Next To You

Chapter 3

I arrived at the hotel, my interview was at 9 am, it was almost that now. I meant to arrive earlier, but my hairbrush was stuck in my hair for ten minutes. I rolled my eyes, I'm such a clumsy person. Leave it to me to get into such a mess on the day of a job interview.

"Hi, I'm here for a job interview", I asked someone at a desk. "Go sit over there and someone will be with you shortly." It was an older man behind the counter. I walked over to a small desk. I waited 20 minutes before a tall slender woman that looked to be in her early 30's greeted me. "Hello, I'm Rose" the woman held out her hand and I shook it. "You must be Camille." I nodded. "Okay let's see"...She asked me a series of questions, then closed her notebook. "Thank you for coming I'll get back to you soon." she smiled. After the interview I went back to the coffee shop, Beth had a worried expression. "My husband is very sick again? Can you run the shop today? I'll show you quickly what to do" "Sure I can" Beth quickly showed me the prices and how to use the register, which I already knew how to use, I used to work at a grocery store. "Go ahead and go, it will be fine here. I wish your husband the best." I assured her. "Thank you, usually, he's always there helping me, but since last month he's been extremely ill. I need to take him to the hospital." Beth rushed out and left me with the responsibility of running the coffee shop. I hope her husband would be okay.

A few customers came in, it was a slow day. Beth permitted me to go ahead close up a little early. Later that afternoon, the hotel called and told me to come over.

I took a quick shower and dressed casually and walked over.

I entered the hotel, several people were waiting to get rooms.

An older gentleman ran over to me. Congrats you're hired, but we need you to start now, we're short-staffed... "Okay" I agreed and was handed a black uniform. Long-sleeve, button-up shirt, black pants and black shoes. I quickly hurried and changed. I gathered cleaning supplies and sheets and started on the rooms that were assigned to me. It wasn't too bad until I went into a VIP suite. It was so big and I knew that it must be a regular or someone who lived there from what I observed. There was a huge fridge also. There was even a washer and dryer in the room. I've never seen a hotel room so big. It looked like a house or an apartment. I picked up some shirts, a few socks, and towels. I started in the living room and worked my way to the bathroom area which is where the washer and dryer was.

I was just about done when I tripped over the mop and heard a loud crash. I turned to look, I knocked a vase over that looked like it cost the price of two college tuitions. Darn, can I not be clumsy for a whole day.I panicked, trying to figure out what to do. I called the front desk and told them what I'd done, now I had to sit and wait on someone's arrival when I just started working, it felt scary and embarrassing.

A few minutes later, Rose cane in. Her arms were crossed and she looked displeased. "Please tell me how this happened?" she demanded while making a call. "I tripped", I mumbled with my head down. "I hire you today and you destroy the CEOs room?" I gasped..."The CEO?" I exclaimed. "Of course, who else would have a room like this? I'll be back, don't move." She barked and slammed the door behind her. I was about to make another mistake, I went over to grab a trash bag and started picking up the broken glass. She came back in and yelled at me for doing so and pushed me away from it, the next thing, I noticed was blood. I cut my finger because of her. "Look what you have done!" She yelled. "You're fired!" Just then a man in a black suit walked in. "What's all the noise about? "he asked quietly. "I just fired the newbie because she broke your vase." Rose announced to the man."Please I need this job." I sobbed quietly holding my hand, it was hurting. "No one is fired just yet." the man walked over to me. At this point, I still didn't see his face and he didn't see mine. "Are you hurt?" I looked up at him as he bent down and I jumped back. It was the man on the bus, he also looked surprised. "You?" he muttered. This day didn't go as planned. I took a deep breath and wished I could zap myself back to the coffee shop.