In love with my Nightmare

The payment

They walked into their apartment. They lived on the second floor so, they either took the stair or the cranky elevator.

There were 100 rooms in the building 5 floors, 20 apartments each.

Fiona held her breath until they got to the door of their room. She picked the note on the floor and gave to her sister.

Erica read the payment reminder slip sent by the owner of the apartment.

I’ll go see him today.

She opened the door into their not so beautiful apartment. They had a picture of their late mother hung on the wall. The room was painted blue with patches of white, giving it a cloud like look.

A table and a chair rested by the right, the kitchen was in the room and the bathroom space was just behind it, leading to the bedroom.

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You could have given me a call or better stilled waited for me to return, rather than pasting a notice on my door. You know I do not like it when Fiona sees such. She yelled at him and dropped the notes on the table. Count it!

Erica, I know you are upset, but…he wetted his fingers with the tip of his tongue and continued counting the bills.

Erica looked at him with disgust and waited patiently for him to confirm the payment she had made.

Thank you Garett. Have you confirmed it?

Yes, thank you Erica.

She banged his door behind him and returned to her room.

What are you reading? She asked Fiona

It’s a story is “the tortoise and the hare”. Did you know, life isn’t always about speed, sometimes we have to be patient and what we are looking for will come to us. Well, that does not necessarily mean we should sit doing nothing but while working for ourselves, we should be patient.

Erica stared at her in amazement. So, in essence what are you trying to say?

In summary “slow and steady wins the race”…

Erica laughed and shook her head, she placed her right hand on Fiona’s left shoulder, and whispered in her ears; “fast and consistent wins the race”.

That’s a lie, you don’t expect me to believe you, do you?

Tell me little sis, have you ever seen a slow racer winning a race?

Yes, big sis she responded with so much confidence.

Don’t say the tortoise…

The tortoise! Fiona screamed in her sister’s face and they both laughed.

Big sis…

Yes? Lil’ sis.

When do we start getting our bags packed?

Oh! Let’s fix something to eat first, then we’ll check our bags for the best clothes and pack a few. It’s for two nights right?

But sis, we still have some money, why not buy new clothes, those people are very rich and we can’t appear before them with our rags, she smirked.

Firstly, we don’t put on rags.

Secondly, spending money on clothes just to impress people you barely know is not ideal.

Thirdly, yes we have money but I want us to move out of this place so, I have saving up, that aside, you can’t predict what the future holds, so, it’s advised to have some cash saved up for emergencies.

How much did Annie give you? Fiona asked Erica

Well, truthfully, she gave us a bundle of fifty thousand dollars, she responded.

Fiona told her, that was enough for us to get just a few clothes and she said all she could to convince her older sister. Erica asked her to hold on while she made dinner.

While eating, Fiona did not stop begging Erica to spend just a little money.

Erica finally gave in to her request and told her they would pay a visit to the mall the next day but that would mean Fiona would miss school and follow her to her place of work. She agreed and for a few minutes they were both silent…

I saw Mr. Alex today at the ice cream place. I know I told you already but do you know he is unmarried? Imagine getting you married to him, we will forever be in wealth. And I will be the sister in law of a billionaire and maybe I’ll someday be a billionaire also. I am so excited about tomorrow, I don’t think I can sleep tonight, I wish I could close my eyes and wake up at the Osborn Estate.

Ahhhhh! I am so excited right now, my joy could fill a bottle of wine and pop up. I can’t help but imagine how big his bed would be, I am sure it is bigger than this house, not to mention his room. Have you ever seen him? Sis

Erica dropped her fork and looked at her blabbing sister. If I give you a response will you stop talking?

Yes, I pinky promise.

Okay. I don’t know him, I have never seen him, and I don’t care about him. I am doing this just for you.

Fiona got up and walked to her sister and gave her a hug.

Thank you for being a mum and a sister. I love you.

I love you more my baby.

Just then, a knock at the door interrupted their moment…