I arrived at the bakery shop a bit late, I can’t afford a car nor a taxi ride right now so I had no choice but to walk my way to the bakery even though it’s no way near my house.
"Good morning" I smile at Nadia who didn’t look like she was happy a good morning."You are late young lady," Nadia saidNadia is the person in charge of bakery store. She makes sure everyone comes on time and everything is arranged before the store opens.She is dark in complexion, she isn’t tall maybe at about five feet one inches if not less. She is fat, her eyes are brown, she has a round-shaped nose and her lips are thick and brown."I’m so sorry, I can ex….""Less talking more working" She instantly interrupted"Yes ma’am" I said before I entered the backdoor."Hi Afraah" Amal smiled as she walked closer to meAmal is my best friend or should I say she’s only friend. She is fair in complexion, she is the same height as me, she has a pointed nose, small heart-shaped lips and she’s a bit chubby."Hi, how are you " I responded while putting on a hair net"I’m good. The cakes are ready you can start laying the frost on them""Okay"Once I started laying the frost on the cake, Amal came closer to me, she looked at the cake before she glance at me."Afraah today is Monday," She said"I’m very much aware of that," I said still concentrated on what I’m doing"You’re not supposed to use chocolate as the layers frost"I widen my eyes as I realized what I was doing. Oh lord, today isn’t my day."The chocolate is for the doughnuts, not the cake," She said"I know. Oh my God how did I forget about that""Nadia sees this, she will bury you alive" She chuckled"What am I gonna do, you have to help""I have to come up with an idea," She said as she tapped her chin with her finger"Think fast, I don’t want anyone to notice if they do Nadia will reduce my salary and you know I need money and...""Shut up, you worry too much," She interruptedI was about to speak when she spoke"Take those doughnuts and arrange it while I take care of this""What are you gonna do with the cake? I hope you aren’t planning on throwing it away," I said"Don’t worry just go" She said pushing me forward.I know what she wants to do with the cake. I was about to leave when I turned around and saw her eating the cake, just like I expected"Nadia" I said in a loud pitch which made everyone pause their work including Amal who looked frightened.I chuckled as I pointed at Amal whose lips were covered with chocolate frost "Coward" I said with a bit of laughter in my voice"Will you just go." She rolled her eyesOnce I left, I began arranging the doughnuts, I looked at the time and noticed it is pass the time to open the bakery, I wonder how Nadia forgot to turn the door sign. I walked to the door and turned the door sign before I walked back to the counter and turned on the coffee machine."Excuse me" A voice from behindI turned back and met a young man who is fair in complexion, he is tall maybe at about five feet seven inches, he is a bit muscular, his hair is dark brown, his eyebrows are full and brown, a small heart-shaped lips and he has a broad shaped face. He wore a white sweatshirt and black sweatpants."Excuse me," He said again"Welcome to Amee's bakery, how may I help you?"He stared at me for a certain seconds before he spoke"I will like a twelve chocolate doughnut pack and a black coffee to go.""Okay, please have a sit while I get your order ready." I said"Okay" He responded as he took a sitAs I began preparing his order when Nadia came in. She looked at me before she glimpsed at the doughnuts I was packing."Afraah what are you doing here? I thought you were assigned for the cake frosting." She said"Don’t worry about that, Amal is taking care of it" I respondedAs I packed the order, I turned around and looked at him "Excuse me. Your order is ready," I said but he sat as if he wasn’t aware of me talking."He won’t hear you, can’t you see he’s wearing an earpiece," Nadia said"Ohh! I will go give it to him." I was about to take the doughnut box and the coffee to him but Nadia stopped me."Stay there and attend to those customers," She said as the customers walked closer to me.She grabbed the doughnut box and moved aside so I can attend to other customers"Welcome to Amees Emporium, how may I help you?" I said immediately as the customer walked closer to me"I will have two lattes and two banana muffins" She said, as she walked toward the chair she turned back and looked at me "You know what makes it three."I nodded as I wrote it down."Welcome to Amee's bakery, how many I help you?" I said to the customer who just walked into the store.Sometimes I get tired of saying the same thing to each customer. I was attending to the customer when he