Chapter 2

A few months after my Mom died, my life went well even though, It's not the same as well when I'm with my Mom.

Now, I became a working student. I study in the morning and work in a resto bar at night. My situation is kinda difficult, but I try to cope up with it and be a better and stronger person every day.

It's five o'clock in the afternoon and I'm packing my things because my class is over for this day and I will go to work after my classes but, I still have thirty minutes because the call time at the resto bar I work at is still five-thirty.

When I finished packing my things, I left the classroom. I was going straight to the gate and I was about to leave the school when suddenly someone called me.

"Dash! Are you going home?" I looked for who it was and it turned out to be Joaquin, my childhood friend who happened to be still my friend now.

"No, I'll eat there in the cafeteria first. How about you?" I stopped and to talk to him. I noticed he was still wearing a jersey. Obviously, he's just from his training at basketball.

"I'll go with you. I'm already hungry!" after he said that, he suddenly wrapped his arms around my shoulders and dragged me to the cafeteria near our school.

When we got there, we immediately looked for a seat and ordered. He ordered his favorite pasta and I also ordered the same as his . He also ordered drinks for the two of us.

"My body hurts a lot. The coach tortured us a lot in practice, " he said out of the blue, even though no one asked if he was in pain.

"Nobody's asking, "That stopped him. He loses his cool when I said that. So I smirked at him and I flashed an evil grin.

"You're talking nonsense, that's why you're single. No one can reach that level of being savage of yours, " he said sarcastically. I scoffed at him and I'm almost ready to barged at him, but then the waiter came for our orders.

After that moment, we just eat peacefully until we finish. He paid for our meal though I can pay for mine but he insisted so, I just give up and let him to pay for it also I'm tired of arguing with this moron.

We part our ways because he needs to go back in school for their group discussion about a project and I call for a cab because I need to go to my work.

When I get there, all of the staffs are busy so I go to the locker room and change my uniform and I was ready for tonight's errand.

I was working here as a waitress. So I get the customer's order back and forth. It was exhausting but, I can handle it because I can do anything just to earn money.

I was standing next to the bartender's section when I saw a lady that is sitting near the window looking at my direction. She raised her hand, calling for a waitress and I am available that time so I came to her and get my mini order list and a pen for listing her order.

"Yes, ma'am? What can I do for you?" I said while handling my pen and a notebook, ready to write down her order.

She glanced at me and smiled and looked back again to the menu. "I'd like to have some steak and an orange juice, she said without even galncing on me. So I write it all down and turned to her.

"Anything else, ma'am?" I asked her. She turned her face on me and smiled again. Damn, she's smiling at me? Why?

"Are you... new here?" she asked me politely and put the menu on the table to give me her full attention.

"Yes, ma'am. I'm just working here for almost three weeks. I guess?" I answered immediately to her and I try to smile back at her.

"How old are you, then? You look so young to become a waitress." she said while glancing to me from head to toe which makes me feel a little awkward.

"I'm just seventeen, ma'am. I don't have parents that's why I'm working, but I'm still going to school." I told her.

"I just want you to offer a job. If you want too..."she said and handed me a calling card.

"That's my number. Call me if you're interested." she said. This makes me so curious. I need money. I am going to college next school year and this opportunity may help me to earn for my tuition fee for college.

"Can I ask what job do you offer, ma'am?" I said in curiosity.

"We are hiring a personal maid for my son. Don't worry for your tuition fees. I can pay for that. I can pay for your school matters. I just want a personal maid for my son with a salary. Still... I give you time to think of it," that words she said stuck on my mind.

It's almost midnight but, I cannot sleep because of thinking that scene earlier. She will pay for my school expenses in exchange to be his son's personal maid with a salary? It will be a good opportunity for me to start over and to reach my dreams.

Should I take it?