"Hey girl, you need a special invitation to get up or you want me to get up there and beat your ass into it." Said Ary my landlady or let's just say my maternal figure "Do you really need to shout that much Ary? I'm awake already okay?" I said "You better be cause you know there's no time to waste here girl, so get up already" "Yeah yeah " I mumbled still on my bed "And yeah listen there's some sandwich here in the kitchen make sure you take some bite before you leave. And yeah, you still have the house key with you right?" " No I don't, you already collected it from me Ary when you lost yours like three days ago woman" I said grumbling "Oh yeah true, I'm leaving the one with me on the table right now, you can just put it under the doormat when you're leaving in case I come home early, which I doubt because I think I might be working a double shift today. Ok that's it, I'm out, make sure you lock the door, close the windows and the sandwiches must be gone before I come back...no
With soap all over my body, I tied my towel and went to the balcony to get myself some water to finish up. As soon as I was done, I picked up a pair of baggy jeans and a sweater to wear, went to the kitchen to quickly finish up the sandwiches and cleaned up the messes I made in the kitchen cause if Ary should come back to see all this, I am so dead. I hopped out of the house, closed the door and put the keys under the doormat as instructed, and made sure I didn't forget anything in the house. As I walked through the main door I asked myself "Did I forget anything?" "Naa, I don't think so" "Way to go girl" I said to myself as I hit the road hoping to see a brighter day ahead. As I left the house I started walking through the neighborhood hoping to see a bus that's gonna stop and I can manage to sneak in cause I ain't got no money right now and even if I do I'd rather save up than pay for any T fare and right now five different buses have passed and none stopped and I'm freezing al
By the time I reached Ember, the restaurant where I worked, two blocks away, I could feel a silver of sweat brushing my upper back. I dived into the delicious smell of burnt coffee and sweet pastries as I went through the back at the kitchen where I worked as a waiter. Hey Kira, I greeted with a smile as I entered the Kitchen. "Really Dia, you late again, the boss is fu****g mad and he wants you in his office right now, and trust me he isn't smiling, and when I said right now I mean RIGHT NOW" Oh great! I mumbled as I found my way to his office. And the one thing about my boss, he never smiles,goshh i can't believe how a human can do without even wearing the faintest of smile on his face, and whenever he's angry it's like an hot larva ready to blow out some Volcano, and the last time I saw him lashed out on Kira, trust me, it wasn't good he almost tore her into pieces but I guess it's my turn today. What a way to start the day. "Here goes nothing " I murmured to myself as I knocke
The day could not just get any longer and it seems like forever already cause I'm dying to get out of this horrible place as soon as I can. Finally the closing alarm rang as I attended to the last customer In Front of me and bursted out of the restaurant without looking back. I didn't even bother to say goodbye to Kira. I guess I will make up for that tomorrow morning. And as usual I started walking down the street back to my house. As I was going, all I could think of was what my boss said to me, and I just couldn't get them out of my head. I mean those words hurt like shit and if my mother hadn't died things wouldn't have been like this at least not this worse and a lil bit better. Then I decided to listen to some music in order to get those scenarios out of my head. I plugged in my earphone, scrolled down on my phone to find a song to listen to and I decided to play "A million dreams" by Hugh Jackman and i was singing along as i listened to the music " I close my eyes and I can se
So, I sort of come here often, sometimes I'd stop by at a restaurant or a coffee shop. I actually like the stuffs around here sooo, or probably because I'm used to this place I guess" "Oh that's nice" "Yeah tanks, but that's not really what brought me here actually" "Oh" "Ok so, I'm currently working on a recent project right now and which of course is supposed to be top secret" he said with a serious look "Don't worry my lips are sealed" I said using my hand to draw an invisible zip sign in my mouth in demonstration "Lol, well, so I'm here to make some research and hopefully it would be worth it, cause it is a huge risk I'm taking here" "That's the main reason why I'm here, to do some investigation and all, but I just hope my best is actually enough," Elliot said and sighed. "Oh don't beat yourself to it, at least you're trying your best, you're not just sitting there and watching all this happen.. It's cool" Diana said, chuckling. "Well if I don't lose count you've complime
"Woww...what did you say you were studying again? Cause I didn't understand a single thing you just said right now" he said smiling "I stopped schooling as soon as I was done in High school," I said with so much sadness. Because one thing I've always loved was schooling, but I guess that ain't for me, at least not after what happened with my parents. "Oh, I didn't mean to say that, actually..." He tried to explain himself "It's fine, I understand," I said, wearing a smile so he wouldn't think much about it. "Okay, let's go start this car and see what you did whether it's gonna work or not" "It's so going to work, I trust what I did," I said smiling "Well, we are about to find that out now," Elliot said. He opened the door of his white SUV, with a little touch of black, just not to make it purely white, I guess, because I didn't see the need for them to add the black colour. He pressed the start button and guess what? It worked "Well, looks like someone did a great
