unwanted

10. "I will always be here for you."

CHAPTER 10

EMMA POV.

Waking up,my morning feels lazy.
Today i have to make an appearance at the fruit shop and decided to call Mildred later and tell her about quitting my shift at the Alasdair company instead.

She stopped calling my phone after her last couple.of calls that i did not answer at all.

I expect to be fired from the company after what had happened but i am surprised that i have not even got an email from her or the company.
Maybe they want me to make an appearance so that they can fire me directly or something like that.

Walking in the fruit shop,it is already nine.As soon as i walk in,i spot Rossa walking towards me.She must have seen me walk in.

She quickly engulfs me in a warm,tight hug before realising me.The hug felt so genuine and home.

Maybe this is what i have always need.
"I have been trying to call you,is everything ok?are you ok?"
"Rossa,i am ok..i am doing fine.How are you doing?how is the fruit shop doing?" i ask her,trying to divert her interrogations.

"Barry explained to me in details of what happened.
He said that maybe you needed to rest a day or two..."
"Rossa i assure you that i am ok now,do not worry yourself too much about me" i try my best to convince her by giving her one of the sweetest genuine smile.
She takes in a deep breath before she holds both my hands in hers squeezing them gently.
"You know i will always be here for you.And if you need someone to talk to,you can always count on me ok?"
"Thank you Rossa,i will always remember that" i give her a quick hug and smile at her.
"Mrs.Rossa,where should i place this boxes?" We were interrupted by a voice.

Diverting our attention towards her,a young girl almost my age,brown espresso skintone,coily springy black hair,had on her big rimmed round glasses and already had her uproan tied around her waist.
I assume she is the new employee at Rossas.

"Just place them here,Barry will pick them up later on...ooh wait,let me introduce you ,i almost forgot.
Emma,she is Auranny,she will be helping with some of the work.

Auranny,she is Emma dee" Rossa says as she gesture her hand towards me.
"Nice to meet you,Mrs.Rossa has told me so much about you" she says extending her right hand for a hand shake.
I detect a not so deep British accent.
"Nice to meet you too Auranny" i tell her,accepting her hand for the brief hand shake before she excused herself and went back to what she was doing earlier on.
"Dee,before anything else,i need to talk to you" Rossa says looking directly at me her pocker face on that i cannot even read what she wants to talk about.
But one thing,whatever it is, it sounds so serious.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yea,everything is ok,come with me" she tells me,pulling my hands for me to follow her as she lead us to one of the booths near a window and we took our seat.
"You are beginning to worry me Rossa,what is going on?"
"It is about the fruit shop,don't take this the wrong way Dee-dee..."
"Are you firering me....
"No it is nothing like that,it is about the pay cheque,i had to decrease you and Barrys pay chewue so as to fit in Auranny,but i promise it will go back to normal when...
"Rossa" i cut her off,she was beginning to blubber to much."Its ok,i am ok with that.Its fine."

"Are you sure" she asks giving me a sympathetic look.
"I am pretty sure,besides,i still have the shift at the Alasdair" i tell her adding to the last part,trying to convince her.

Well i am not pretty sure if i still have the job at the company.
I will have to call Mildred later in the evening or just show up at the on Monday for my shift.The rest of the day went smooth as customers came in and out of the shop.
I got to know a little about Auranny as we engage in small talks.
She is fun and cool to be around with.Apparently her mom is Kenyan and her dad is British.

Of course i wanted to know how she ended up here in the States but i felt like that was a story for another day.

The weekend flew by very fast.

Barry dropped by my apartment and we watched some movies together and talk about random things and also him making lame jokes about his night in police custody and how he is still traumatised about it.

Linda called several times to check up on me,i asked her how everything is at the company and she told me that i should show up on Monday and added that she has not seen Mr.Alasdair ever since the incident adding that maybe he traveled for a meeting.

Neither has she heard of Clare

Entering the Alasdair premises and as always Linda is always on her work station.

I greet her and tell her we will talk later as i have to see Mildred as soon as possible.

Walking down the hallway to her office,i cannot help but think of how much has happened within the almost four weeks i have been here.

Knocking on her door slowly,and she respond for me to go in.

She does not lift her head up from her laptop until the moment i clear my throat.

"Ms.Kings" she says looking directly towards me.
"Look,i am so sorry Mildred for not picking up your calls,i was really confused.So much happened"

"No,do not apologise,you did nothing wrong.
If i was in your shoes i would have reacted the same way or even worse."
"But still,i should have communicated to you..."

"Dee-Dee,its fine and i hope you are doing well"
"I am ok..."
"Then maybe you should go to your duty" she says smiling at me.
"Wait,i am not fired?"
"No,why would you think that?" i could feel like she almost burst out laughing or i just imagined.
"Thank you Mildred" i thank her but she only reply with a smile.A genuine smile.

The whole shift i prayed so hard that i do not bump into Clare or Mr.Alasdair for a verygood reason.

Maybe they should just stay where they are and never show their faces but that would be very hard considering that this is Mr.Alasdairs company and Clare is his girlfriend.

Taking in a deep breath,i continue with my work.

Kids tend to grasp what they are told at their age.
If you tell them they are worthless,they will grow
up believing they are worthless.If you tell them
they are amazing,they will grow up believing they
are amazing.
~Phimora Thnewski.

Happy new year to y'all.May this year
bring great changes in your lives.May you all
be the beat version of yourself each and every
day of the coming 365 days.😊💜💜💜

Phimora Thnewski 💜💜💜💜