A sweet lie

CHAPTER THREE.

Sanctify munched on her food hungrily and angrily while her aunt stared at her in amusement. She cursed the company, managers,the receptionist,interviewer and of course...Mr.Hell.

"Who's Mr. Hell?" Aunt Debbie curiously asked.

"I don't know! He made me late this morning for my interview when he splashed water on me with his car. I hit him with my canvas and now I don't have a white one anymore." 

"Sanctify!! that's the fifth canvas I bought for you,what's wrong with you?"aunt Debbie yelled.

"But he caused it!!"

"Must you hit him with your canvas,why will you hit a stranger over a minor mistake?"

"Oh! You're defending him right? I can't believe you right now. I just lost my dream job and you're defending Mr.Hell" she kicked her legs in the air and started crying.

"A job you never got,will you finish up your food?"

"Ah!! Aunty something is vibrating under my ass" she jumped up at the vibration of the phone she was sitting on.

"Did you sit on my phone?" Her aunt yelled and asked.

"No,I sat on it....sorry I didn't notice" she ran away with her plate of food into her room while her aunt shook head and answered the call.

Sanctify was her sister's only child when she died of Leukemia,cancer of the blood.

Her husband had fled when he heard of the sickness and she was pregnant.

Sanctify's mum was pregnant and she was so scared that her baby would be infected with the deadly disease. She went into depression and cursed her existence. She got cancer from her late father who also died of the disease. Her mum happens to be alive and hearty but she rejected Sanctify as her granddaughter.

Debbie took her in as her own.

She had two kids,two lovely boys that were snatched away by her husband.He took them to God's nowhere for fear of being infected by the disease but Aunt Debbie and Sanctify happened to be medically free from the cancer.

Sanctify knew the circumstances surrounding her birth and the hatred from her grandma.

She didn't care,life was already hard but she vowed to make life meaningful for herself. Her mum didn't get to enjoy the realities and beautiful things life had to offer but she will do so till her very last breath.

She had three best friends,Aunt Debbie,Joy and Jay.

Joy and Jay were twins who lived next door close to them.They adored her personalities and flaws, they've tried all their possible best for Sanctify to behave well mannered in public but it's all to no avail. No matter the scoldings and teaching,She wasn't ready to appear decent to please anybody.

The only time Sanctify ever dresses decent is when Jay or Joy is around.

Jay adored and took care of Sanctify,the same way he would take care of his sister. Despite the fact that people see her as some weirdo or some girl with a little touch of psycho,he saw her as the most amusing person he has ever met. 

His family were initially against him hanging around with her but when they saw how carefree and caring she was 

,they changed their mind set about her and she became part of their family.

She would go to their house anytime she likes to visit the twins, peradventure she helps the family with some chores wholeheartedly.

To Jay,Sanctify was this pretty crazy girl that has an ice heart which needs to be melted with love and care. He felt she was hiding something,he couldn't decipher how a girl as pretty as her would dress crazily and shut down anything that has to do with guys.

yeah!! She might be crazy but she's very careful when it comes to guys and she hasn't dated anyone before.

He kind of considered himself lucky and fortunate cause he happens to be the only one one she could trust,talk to and play childishly around him.

Sanctify would always argue that clothes should be worn at the same time or it will be a waste.

She could combine both skirt and trousers,polo and T-shirt and call it Santy fashions.

She adores Stone's fashion house with the luxurious and the classiest fashion outfit in the whole of L.A and she wished to work there.

She's done with her higher institution with a good backup certificate but no company is willing to hire her.This fashion house is her only hope and she knows it's worthless.

Among all features, she's very beautiful.A natural one that whatever madness she displays doesn't hide her cute angelic face with blue hazel eyes.

 Aunt Debbie yelled in the sitting room and Sanctify rushed out with a mopping stock,high in the air.

"Where's it! Where is it!! Tell me let me kill the motherfúcker" Sanctify yelled back and Aunt Debbie ran out of the house but she followed her with the mop.

"Come back Aunt,why are you running? I thought you were being attacked!"

"Are you crazy? You scared the shit out of me when I saw you holding that mop. Must you be silly at all times?

"I was trying to defend aunt Debbie"

"You're crazy!! Stone's fashion house just called now that you're hired and to resume work the next day" aunt Debbie said and the mopped dropped from her hands.

"FOR REAL!!" She screamed.

"I don't think so,I think there's a mix up somewhere. Let me call back and tell them it's a mistake"

"Aunt Debbie don't you dare!!!" She jumped up and dragged the phone with her aunt.

"Give me back my phone!" Aunt Debbie yelled but Sanctify ran around the house in happiness and dialed Jay's number to tell him the good news.

"You better make sure you get a new phone,I don't share phones!" She yelled but Sanctify jumped happily into her room.

She landed softly on the bed and dialled Jay's number anxiously,the moment he picked the call she screamed her lungs out in excitement.

"Hey!! Do you want to burst my eardrums?"

"Oh my God!! guess what?"

"what? Aunt Debbie bought a new canvas for you?"

"Eilish!! Jay,you're so poor at guessing! Give the phone to Joy."

"I'm not."

"Give the phone to her, you dummy!"

"You're breaking my heart,stop it and tell me the good news."

She rolled her eyes at his statement and spewed the news to him.

"I got a new job bbb!!!"

"Wow!! That's a sweet lie."

"I'm serious."

"But the last time you applied for any job was at Falez restaurant,100 miles from here...."

"Jeez! shut up. I got a job in Stone's fashion house"

She screamed and kicked her leg in the air.

"What? I'm coming over." He said and hung the call while Sanctify hissed. She would have called joy instead and she would have also screamed In happiness.

Jay was too serious in this life.

She sat up and gasped at once knowing she needed to dress well to impress her employer.She rushed down to her wardrobe and scattered the whole clothes down to the floor and sighed.

"What's wrong with me,I have beautiful clothes here and I'm worrying. 

I'm going to wear this with this,that with that and my favourite brown boot to match." She shrieked excitedly as she pointed at her ragged jeans and her silky white long shirt. She raised her long white chiffon gown to match and nodded her head in satisfaction.

The shoe has to be abstract so she had better go for brown to distinguish between the white colour and blue jeans she's going to wear.

She sighted a brown scarf beneath a pile of cloth on the floor and grabbed it with excitement.

"yay! this would go!"

Her door opened and a gasp followed,Jay walked in and scanned the scattered room which was littered with clothes.

"What's this?" He raised his brows.

"ah! I found a perfect piece of clothing to wear tomorrow."

"and?"

"tadaaa!! She flipped her hands in excitement and showed him neatly folded jeans,white shirt and a long gown on the bed.

Jay scofferd and pinched his hard.

"wow! this is lovely"

"You see! I know this is great,you guys don't need to worry anymore about me."

"yeah right? Come let's go out. We need to celebrate this grand success."

He dragged her out of the room despite her pleadings to wear her boots.

Despite being shocked at the news,Aunt Debbie was glad such a company considered her even if she was to work there a day,it would mean everything to Sanctify. She had watched her stare at magazines and wished to step her foot into the massive building of the fashion house. She loved the clothes,the fabrics and models they displayed on TV. It was so expensive but sanctify couldn't help but wish to be there. She even applied for their recruitment Online twice before taking the bull by the horn to go there in person. She knew it was hopeless but she kept on trying.

Even though she might not last a day in that place,stepping inside the four walls of such a magnificent place is enough for her.

She laid on the couch and sighed, Stone Fashion house has just made the worst mistake of their life.