Elliot is a twenty-three-year-old with dark, straight hair; he's about 6 '2 feet tall with a huge masculine body. He has a somewhat oval face with a cute well of dimples sitting comfortably on his two-minute; his dimple shows t, he exclaimed, but there wasn't to his smile. His grey eyes had the bluish hue of sunlight upon the slate, with a hue so softly grey that they could have been pencil drawn. They had that look of birds flying on sunlit days, the shine and quick movement, yet relaxed, purposeful, and at ease. Every morning, he anchors the morning television show "The Act of Justice", where he talks about low-class people, how they have been cheated most of the time, and the need for the government to come to their rescue. He talks about how young girls are raped and murdered if they try to raise their voices. He recently did his research on a girl who was raped to death by a certain gang which is still unknown to the public, but he didn't say much about it, I guess maybe they
The stairs groaned as I descended on them and I started to feel my heart beat fast. I saw Ary in the living room and a mouthed out a "good morning" as i gave her a quick wave and got out of the house "At least have your breakfast before leaving" I heard her say in a loud voice. I hurried back quickly to the house, picked up my sandwich as usual and took to my heels...was about to leave but went back inside to thank Ary. "Well, thanks for not using all the water up this time," I said giving her a weird look "You are most welcome" she said whichever I knew she didn't mean "Oh please" Once out, I couldn't wait to sneak on a bus, so I stopped a passing bus and hopped on, and luckily for m,e, I was just in time. I entered the restaurant and went straight to my section to put on an apron and resume duty. As I was wearing my apron, I heard Kira's voice behind me "And guess who came early to work today, the one and only Diana Roberts" she said laughing out loud "Hey it's not li
Bianca and Kira"Annoying brat," Kira said'C'mon Kira stop it now' Bianca told her"Yeah whatever""And by the way where do you guys work" Bianca asked"Not really somewhere big and it is not small either it's you know there""So where exactly" Bianca asked"Some restaurants like I don't know maybe three or four miles from here" Kira replied"And do they pay you guys well I mean well as in enough for your upkeep" Bianca asked"Yeah not really that much but at least it is better than none" Kira answered"Hmm and your boss is not that cranky cuz I know some boss can be crazy sometimes" She asked laughing a lil"Cranky cranky is an understatement that man or guy or whatever he is he is a wizard trust me" Kira also said laughing"I see it's a "he," She said nodding"Yup""And he is a wizard," Bianca said"Yeah not like a wizard I was just you know trying to qualify his attitude and all" Kira replied"Yes, I understand," Bianca said laughing "I just wish it is not all bosses that is ours
"Errm yeah," Kira said"No that's not possible we don't have any of this stuff in here well except for flour Ary always made sure we don't run out of any very important," I said"You mean all these things?" Bianca said opening a freezer that was locked behind a door that I'm sure I've never seen in my whole life I've been with Ary and my mouth opened wide in surprise"I can't believe Ary has all this in the house while I starve most of the time and eat sandwiches like there's no tomorrow or probably some stolen foods I got from the restaurant while we have good stuffs in the house" I said in my mind"But where did she get all of these good foods from? Did she rob a supermarket? I said in my mind""And what if I told you guys I never saw all these since I've been living here?" I said still staring at the fridge"What?" I hear Bianca say"Yup," I said and closed back the fridge"So you mean you don't know all these things exist in your kitchen?" Bianca asked"You don't wanna know" I sai
"I'll be patiently waiting for ma'am and you can as well break the door too since that's your plan" she shouted so I could hear her but I ignored I entered the bathroom and turned on the shower to see if I was good to go but there was no water again, sighing I went to the backyard and fetch myself some water shortly after I entered the room and placed the water in the bathroom I left the bathroom and entered my room to get undressed"Man it's so hard pouring water on one's body these days," I said and scratched my head, after some seconds of thinking I opened my wardrobe to pick another towel to tie thankfully I had an extra I could use if not I would have to come out dripping with water from the bathroom I decided to play some songs before I entered the bathroom since it's been a while I heard some so I decided to play Girl in the mirror by Bebe Rexha"Good," I said and tapped on the song 🎵🎶 "I'm tired of my thoughts They weigh me down, feels like I'm drowning I'm tired of my f
