“And what did you say?” He asked curiously. “ I refused straight up,” I responded as I turned to go back to wash my utensils. “ Why the hell would you refuse such a good offer thou?” He asked behind me. Was he dumb, can’t he see that I didn’t want to lose my friends that I’d been with for over a year. I just rolled my eyes. “Because of you dummy, I don’t want to loose my job and my friends ,” I turned and explained everything to him. “And you think I want you in this stinky place with your hands rotting away, girl, you are my best friend and my job is to offer positions to people like us, in order for us to marry people like Mateo and fit in the society, not because I want you to settle for less, no way, You will take that job so that your position can be taken by one of us who

