Avery's POV “Here is your luggage Ma’am,” a young lady said to me, she had seen me crying and came to comfort me, I had actually slept on her lap all through the journey and only woke up when the announcement went off for us to come down, she had helped me with my luggage now and she seemed very reluctant to leave me alone."Thank you very much," I said, having no other words to express my gratitude with, she was really an angel. “Are you new here?” She asked, looking at me with innocent eyes, she would be two years younger than me at most and she was so beautiful. “Yes, I am and I'm wondering if you can show me a motel or something where I could stay for the night,” I said shyly, I knew I didn't want to start this time by sleeping on the street, and with the money I had I could afford it at least. “No need for all that, you can stay at my place,” she said excitedly, that was an immediate no for me, there was no way I was going to let her give me any handouts, I just got here and
Avery's POV “Ella, Ella where are you?” I suddenly became scared, I began to walk around and try to find her, and then I heard a voice coming from the other room. “Yes, very fine, she is okay, I will try to make her feel better, okay, thank you, Sir,” I heard Ella say into the phone, she seemed to have wanted this call to be private and I was sure I was the person they talked about on the phone but I decided to act like I didn't hear a thing. “Ella, I was looking all over for you!” I said walking into the room, she had ended the call at this point. “I called my uncle to inform him about you and he approves,” she said with a smile, I breathed a sigh of relief, I was worried for nothing, the whole thing seemed strange to me and I was always on my toes. “It is going to take some time for me to get used to this,” I said to myself as I hugged her, she looked shocked at first but she hugged me back almost immediately. Just then my stomach began to rumble and we both laughed and went b
Avery's POV “When will the head chef resume work?” I whispered to one of the other chefs, she came to sit beside me after finishing her workload and we chatted for a while. It had been two hours and I was still waiting to see the head chef, the kitchen was going on without incident, everybody was doing what they needed to do but the head chef was nowhere to be found. “He has already resumed work, you will see him soon,” she whispered and began to blush. I didn't know why but I guessed the head chef was young and handsome but that didn't matter to me, I just needed to get a job today. “It's been two hours,” I whispered in response. Did he really keep people waiting for this long? “Is he usually this late?” I asked adding to my earlier statement, he was the head chef because he needed to coordinate the kitchen, if he wasn't around to do that then what was the need for his job? “Not unless I have a VVIP requesting special attention,” someone said behind me, I was startled and turned
Avery's POV “I am finished,” I whispered to myself as I looked at the material I had to work with, how could I create anything talk less of something creative with these materials. “What am I going to do?” I asked myself thinking about the whole situation for a minute, I couldn't lose my chance to secure this job so there must surely be a way to fix this problem. “It can't be this hopeless,” I told myself, determined to find a solution to this problem. I wouldn't have been given a test like this if there was no way out, so I had to figure out that solution and get the job. The first thing I had to do was to figure out the materials I had, on the outside, it looked like all I had was a pack of noodles and a cup of water but that couldn't be all that was there, this was a kitchen after all, I was sure there were leftovers of something, I just needed to find them and figure out a way to use them for my meal. “A fridge!” I said out loud, every kitchen had a fridge, I was sure I could
Avery's POV “What rubbish did she put together, is it even going to be edible? Looks pretty but will it taste decent at least?” The whispers continued, all the chefs were critiquing my work, I hadn't even served it for tasting but everyone had an opinion about it, some liked it, some didn't, it scented really nice and looked nice too but the taste was what would determine if I got the job or not. “Quiet everyone, we will all take turns tasting the food Avery has made and come to a conclusion after that,” Jake said, as the head chef, I thought he was the one who tasted the food to determine if I was employed or not but letting everyone taste it was a different ball game all together and for some reason it made me even more nervous. So the meal was set on the table and I was made to stand close to it in an exhibition manner and then all the chefs formed a circle around it, taking turns to taste the food as the circle went round until the last person did, I looked at the faces of t
Avery's POV “So when can I start work?” I asked Jake, after the whole emotional moment, we all had a feast and after that we were all relaxing, so because the kitchen was so efficient and everybody did their work on time they end up having a lot of free hours after they have concluded their tasks. “You have already started work,” Jake replied. I didn't understand what he meant, how was this any work we were just eating and relaxing. “The director is out right now, when she returns you will need to meet her to negotiate your pay and all but apart from that you are good,” Jake explained, one would have expected the first day at work to be very hard and intense but that wasn't the case here, of course, the cooking test was hard and nerve-racking but after it was over I literally had nothing else to do. “Okay, so could you at least show me around the kitchen?” I asked, I just wanted to acclimate myself to the kitchen so I could do better. “I can do that chef,” one of the other c
Avery’s POV“What the hell is this?” Aunty Vivian screamed at me in anger, I was so scared to hand this over to her because I knew she would react this way. “I…I…It is my pay for the day Aunty,” I replied in fear, this was not good at all.“WHAT!!!” Aunty Vivian screamed charging towards me, I should have run away, when I had the chance this morning now she was going to kill me.“How dare you give me something like this?” She continued to scream as she cornered me to a wall.“I…I… I am sorry Aunty, it’s just that….” Before I could finish speaking I felt a slap across my face, I wanted to cry but I remembered that I prepared for this on my way here.“How much is this?” she asked looking at me like she would skin me alive.My aunty couldn’t even count properly, she didn’t know how much I gave her but she was angry because three dollar notes in her hand meant little money.“It is three hundred dollars,” I replied brazing myself for what was coming next.“What can three hundred dollars d
Avery’s POV“A private tutor, could I really be a private tutor?” I wondered as I continued my walk.I thought of what it would entail, looking at the piece of paper again, these were simple subjects, and I could teach them easily. I looked at the paper again to confirm how many hours it needed, five hours was such a long time, and it would mean I would have to quit my other jobs.“I can't do that, Aunty Vivian needs all that money,” I said aloud, thinking of possibly taking this as a second job.Aunty Vivian had me on lock and key, she won't tolerate any form of lateness from me.“How much are they willing to pay,” I thought looking at the piece of paper again, how could I possibly forget that in my present condition?“What!” I screamed on the road drawing the attention of passersby.They wanted to pay me two thousand dollars for each day! Two of my jobs put together could not give me that in one week and they were willing to pay me that for a day? I quickly checked the location as