came and stood by the side. He looked at the time before he interrupted"How much is the chocolate doughnuts and coffee," He said as he moved closer to the counter.I calculated it before I responded, he brought out his wallet, without counting the money, he paid and immediately left without taking his change which is more than his payment. A few hours later, after attending to countless customers, I called Khalil to check up on him "Khalil, how are you doing?" I asked almost immediately after he picked up the call."I’m fine" he responded"Have you eaten lunch?" I asked despite knowing what his answer will be."Yes I did.""Are you lying to me?" I asked"Yes I am""Come on Khalil why haven’t you had lunch, I told you…" I wasn’t done talking when he interrupted."Oh god! Afraah you worry too much and besides I said I haven’t had lunch because I’m having it right now," he said with a bit of laughter in his voice."Haha not funny Khalil by the way where did you get the food from?" I asked despite knowing I kept some leftover for him in the fridge"I microwaved the food in the fridge now will you please let me enjoy my food?" he said while coughing a little bit."What’s wrong Khalil, are you okay?" I instantly asked"I’m…fine" He said in stutter"Khalil, are you okay?"“I’m fine I just chocked," He said as he adjusted his voice"Okay. How are your legs I hope they are much better now""Oh lord isn’t your break over, or do you want to get fired,"“And who said I was on a break""Seems like Nadia isn’t around no wonder you’re making a call""A customer just walked in, I will talk to you later, and don’t forget to take your medicine afterward," I said before I ended the callKhalil has been having problems with his left leg and now it’s affecting the right leg. Walking around the house has been very hard for him but he still limps his way to the kitchen as he has no choice.Sometimes Noor stays in the house when she has no class but despite her presence, she helps Khalil once in a while as they hardly get along. I have been saving money to buy him a wheelchair because my stepmom said she won’t be able to buy it. After all, Khalil’s medicine is getting more expensive.After attending to the customer I looked at the time before going to Nadia’s office which is directly by the counter. I knocked on the door before I entered"Nadia" I said"Yes" She said as she kept the apple she was eating"It's already four o’clock and I have another….." I wasn’t done talking when she interrupted"I know just sign this and you can go,” She said giving me the register book"By the way how is your brother doing?""He’s fine," I responded while keeping the book on the table."Here is your cash." She said once she finished counting it.I counted the money along with her when I noticed a mistake "Nadia I think you made a mistake, this is too much." I said after she gave it to me"I know I’m giving you more because you’re very hardworking""Are you sure you want to give me extra cash despite coming to work late?""Hey, I know you need the money so just take it."Well, she’s not wrong, I do need money."Thank you" I said before exiting her office.Shortly I arrived at the grocery store as it wasn’t far from the bakery. I am very glad about that, I don’t need to walk for a long time before I get here."Good evening" I said as I knocked on the door and entered the office.Aya was sited across the room, as she saw me, she stopped what she was doing.Aya is the owner of the grocery store, she is very nice and comfortable to talk to.she is fair in complexion, she is tall, her eyes are brown, her eyebrows are thin, her lips are pink in color and she is a bit fat."Afraah," She smiled"Here are your doughnuts." I said as I kept them on her table"Thank you.""You’re welcome" I was about to leave when she spoke"Here is your money," she said handing it over to me"Money, I thought you transferred it to the bakery account?""Yes I did but this is for your delivery."Delivery! I know what she’s trying to do, sympathizing me."No way I’m not collecting that," I said"As your boss and I’m instructing you to take the money.""We talked about this, I told you I don’t want sympathy from anyone" I said walking closer to her"Who said I’m sympathizing with you, I mean I pay the delivery guy when he brings my delivery then why can’t I pay you?""I have many things to do apart from having this conversation with you," I said before I exited the room.Am I the only one that hates sympathy? I mean yes I need money but that doesn’t mean I will be sympathized.I went to my counter and began working when the same guy that ordered doughnuts and coffee earlier from the bakery store walked to the counter with a bunch of things in a cart.I glimpsed at him