BETRAYED

CHAPTER 2: STUCK IN MY WAY

"Bye!" Savannah yells as she gets into her dads car and I wait for it to speed away so that I could I walk the other way from the cafe 

I look at my phone to see if I had any messages from my family but none,(20:00pm) I walk home myself which normally takes about an 1 hour but today I walked quick so it was only 45 minutes besides I cannot afford to get the bus it's just too expensive. Once I get home I go to my sisters room who is lying in her bed sleeping, I stroke the hair out her face and kiss her head

'Why is it the special ones who get the worst outcomes?' A tear slides out my eyes and wipe it 

I've been taken care of my sister ever since I found out the news of her having cancer which was a complete shock to me considering none of my other family members have had it before. Without a mum who ran away and a deadbeat dad it's just me and her in the long run. I need to work night, morning every time to pay for her treatment and even though and I am a long way away from paying for it,  I just want the best for her, hence the reason I starve myself 

"Natalia you're home" She stirs out her sleep and I smile "Yeah, just got back" "You look sad" "I'm not! I am happy" "Good cause I was starting to get bored" I giggle and she sits up "Anything exciting happen at work today?" She asks me with great interest and my thoughts go back to River "Nah same old same old" She nods and stands up and I copy her "Anything to eat?" "What do you wanna eat?" "Pizza?" "Anything for you" She hugs me and I feel sad knowing I might not have this anymore, all I need is a proper job to fully pay for her treatment, so I decided that tomorrow I would go out into the city with no degree nothing and find a better job 

and so I did.

Next day

"Where you going?" My sister asks me putting on her trainers as she sees my smartly dressing up "No where" I reply handing her 10 dollars for transport and food "Really because I see makeup and that's a rare sight" I blush and smile "Job interview" She gasps "REALLY?" I nod and she hugs me "Do you not like the cafe anymore?" "I do, I might work both, but if I get it that is" 

"To where?" She asks intrigued "Well I'm not sure but I was looking at some places yesterday and they said you didn't need a degree just bring cv and come"  "That's so cool Natalia, they are absolutely going to love you" "I hope they do" She takes her coat and I stand there nervously "And Nat?" "Yeah" "Take a bus" She teases me and I shake my head "OkaY bye!" She leaves and soon I leave after to the city

city(i'm trying not to make it like specific so you can properly imagine you in the book, but if I was thinking of a city it'd either be New York, SEOUL or London:)

I walk into a building called 'CRAIGS ENTERTAINMENT' and I look around adoring this beautiful architecture in front of me. It was so big I nearly dropped staring at it "Do you need help?" A woman in front of me says who is at a desk and I swallow and walk towards her "Hey, sorry, I mean Good afternoon, I am here for a job interview" She looks me up and down which makes me look at her weird and then she point behind me to the lifts "8th floor, just take the lifts up" I nod and turn to the lifts "Thanks" I say walking away 

This place was a company for upcoming artists so I assumed the people managing it would be old and mature so basically my kind of people, I smile at the fact I could use that to my advantage

I get into the lift when it arrives and so does a bunch of other people, they smell so good and look really smart and rich and I've never felt more out of place I just wanted to leave and head straight to the cafe but when the lift pings to signal floor 8, I knew it was too late now. I squeeze out surprised the floors goes further up and walk to yet another reception "Afternoon, I am here for a job interview" "Name?" She doesn't even look up which was so rude "Natalia" "Full name" "Natalia Vigzik" She types away whilst I just stand there not knowing what to do "Just go into that room you'll be called in a while" I nod and then walk into the room which is shockingly filled with so many beautiful women and I sigh 

'I should just leave' I think to myself but I find an empty seat in the bunch of women and looking down not wanting to get even more scared I sit down in that seat 

An hour goes past and peoples name get called constantly and the crowd gets smaller and smaller, then another hour and another, till 4 hours go past and I begin to get tired since I am now the only one in this stupid waiting room. I breathe in and out contemplating and just stand up to leave knowing there was no point trying since I wouldn't get it anyways "Where you going Natalia?" I stop in my track and swallow knowing where that exact same voice was from, the voice I could barely forget 

I breathe in and turn around to see River with his hands in his pockets and I scream in my head 'and my luck follows me' "Huh?" I turn around pretending to be dumb "I said where were you going Natalia?" "Oh, me? I was just gonna go to the toilet" "Oh really?" He raises his brows and I nod lying straight to his face "Could you hold it a bit longer until the end of this interview?" He says as we lock eye contact and I break it away straight away and nod "Yeah, yeah I can" I say out of breath with my heart race a million miles per hour 

"Come in then" He walks into the office and I walk behind him, then he shuts the door behind me "What's the girl from the coffee shop doing here then?" He pulls out a chair for me and I sit saying thanks and he walks around the desk to his seat

"Well, I just wanted a new job..." "Only reason?" He crosses his arms togethers "Yes, sir?" "Sir? Where did that come from?" I look up at him and he looks quite amused "Just out of respect" I say and he shakes his head "Alright but just call me Mr Kim" "Okay" "You're not very chatty are you?" "I could be" "I like that, don't like talkative assistants " He says to himself "Assistants? Wait is this job for an assistant" I look at him confused and he smiles confused "Don't know what you signed up for?" "I wasn't really sure, I just came" He 'ohs' and sits up "Well, I've been needing a qualified assistant for a long time and looking at this cv you don't seem to rise to this occasion" I bow my head and nod "Yeah I understand, thank you though" I stand up and take my stuff "Don't feel bad, it's just what I need to keep this company running" "It is okay, Mr Kim I already knew" "Smile" He teases me which I find a little weird considering how rude he was acting in the cafe "I am" I give into his joke and he scoffs and strokes his face 

"How bad do you need a job?" "It's okay, thanks for your time" I turn and quickly walk to the door "You got a job" I stop and turn to him confused "I know" "No I mean here, you've got one" My eyes widen and I accidentally drop everything "Sorry, I am so sorry" I drop and pick it all up "Not as my assistant but my deputy assistant, the things my assistant cannot do will be passed on to you, do you think you can handle the workload" I look up at him from the floor and nod "Yeah, I promise" "Okay, the assistant I hire will call you in a few days and arrange payment and tell you about the days you should be coming in" "Okay" I nod listening to hime carefully "Which is everyday, if you didn't realise already" He puts on a manly face and I keep nodding like an i***t "That's fine" I stand up with a huge smile on my face 

"It's just around the back, you'll see the sign" He says randomly and I squint at him as I am not sure what he means "The toilet, or you don't need it no more?" He literally mimicked me from the cafe but I just pretend I didn't realise "Oh, thanks" I turn to the door and open it "See you soon Natalia" "Yeah" I breathe out once I leave the office and I head straight to the lift and finally start to think again when the doors close "What the hell?" I say to myself as memories of what happened comes back to me, 'His scent can make a girl go on her knees wow he smells absolutely amazing' I crush on him even more then realise something 'I am going to be seeing him everyday omg no' I gasp and hold my mouth

The lift then stops on 4th floor signalling someone coming in so I straighten up and move back. When the door opens a man walk in and I recognise him instantly. It's the man from the cafe, the blonde one who spoke the most out of all of them 'wOW 2/3 GOD really just loves me' I put my head down so he didn't realise me but I was too late 

"Do I know you from somewhere?"