HIS KIDS

PRESENT TIME

LUPES POV

THE SONG "ILL BE MISSING YOU" BY DIDDY CAME COULD BE HEARD IN MY ROOM AS MY ALARM GOES OFF TO GET UP AND GET READY FOR WORK, I GRAB MY PHONE AND GO TO THE BATHROOM AND TAKE A SHOWER BEFORE GOING IN TO MY CLOSET AND PUTTING ON ONE OF MY WORK UNIFORMS. AS I WALK TO MY SISTERS ROOM TO WAKE HER UP I GO THROUGH MY EMAIL AND MAKE SURE I HAD SENT YOU ALL THE MEETING APPOINTMENTS TO MY BOSS MR. DE LA VEGA, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND IT WAS THE PERFECT JOB FOR ME BECAUSE IT ALLOWED ME TO GO TO COLLEGE ONLINE AT NIGHT AND WHILE I WAS ON MY LUNCH BREAK WHICH HELPED ME TO THE POSITION I AM AT RIGHT NOW.

"MARIA TIME TO GET UP OR WE WILL BOTH BE LATE" I SAID

"YEAH IM UP, IM ALMOST DONE GETTING READY" SHE SAID

"OKAY IM GOING TO GO MAKE BREAKFAST, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT" I ASKED

"I JUST WANT SOME FRUIT AND YOGURT" SHE SAID

"OKAY EGGS, BACON AND TOAST IT IS" I SAY

I WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS AS I HEAR MY SISTER SAY THAT THAT WASNT WHAT SHE WANTED BUT SHE WILL END UP EATING IT ANYWAYS, ONCE IN THE KITCHEN I GOT TO THE FRIDGE AND GET THE EGGS, BACON AND THE BUTTER OUT. I THEN HEAD TO THE CABNETS AND GET THE BREAD BEFORE HEADING TO THE COUNTER TOP AND SETTING EVERYTHING ON IT, I GET TWO PANS OUT AND START COOKING THE BACON AND THE EGGS. WHEN THE EGGS AND THE BACON ARE DONE I PUT THE BREAD IN THE TOASTER AND START TO SERVE OUR PLATES AS I HEAR MY SISTER WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS, WHEN SHE GETS TO THE KITCHEN SHE SITS DOWN AND WE EAT OUR BREAKFAST IN SILENCE.

"MARIA PLEASE TRY NOT TO GET INTO TROUBLE TODAY, I GOT ALOT OF WORK TODAY AND I CANT GO GET YOU UNDERSTAND" I SAY

"YES I UNDERSTAND BUT LAST TIME WASNT MY FAULT LUPE, THAT b***h SHOULDNT HAVE TALKED LIKE THAT ABOUT MOM AND DAD" SHE SAID

"I KNOW BUT TRY TO BE THE MATURE ONE AND WALK AWAY TODAY IF SHE STARTS ANYTHING OKAY" I SAY

"FINE, I WILL DO MY BEST" SHE SAID

"THATS ALL I ASK FOR" I SAY

WHEN WE FINISH EATING WE PLACE OUR DISHES ON THE DISH WASHER AND WE TURN IT ON, WE HEAD TO THE FRONT DOOR AND WE GRAB OUR THINGS FOR OUR DAY. WHILE I CLOSE AND LOCK THE HOUSE DOOR MARIA HEADS TO THE CAR AND GETS IN THE PASANGER SEAT, I WALK TO THE DRIVER SIDE AND PLACE MY STUFF IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE MY CAR BEFORE I GET IN THE CAR AND DRIVE MY SISTER TO SCHOOL BEFORE I HEAD TO THE DE LA VEGA INDUSTRIES. ONCE I GET TO THE COMPANY I PARK MY CAR ON MY PARKING SPACE AND HEAD INSIDE STRAIGHT FOR THE ELEVATOR, WHEN THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN I GET IN AND PRESS FLOOR 34 TO GET TO MR. DE LA VEGAS OFFICE WHERE I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS READY FOR ALL THE MEETINGS MR. DE LA VEGA IS GOING TO HAVE TODAY.

BY LUNCH TIME MR. DE LA VEGA HAS HAD 3 MEETINGS AND HE STILL HAS 3 MORE TO GO, THE LAST ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SINCE IT NEEDS MORE TIME AND ATTENTION I DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE DID IT LAST THAT WAY WE WOULD BE ABEL TO GET OUT OF HERE BY 4 SO I COULD HAVE TIME TO GO GET MY SISTER FROM SCHOOL. BY THE TIME 2 COMES AROUND I START TO GET THE MEETING ROOM READY FOR THE LAST MEETING OF THE DAY WHICH IS THE LAST ONE AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ONES EARLIER TODAY, WHEN I HAVE EVERYTHING READY I MAKE SURE THAT MR. DE LA VEGA IS READY FOR THE MEETING AND HAS ALREADY REVIEWED ALL THE NOTES THAT I HAD PLACED ON HIS DESK REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING AND OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES THAT HE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE AND GET THROUGH THIS MEETING.

IT IS 330 AND THE MEETING SHOULD BE OVER BY NOW SO I START TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS READY FOR ME TO LEAVE, I WALK IN TO MR. DE LA VEGAS OFFICE AND PLACE THE NEW CONTRACTS THAT HE HAS TO REVIEW AND SIGN OR PLACE WHAT EVER NOTES OF WHAT HE WOULD LIKE ME TO CHANGE BEFORE HE SIGNS THEM. AS I AM WALKING OUT OF HIS OFFICE I START TO SEE THE DOOR OF THE MEETING ROOM OPENING AND I HEAD TO MY DESK AS FAST AS I CAN BEFORE ANYONE SAW ME, I SAY GOODBYE TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME TO THE MEETING BEFORE I TURN TO MR. DE LA VEGA AND TELL HIM THAT I HAD PLACED THE NEW CONTRACTS FOR HIM TO REVIEW ON HIS DESK, HE HANDS ME THE ENVELOPE THAT MOST LIKELY CONTAINS THE CONTRACT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SIGNED TODAY BEFORE HE TELLS ME TO GO HOME AND HAVE A GOOD DAY AND TO SAY HI TO MY SISTER FOR HIM WHICH I TELL HIM THAT I WILL DO BEFORE HE WALKS BACK TO HIS OFFICE AND CLOSES THE DOOR AND I GRAB MY THINGS AND HEAD TO PICK UP MY SISTER FROM SCHOOL AND HEAD HOME.