A dreadful discovery

I felt my head banging, as I turned the door knob to the office, where the final interview was being held. The secretary's face expression had lowered my self-esteem the more I was late, that being considered. 

All eyes were fixed on me, as I took the last available seat out of three meant for applicants. Four judges sat opposite side, three females and one male. 

I knew I was done for as females are notoriously known to be more fierce. 

Soon, it was my turn and everything went upside down. I could only give jumbled answers to some of the questions asked. 

This was the end of me, I thought, when a female judge lit up the tensed mood and asked if it was true my mother ran a fried chicken shop. 

I gave an affirmative answer, wondering how that question was related. 

" I dislike fried chicken" she gave a huge mocking smile as she left while the other judges dispersed. 

I left the office, letting out a deep sigh as I walked down the hallway when a thought popped into my mind. 

" Jesse"

He did tell me he would call, but I gave in to the urge of going to see him. 

Jesse forbade me from checking up on him at the office, as I remembered him giving me a stern warning not to. 

" Don't, He's going to get mad"

Ignoring the voice screaming inside of me, I stopped at the door and took my time before opening it when someone did instead. 

" Sorry" I uttered softly, bowing my head halfway. I saw Jesse, his back turned at me, laughing wholeheartedly. 

' He seemed less busy'

I appeared behind him and tugged his shirt, his happy face sunk as he saw me, and in a low tone, he said " What the hell are you doing in here? "

" I missed you" I replied, hugging him. He recoiled from my embrace and dragged me towards the door with my bag. 

He stopped at the end of the hallway, gazed at me with bloodshot eyes, and pinned me to the wall. 

" I sure made myself clear not to come to the office"

This was no other way to treat a criminal! 

My phone began to vibrate and he released his hard grip on me. It was a private number. I picked it up and it was the man who wanted to press charges for assault. I coughed voluntarily and told him to call back in a few minutes. 

Jesse had withdrawn a few steps backward from me with his head bowed. I stared deep into his soul, speculating what could have triggered this beast side of him. 

Definitely, that was not Jesse, a few seconds ago. 

" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to... ", he sobered, and moved towards me. I flinched, this violent side of him wasn't manifesting for the first time. 

" Mr Jesse, you have got someone waiting.. " A lady in her early twenties had walked in on us and stopped talking abruptly, noticing Jesse had company. 

" I'm sorry, I thought she was gone " she said again, acting conspicuously while exchanging glances between Jesse and I. 

Jesse, who had begun to act strangely, turned to look at me, " Go home! ", he heckled in a strange voice, leaving with the lady while I was left alone at the end of the hallway. 

I stuffed myself into the elevator trying to get back home. Back from the embarrassment, I leaned my back against the end of the elevator. 

Three skinny ladies shoved their bodies into the elevator. They looked like my exact type of what I had been praying for, but then they started to gossip.  

" I heard she is his ex girlfriend " , the first one said. 

" Woah! she probably came to beg him to take her back, now that he is getting married " the last one replied in agreement. 

Holy crap! 

Gossips and they're jumping into conclusions. 

For a moment, I pitied whoever it was they were talking about and bent my head in shame. 

Then the lady who had stayed quiet during the whole discussion spoke up, " I hope you do remember his fiance is no one to be messed with. So, do stay clear of discussing about Mr Jesse's private life. "

Mr Jesse! 

I was dumbfounded and confused. 

Thinking if it was my Jesse or someone else, I clicked on the elevator button to drop off as I bumped into one of the ladies. 

" Sorry" I took the second elevator to go back up immediately after I dropped from the first. 

My goddess instinct came back, ' You should have followed him back then, he was sure keeping something away from you. '

I ran all the way to Jesse's office and saw him busy having a discussion with an unknown woman. He looked happy and all smiles. I moved closer to know what was happening when he slipped a card into her delicate hands. 

" Thank you for inviting me, Congratulations once again. "

I was sure he was not having any party or maybe he kept a family function from me again! 

I took a step forward when a woman with a foxy hairstyle, beaming with smiles, walked up to him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, which he returned ON THE LIPS! 

I lowered my shoulders, disappointed, shuffled my feet towards him and said, " Happy Married life. " The lady beside him stopped me and said in a low pitched tone, " Not yet. "

Woah! I was furious. 

Did this woman just secretly throw a shade at me? 

I turned to stare at Jesse. He was shocked, but he could not move from his spot. Rather, he behaved like he did not know me from Adam. 

That was it. 

How could I let him get away with this? 

I moved closer to the woman with the foxy hairstyle and whispered into her left ear, " I am sure you are aware that I'm his girlfriend ", moved back to face Jesse. 

" I always knew you'd pick the least attractive, you just did me a big favour by leaving. You were just a scumbag who always resorted to violence. I look forward to your new punch bag" I batted my eyelashes at the astounded woman beside him and chuckled softly. 

" I suppose you have a lot of money, I'm sure that's what he's after" the other staff had gathered and began to murmur among themselves. 

I took a final look at Jesse and disappeared into the crowd. 

..... 

The bus was crammed. I shuffled my tired feet to secure an available seat when I was pushed over. An elderly woman who had just entered the bus not long ago, sat comfortably on the seat I had wanted to secure. 

Gosh! I had to stand throughout the journey as terrible seats available anymore. I sighed softly and made my way to the back of the bus, for a comfy stand. 

I had stood there not long ago when I heard the shutters of a mobile repeatedly. 

Not again! 

Why do I have to meet with this? 

I studied the man beside me. He wore a nose mask and a face cap which helped in covering his identity, and faced the opposite direction. 

'You think you can fool me? ' raising my inner voice beastly. I gave him a smirk, raising my brows as I tapped him on the shoulder. He stared at me for a short while and looked away, while I noticed his dainty eyes. 

' Do you want to pretend now? ' 

I pursed my lips towards his ears and requested him to stop whatever he was doing. He eyed me, surprising, maintaining his stand that he didn't know what I was talking about. 

"Pervert! "

He glared at me at the sound of that word, and I returned with a dreadful look. 

Now, I was about to let go when he said, " What would I want to do with someone like you, fatty? "

I burned with anger and began to hit him, causing a huge commotion. Then I felt a huge hand grab my behind. I looked backward and it was another guy who did. Knowing it was planned, I took the book he carried and hit him with it several times, till it became an old shade of itself. 

With him just covering his face, that proved my theory the more, they both knew about it. 

The bus stopped and both of them jumped down, running tirelessly since they knew I was going to drag them to the police station. 

The people on the bus applauded me for being a brave girl, and I just gave back a slight smile raising the corners of my mouth as if I had had enough of the day. 

Scumbags

I guess there was an advantage to being chubby as my mind wandered to when I gave each of them a harsh push, while I walked home.