as I packed all his stuff "That will be fifteen thousand."Just like he did earlier, he didn’t count the money before he handed it over to me. I wonder why he does that.As he paid the money and was about to leave he looked at me "You look familiar? Have we met before?" He said in a deep calm pitch. "Not really but I’m the girl who works at the bakery""Oh that’s nice," He said before he walked away."That’s nice! How weird" I mumbled as I attended to the next customer.After some hours I packed my things as it was getting late. I collected my money for the day before I left the store.Once I arrived, I opened the house door and the first person I saw saw Khalil, my heart raced a mile a minute as I threw my bag on the floor and ran to him. "Khalil" I screamed.Khalil was on the floor coughing out blood continuously, my heart began beating as I panicked "Khalil" I said as I kept rubbing his back. I quickly took my phone and called the ambulance before I glimpsed at Noor who was comfortably sited on the couch using her phone.How can someone be so wicked. I can’t believe she’s comfortable right now. I walked passed her as I got him water after he stopped coughing, once he drank the water he started vomiting."I can’t watch this" Noor said while exiting the room."It’s going to be fine," I whispered. I laid him on my lap after he vomitedSome minutes later my stepmom came back. She helped me carry Khalil and kept him in the ambulance car. As she turned around to leave I spoke "Aren’t you coming with us?""No I have things to do," She said before leaving.I woke up to the ring of my irritating alarm, I reached for my phone and instantly turned it off, I let out a yawn, turning around I fall to the ground."Did you forgot you were sleeping on the couch?" Khalil chuckled Khalil has always been a jolly person, he hardly gets sad or worried about something. "Haha, not funny." I groaned while standing up "How are you feeling?" I asked "Much better.""Okay, I will get you something to eat before I go back home" "Aren’t we going home together?”"No, we’re not, I have to get back home before aunt Sabina starts calling me"“Oh but aren’t you supposed to go to work?" Oh god, I forgot about work, Nadia is gonna kill me for coming late twice in a week. "Oh no, I’m an hour late. Nadia is definitely gonna fire me.""No she won’t, just tell her what happened I’m sure she will understand""You don’t get it, we have a big order today and I’m in charge, it took Nadia almost a week before giving me that opportunity if I let her down she won’t have
As I entered the ward, I saw Khalil watching a cartoon, he glanced at me with a smile on his face."How are you feeling" I said walking closer to him"I’m fine, did you bring my clothes?"What clothes? Why do I keep forgetting things? "I forgot about your clothes." I said "Come on, I know you didn’t forget so just give me." He demanded "I’m serious Khalil, I forgot I’m sorry""I will just manage this clothe I’m wearing despite they are a bit dirty and stained" He rolled his eyes I know he is just saying this to make me feel bad, but is not my fault that I forgot about the clothes. I looked at him and he furrowed his face "Seriously, are we doing this right now." I said "Yes we are.""Come on Khalil, I didn’t mean to forget about it." I pouted "Anyway, when are we leaving?" He asked “Immediately the rain stops.""Okay." He signed I walked towards the window and peeked at it, I don’t think the rain will stop anytime soon. "I will go check if I can find a cab nearby" I said
Immediately after Khalil and I opened the living room door, we came face to face with an angry-looking young lady, Noor, she stood in front of the door as if she has been waiting for us."Step away from the door." I said "What took you so long to get back home, and who’s car was that?""It was raining heavily that’s why I didn’t arrive home earlier and since when did you care about my presence or absence""Don’t, just don’t talk to me that way." She pointed at me"What way, Noor, I’m just saying the truth and besides it’s getting late can you excuse us so we can enter the house," I said. As I tried to step into the house, she halted my way with her leg"Noor, what’s wrong with you? why are even mad at me, I wasn’t around the whole day and now that I’m back you are trying to look to annoy me""Whose car was that" She instantly asked "Oh now I understand why she’s so angry, she’s jealous of you Afraah. You entered a luxurious car and she has never entered a car like that, you know s
