Episode 4 : New job

I woke up to see the sun shining very brightly through the slit of my curtains. 

I frown when i saw the mess on the floor, the clothes around and the bags. 

The memories came back slowly and i sighed deeply before sitting up.

The day before has been a hell with Felton Arlene on my tail. He had drop me off with a warning that i shouldn't tried to be smart. 

I know he is running out of patient of course because of his stern expression and the way his lips curved into a disdain smirk.

I picked my cellphone to check my messages and just as i have expected i have a message from my mum, one from my boss Mr Thompson and one from Casey and a lot more from my well-wishers.

I however was glad that Mr Thompson didn't pick the call last night, i would have regretted telling him i have landed in trouble just only an hour as soon as i arrived. 

Not my choice though but i doubt if he will ever understand. 

My mum as usual asked if i am well and if the weather here sooth me, i replied her saying I'm having the best time of my life which was quite the opposite of what i am feeling right now. I answered my boss's message too. 

He apologized for not picking and I replied, telling him it's okay that I'm fine and well. 

Casey's message was the longest. Her focus were on the men i have met so far in Louisiana. 

In response i told him i met a great guy at the airport Felton his name but i leave out the troubles he caused me and then i mentioned the one who nearly killed me in a strange Land. 

I go through some other messages and then finally switch on my computer to search for job. 

According to cheffy Richard, Felton Arlene's girlfriend when i was about to alight from the car the previous night. She had told me to search for any job online. 

So here i am, doing the hunt of jobs the way whites does it. 

I haven't go through much when I saw series of vacancy awaiting people.

My heart leap for joy and i smile brightly for the first time after meeting Felton. 

I applied for many jobs , a secretary from a company and a waitress from a tea shop and so on. I was about to give up the hunts because i have already applied for too much when i saw a vacancy for a Nanny. 

I applied for that too when i saw that the pay is quite on the high side. 

I finally get out of bed to clean up and later i ordered in some breakfast which i have a hard time eating because everything about the country is strange to me. 

When i am done, i went back to my computer where i saw that i have had many responses from the Jobs i applied for. 

For the nanny job, my employer told me to show up in afternoon for an interview while the tea shop waitress. I was applied immediately and they asked me to start immediately on the morrow. No response from the companies and i concluded thinking it's probably because it was Saturday. 

I get prepared at once for the interview that same day in the afternoon. 

I ruminate about in my small apartment and finally I arrived on a small simple gown which i had bought right on the day i learnt i will be traveling out of the country. 

I turn to the clock beside my bed and i grunted impatiently. 

The time seems to be moving very fast, i am very happy about the jobs that i didn't know when i start smiling. 

Okay fine, I admitted that the whole drama yesterday was bad but Also fun. The adrenaline rushing then was something else. 

If i haven't meet Felton, my night would have been boring and silent but thanks to him I'm even going for an interview. 

I applied some makeover on my face and stare at my reflection in the mirror. 

I will confess, i wasn't that beautiful but you can call me pretty. With a smile on my face i could lighted up the world. 

I picked my bag and walk out , flagging a taxi i gave him the direction of the interviewer's house. 

On my way i took a couple of breathing calming down my nervousness and wishing myself goodluck. 

This is all strange, because I was only here for an holiday but here i am going to an interview. This is crazy but trust me, it's also thrilling.

The taxi stopped at a house and i alighted sighing deeply as i gaze at the building before me. 

I did a short prayer before walking to the door and knocked. A man opened the door minutes after to attend to me.

Oh shoot! This man right here is breathtakingly handsome. He has a short black thick hair, his skin chocolate like the crazy man from yesterday and his lips naturally was red. 

He look every inches like the man of my dream, the those ones i have watched on TV and then got addicted to. 

I stare at him dreamily forgetting about the reason i came. 

" You can come in ma'am " His voice dragged me back to reality and i nodded gently, scolding myself for being so stupid. 

" Yes please " i managed to reply differently. 

He lead the way to a comfy, not too large living room and he offered me a seat. 

" I'm Remon James " he introduced and i nodded quickly.

" Abby Sherman " I said staring at his red lips. I was lost in his beauty and suddenly Felton's voice sounded in my head and i gulped nervously to focus on the situation. 

" It's my four years old daughter. Here is her picture " he Said thrusting a cellphone towards me with a picture of a smiling pretty girl on the screen. 

Judging by Remon accent i see that he is probably a citizen here but he is dark , means somehow in another sense he is related to Africa according to his skin color. That wasn't even the issue at hand. 

It was the nose mask i saw on the table that bothers me, it reminds me of the man from yesterday. 

Remon must have noticed my intensed stare because he grabbed the mask and smile.

" I'm sorry i left it there. Yesterday was so hectic that i didn't think properly " He said sending me an apologetic glance.

My heart skip a beat. Did he just say yesterday?

Oh no!