How can I fix my problems?
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The alarm kept ringing and he was drowsy enough to reach out and turn it off. It was a cold December morning and the rain that started in the evening had not stopped yet. The sound of raindrops knocking on the sheets made Daniel love sleep more. But it would be the third time within this month that he would be late for work and this time it would be unforgivable. Daniel got out of bed sighing and went to the bathroom with his eyes half closed. Opened the tap from the hot water but no water came out of the tap at all.
:-Only 3 days have passed without paying and they stop the water, in what stupid place do we live?
He said and got to put on his shoes. Work was no more than ten minutes away and he walked hard watching everyone else that cold morning rushing to work. All the faces he saw looked cold and full of anger for the life they lived. But at least they should have water in the house he thought and put on the hood speeding up the walk. When he got to work he saw that his colleagues were all there as always before him. He greeted them in a muffled voice
Daniel:- Good mornig!
And hurried into the changing room hearing only one voice turn the greeting back.
Elton:- "God morning Dan, you are not early today for work?" - he said with a smirk.
Daniel came out of the room in his raincoat and pretended not to hear. At least today it's raining and there won't be many deliveries he thought to himself and went to the coffee shop opposite to get his coffee. As soon as he entered he was confused by the eyes of a girl who seem to have started working there as it was the first time he saw her. So confused Daniel spoke to her:
Daniel:-" Good morning can i have a big coffee please?"
Girl:- "of course you want milk too?"
Daniel:- "no no it would make it very soft."
Girl:- "ok it's ready but i think soft things are better than hard things." she said with a smile.
Daniel could not understand anything and so confused he left forgetting to pay. he entered the pizzeria where he worked as a courier and immediately called his co-worker Elton.
Daniel:-"Elton come out to smoke a cigarette!"
Elton:-"I'm coming Dan."
Daniel:-"you saw the young girl at the coffee shop?"
Elton:-"Did u like her too?"
Daniel:-"have you seen her before is her neighborhood?"
Elton:-"not why you liked her so much?"
Daniel:-" Im just asking".
Elton:-"most likely she must be a young student otherwise we would know her".
Daniel:-"ok well go inside and start making from those slanderous pizzas you make!"
Elton:-"do not get obsessed with it is the way you behave with people to earn tips".
At that moment Daniel was reminded that he had not even paid for his coffee. He rushed to the cafe again to apologize to the girl who left without paying. He arrived and she was looking at him laughing.
Daniel:-" sorry i forgot i was sleepy."
Girl:-"no problem I thought I was the one to confuse you."
Daniel:-"well both by bit, excuse me, what was your name?"
Girl:-"maria and you?"
Daniel:-" Daniel but called me dan".
Maria:-"you are Dan I heard some things about you in the two days I am at work".
Daniel:-" hope good words".
Maria:-"well a bit of both".
the work phone was ringing and daniel had to leave with questions in his head.
Daniel:-" I have to leave see u later."
Maria:"-take care of yourself".
And thus began that next day boring work for Daniel. Maria greatly impressed him and this somewhat adjusted his morale during that gloomy day. Daniel was pensive that day. everyone at work had noticed this but no one knew what the reason was.
In fact the reason was the customers. the warmth and harmony he found in their homes. So Daniel pondered deeply that if one day he too would raise his family and fix things in his life. And so pensive he was frightened by the ringing of his phone which in fact seemed not to be for anything good. He saw and recognized the number, it was the bank which kept calling for outstanding debts. Daniel let the phone ring two or three more times as if he had never heard it. In the unopened messages there were "friends" who were also looking for unpaid debts. This only made Daniel more stressed. He continued the work until the last hour in which he would close it and the phone rang again. He was ready to open it and this time to curse whoever it was but he saw that it was a friend of his who worked at a billiards room nearby where illegal betting could come, a place where Daniel had left almost all the money earned or borrowed. He opened the phone upset:
Daniel:- " hey bro what happened?"
Gery:-" man we need to talk!"
Daniel:-"I can not give anything yet I have not been paid."
Gery:-"I'm not taking you for this we need to talk when you finish work you need to come urgently!"
Daniel:- "why tell me what?"
Gery:-"I can not talk on the phone see you here!"
Daniel:-"okay bro see u there."
Daniel could not understand anything and just watched the clock go 5pm and he met one of those very few true friends he had left.
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