quite stressed.

"Not a problem at all, I'll see you at 7 tomorrow and we can further discuss things, it's clear you need to get back to what your doing"

"Thankyou so much Letty, bye dear" She said as she went back to work.

Letty left the diner and began the walk back home, happy that she would be getting a job this good. $13 an hour is more than anything she could have ever thought of. As she did the math in her head, she figured that tomorrow she would be making, $117 and that would of course be going towards the bills for the house. Although her mother tells me to keep some of it for herself in a secret place. She knows if Leo evernfound out he would be furious, but she also understands that Letty needs it and deserves it. So Letty will just keep the extra $17 somewhere safe, where she puts all the other money from previous jobs.

Letty walked in the front door and made her way towards the living room. She smiled when she saw her mother curled up into her Fathers arms, 'wow they really love eachother' She thought

They still hadn't realised that she was in the room as she was standing behind the couch coming through the door, so she walked around a smiled when they saw her.

"Hey Let, how did the job hunting go?" Letty's Father, Leo questioned.

"Great actually, I got a job working in the local diner and I start waitressing tomorrow from seven til four." She said smiling.

"How much is the pay dear?" Letty had figured out earlier that if she were to keep the extra 17 dollars then she would have to tell them a different amount she will be getting payed.

"It's $11 an hour, so tomorrow I will have $99 to be exact"

"Oh wow, that's fantastic dear" Her mother said smiling.

"Hey, Let, I know that it's hard for you to have a job and have to give the money to your family to help us actually live, but it really means alot. So thankyou so much." My father said placing a comforting hand on his daughters shoulder.

"It's find Dad, I understand how much you need the money"

They both smiled at Letty before she got up and left the room. She decided to go and sort out her room completely, as their are still a few boxes that haven't been unpacked and things are all over the place.

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A/N - So first official chapter guys! I hope you like it. Again it is sort of just about Letty and how her journey starts in the Dominican.

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