on the other side

CHAPTER 2 ( TURNING POINT)

Seraphim's pov :

It was Natasha “b***h can't you knock like every other normal person does” I said, she was drunk, she wasn't answering any of the questions I was asking her “now what have you gotten yourself into” she still didn't answer. She went to the toilet to vomit because she had drank too much. Now I had to clean her up, regardless of how tired I was after cleaning her up, she slept off, and by now I wasn't feeling sleepy anymore. I watched her snore and sleep so peacefully, she interrupted my sleep, and now was snoring.

I left the room and went to Nana's room, she slept so peacefully. Nana was a very jovial person; she always had a smile on her face regardless of the situation she was in, and now she wore that same smile even while sleeping. I couldn't even imagine a life without her in it. I left there for the sitting room. I sat on one of the couches and started surfing through the Internet, when a message was sent to my email about a competition that involved a huge amount of money, I couldn't believe it. The registration was going to be done online, so I immediately signed up and patiently waited for feedback.

The next day, I got to work and started the usual cleaning and setting up. Mrs Regina came in. “Good morning, ma'am, ” I said, “Well morning to you too, ehhm that reminds me, did you see the message I sent to your email?” “Yes, I did, and I am really grateful, Mrs Regina, I really am,” it's fine, she said. I was really happy. The competition was going to be held next Friday. The week ran by really fast, and Friday was here already. I woke up as early as possible, got ready for the competition, and looked my best.

On my way, there was horrible traffic, “ no, no, no, not today, not now” I said, I started feeling like bad luck was after me that day. An hour later, I got out of the traffic, I was dropped off at this beautiful hotel, which had “ ELEGANTE” written so boldly at the top of it. It was so beautiful I could stare at it for a whole week, but I was late already, so this wasn't the right time to drool at any buildings. Out of haste, I ran into the building at speed and then I hit this man, and my bag fell down. I bent to pick it without even looking at the face of the person I hit. Just as I was about to stand up, he pulled me up with force and said “are you blind” I immediately said I was sorry, but he kept on ranting and of course wasting my time, I couldn't take it anymore, so I just loosened his grip and walked out on him.

Finally I was there, where the competition was going to take place. There were ten of us there, all of them were looking so good and gorgeous that I somehow already knew I wasn't going to win, even before the competition started. Anyways the competition started, the host introduced himself.

Jayden's POV:

“Good afternoon ladies, I'm sure by now you all know why you're here, oh sorry you don't”, he laughed, “well it's not that hard, you all would wait here and I'll call you according to your numbers, then get back to you later, so number 1, follow me.

Seraphim's POV:

Damn, I was the last number, what exactly were they even saying in there? they took so much time I waited almost 3 hours, almost every other lady came out smiling, and I kept on thinking what the f**k was making them smile, and then finally, a slim lady came out and called “number 10 you're in now”. “Thank goodness” I said as I stood up, she opened the door and ushered me in, Mr Jayden offered me a seat and I said thank you. The office was really big. It smelled like cash, pure,raw cash, I kept on being illusional until he snapped at me by asking me “how are you?” I'm fine, I said, there was a moment of silence which made everything awkward for a while, until someone walked in. It was the man I hit by mistake the other time, he gave me a look of disgust as he walked past me to Mr Jayden, “wow, they know each other” I said to myself, “what did you say?” He asked “ nothing” I answered, he scoffed and left there staring at me. This time I knew for sure I wasn't getting this contract, I already screwed up, I started overthinking everything single thing, I couldn't even focus on the questions he was asking me.

He asked me a few questions and told me I could leave. I went out and sat with the other ladies, I sat beside a brown skinned lady with her hair in a ponytail, she was beautiful, really pretty, I tried to start a convo to make things look less quiet and awkward but she wasn't responding, so I gave up. Not long after that Mr Jayden and the other man I bumped into passed us by.

GREY'S POV:

We walked into the office, and I kept on thinking “ohh so she's here for the contract stuff too” Jayden snapped me out of the thoughts “ soo who do we pick” he asked me , I didn't hesitate at all, I immediately answered “ the last one” now she'll have pay for disrespecting me the other time, I thought. Jayden asked me why her? I said I just felt like her.

This is going to be soo fun! I went out with Jayden and we went ahead to tell miss Seraphim that she got the contract, she signed some papers and the deal was done.