I woke up to a disturbing noise of music, I turned around and kept a small pillow on my ear to prevent me from listening to the music but unfortunately, I could still hear it, I decided to ignore it as I was very tired I kept turning around before I felt a cold liquid on my body.I screamed as I touched my body I realize it was water. Who poured water on me?I used the back of my hand to rub my eyes after I let out a short yawn."Noor," I said in a sleepy voice What is she doing here? "It’s time for you to wake up" Noor said "It’s just midnight, why are you here?""Get up and prepare something for Jamil and Hannan, they have to go to school.""It’s not time for their school, just go back to sleep I have already set an alarm.""Get up" She yelled I looked at her in silence when I realized she woke me up by pouring water on me"How dare you pour water on me" I yelled "Oh it’s now you realized that, well if you don’t behave I have to do this every day.""Look Noor, it’s just thr
I arrived at the bakery very early, I stood at the door and waited for Nadia to arrive as she is the only one that has the keys to the bakery. I took at the time and realized it was just seven thirty am and the bakery opens by eight.Oh lord, Just when I decide to leave the house early this happens.I sat on an empty stool which was kept by the side of the door, I took out my phone and began playing a game, shortly after I started playing the game I heard a voice from behind, I immediately recognized the voice, it was Nadia "What are you doing here?”"I didn’t notice the time when I left the house." I responded "Ohh okay, actually it’s good that you’re here." She said as she opened the entrance door "Good, what do you mean?""I got a call earlier, we have an important order and the delivery time is eleven o’clock""We don’t accept such big orders especially when the order is to be delivered early""They are paying double and the order is from a relative of the boss, so I had no c
I came back earlier than usual today, Noor wasn’t home and she took the pantry key with her. Jamil and Hannan had already arrived from school and were starving, I tried calling her phone several times but she didn’t pick up.I checked the fridge for some leftovers but there weren’t any, I decided to buy some packs of instant noodles and cook for them. After I did they kept on complaining about how the food is dry and had no veggies in it, I calmed them down and explained to them despite I explained they blamed me for Noor’s behavior, they said it was my fault Noor took the key with her and if I wasn’t stealing the foodstuffs, Noor would have left the key with me. I didn’t feel bad as I knew it wasn’t them talking but those words were Noor’s, she must have told them to say that. I didn’t beg them to eat the food when they said they won’t eat a food with no veggies in it, but after they watched Khalil eating the food with no complaints they began eating.Soon, I had already done all my
Third person point of view He had already woken up and was about to take a shower when he heard a knock on his door, before he could say anything the person walked into the room."Abdul, is everything okay?"Abdul came closer to him and sat on the couch before he spoke. "I had no choice but to come, I met Abu talking with the doctor today and.." Abdul didn’t finish talking when he interrupted "I know what the doctor said""Who said I was going to tell you about the doctor’s utterances? Look I have stood with you in every difficulty and every decision but what your doing this time is wrong" He said as he walked closer to him "What are you talking about?""Don’t listen to what Abu told you, I mean what you are about to do is inhuman"“Abdul, you have to understand if you were in my position you would do exactly the same”"No I won’t, you have to stop this so-called job of yours""You have to understand, I don’t have a choice," I said"You have a choice and this so-called job can g
I was arranging the doughnuts when a customer walked into the bakery, I quickly stopped what I was doing and looked at the customer that just walked in. I don’t remember turning the door sign to open. I looked at the customer he had already taken a sit without making any order or saying a word despite knowing the bakery wasn’t open.I kept the doughnut tray aside and brought out the menu before walking toward him."Good morning sir, welcome to Amees Bakery here is the menu," I said as I handed it over to himHe is fair in complexion, tall, well built, and had exposed wounds on his face which made wonder if he had just finished fighting He stared at me for a while which was very uncomfortable before he collected the menu list from my hands."Hmm, I think I will have a…..""Afraah, have you finished arranging the doughnuts," Amal said immediately after she walked out of the kitchen.He turned around and looked at her, he didn’t seem happy with the way she walked in and interrupted