"Diana where are you" I hear Bianca call out to me and I hurriedly closed the wooden cover and went outside to meet her"Hey Bianca what's up," I said and she turned to face me"Oh yeah where were you been looking for ya" she said"Still in the house all good?" I asked"Yeah just curious since I couldn't find you anything much" She said and we sat down"Yeah being wanting to ask hole you're good staying here I mean you know my life hasn't always been like this so if you're not comfortable with anything you can tell me I'll try my best to make it happen," I said to her"Are you kidding Diana it's cool here yeah it's not all fancy and all the expensive stuffs are not here for you, not the house nor the expensive stuffs and I know it's all for a small period of time it will all get better soon I know it?" Bianca said holding my shoulder and giving me a reassuring smile "Aww thanks, Bianca," I said and smiled at her then pulled her into a hug to hide my teary eyes "It's okay Diana every
Diana POV"Geez" I can't believe I almost injured myself with the door. Thank goodness she didn't see that after I left the room I went straight to the living room and sat down for a minute. Shortly after I decided to go check up on Ary in her room and maybe tell her about what happened yesterday depending on the situation I met her in"Oh God, I still feel sleepy; I don't know why Kira woke me up," I said and walked sluggishly to her room. "Knock knock" I knocked on her door yawning but there was no reply"Maybe she's still sleeping" I concluded and left the door"Wait a minute, didn't Bianca say it was afternoon already? It's not possible she's still sleeping" I said and turned back to her room"No no wait, what is she's sleeping I might end up disturbing her sleep and she's not going to spare me if I did" I said and turned back again fearing her scolding"Just a check won't hurt not that I'm going to make any noise or anything," I said to myself and then summoned the courage to wa
Kira POV"Are you awake yet?" I asked Bianca who seemed to be half awake but I didn't get a response"I guess not," I said sighing I kept looking up with my hands folded to the back of my head staring at the ceilings "I'm awake" I hear Bianca say tiredly"Argh Finally someone is awake you guys were sleeping like you're not going to wake up again " I lamented out of anger"We were just really tired Kira, but how come you are awake so early in the morning?" Bianca asked rubbing her eyes with the back of her palm like she still wanted to go back to sleep only if she knew what the time says"Early, you say. Do you know what the time is? But I guess not" I asked"10 o'clock maybe?" She asked"Oh you wish it's fucking twelve already" I said rolling my eyes"Oh my goodness, I can't believe I slept that long and I haven't eaten," She said and held her grumbling tummy"We slept late so that's worth the sleep," I told her"Since when have you been awake?" She asked"I don't know, eleven, maybe
"What?" I said "fuck I wasn't expecting that," I said in my mind"Yeah we didn't do anything" Elliot said in our defense"You tell that when we get to our office," He said and took us to the car we tried explaining to him that we didn't do anything but he wasn't listening looks like it was a bad day for him and it Elliot's involvement wasn't helping looks like he was already on their bad side so it made things a lil bit worse. And that was how we ended up at the police station"Whoa," Kira said"Good thing it's all settled now," Bianca said"Yup glad it did" I said"But how did Ary's purse end up with her?" Bianca asked"That's what I don't understand," I said"But Ary said her purse was stolen," Kira said"But she doesn't look like someone from the street," I said"Or maybe she's a godmother or what else will she be doing with a stolen purse"Kira said"She might be the one that stole it and ended up in some bad stuffs that led to her death since Ary didn't really see who stole it we
"What do you mean that's Ari's name" He also asked surprised"Yeah Ary Ariah," I said"But this doesn't make sense," I said"Yeah, but the cop did say they found two ID cards in the purse, though, so we don't know who is who", he said while I just nodded and continued searching this time thoroughly for more reasons why I needed to find some information about the body. After some moments I found a file which I guess belonged to the case so I dusted it and brought it out"I think I found something," I said and placed the file on a table I brought out the papers and checked out what was insideFace Identified: Sarah JordanMarital status: unknownFather: unknownMother: unknownSiblings: 1Husband: Not marriedChildren: nillHeight: 5'6Death type: Homicide"Come take a look at this El" I called out to him"What's that" he said and came over to where I was and also read through the file"Looks like they found out who she was already but how could they have found out so much information s
"Did you say one of you was arrested?" She said again and I was shocked to see her "thought she went to sleep already," I said in my mind because I wasn't planning to tell her anything"No none of us got arrested we were just talking about the movie we saw on her way back" Kira lied"You guys went out to see a movie?" She asked surprised"Yeah Bianca's treat" She lied again"Yup it's my treat" Bianca said shooting daggers through her eyes at Kira"Oh, that's nice. I see you guys are enjoying yourself; just be careful out there," she said. "Yes ma'am" Bianca replied"I thought you already went to bed," I said to her and as well finishing up the dishes"Yeah came out cause I needed water" she said showing me the glass of water she had in her hand and then gulping it down her throat"I was about to drink when I heard something about jail stuff so I was scared," She said"Oh," I said and chuckled"Well I'm done here too," I said signalling to the girls to let go back to my room"Oh good