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HER POV
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When I woke up the next morning, I realized I had made the most stupid and absurd decision.
I trusted a complete stranger with my life. I actually got into his car and let him take me to a hotel??
What if he was one of them? what if they sent him to get me? this is so bad.
I immediately dashed into the bathroom and took a shower and brushed my teeth so I could go to work.
I was going to have to beg my boss to let me stay at the Cafe for a couple of days until I get a place to sleep... again.
When I got to the room I noticed there was a red dress sitting at the edge of the room, it wasn't mine so I'm guessing room service brought it.
Damn it I Just remembered I left my suitcase under that tree last night, I doubt it'll still be there this morning.
I just wore it anyways and dashed out of the hotel and headed to work.
"Elisa you're late", my boss said immediately I got in.
"I'm sorry ma'am, i-"
"I genuinely don't want to hear it, here take this to table five", she said handing me a tray.
I sighed and went to table five, delivered the tray and then went back to her .
"Ma'am please I need to talk to you", I said
"No I'm not giving you a raise, you came to work 30 minutes late, you think I'd even put you up for consideration?", she asked.
"No no it's... it's not that, it's something personal", I said.
She stopped what she was doing.
"I got kicked out last night ".
"By Carlos?".
I nodded.
"Well you saw it coming, I already told you it was gonna happen ".
"I know the thing is right now I don't even have where to sleep, a stranger had to pay for me last night, I want to get an apartment, I'll get one this week, either that or a motel, I've saved enough, I just need to go get it, what I'm asking is that you please let me sleep here for two nights maximum ".
She already looked like she was going to say no.
"Please please, I'll be the first person to open the Cafe, I'll clean everywhere up before you even come to work, no one will even know I'm staying here and you trust me, you've said it before that I'm your most trusted employee, so please ma'am, I'm just asking for two days, please ".
She sighed.
"Two days Elisa ", she said.
"Thank you ma'am, thank you so much ", i said almost on my knees.
Mrs Smith was her name, she was the meanest and also the most compassionate. No one ever messes with her but they knew she had a good heart.
I got to work immediately, started working extra extra hard just so I could impress her.
"Hey you", my best friend Angela greeted. She worked afternoon shift while I worked morning and night with the others.
"You won't guess what happened to me last night"
"What happened, did Carlos hit you again?".
"Worse ", I said,"He chased me out of the house ".
She gasped shocked, "Are you serious?".
"I wished it was a joke".
"But... wait where did you sleep last night?".
"Some stranger that almost knocked me over paid for my hotel when I told him i was homeless ".
"Did you sleep with him?".
"Oh no no God no, I'm just glad he didn't ask for anything in return gladly, I'm guessing he's a godsend angel or something ".
"But you could have called me or something, I would have helped you ".
"And your four brothers? hell no way I'd want to inconvenience you ".
"So where are you gonna be staying?".
"I've saved enough to get a small apartment , doesn't have to be anything expensive, maybe just a room at Lubert Street, their houses there are kinda decent, I'll just sleep here at the Cafe till I get one there".
"I'm sorry Eli" she said giving me a hug.
"It's ok, I'll be fine, I saw it coming anyways ", I said with a chuckled.
A sad one.
My shift was paused so I went to the other place I work at in the afternoon. It was a cleaning agency
I had a house to clean, gladly today's own wasn't so terrible. It was just a newly constructed house.
I was done in two hours and then I headed back to the Cafe.
Soon as I walked in I noticed something wasn't right. Everywhere was quiet.
Angela was looking at me as if there was a gunned man behind me or something.
Without looking around, I walked straight to the counter to meet her.
"What's going on?", I asked her.
"There's... there's someone here to see you, he's been waiting for over an hour now", she said.
"Who?".
"Behind you".
"Who is the person and why do you look scared as hell".
She swallowed hard, "Eli why is he looking for you? did you do something bad?".
"Who is this person you're talking about and why do you looked scared as f**k?", I asked again.
"Behind you", she said.
I turned around and there's the face of a very familiar man dressed in his usual all black attire with armed men beside him.
"I guess Red really is your color", he said.
I swallowed hard .
Why did he follow me here? what is he doing here?
Is he here to take me back to my past?
I slowly walked to him, Mrs Smith was shaking at the other side of the room, like she was scared for me.
Who is he
I swallowed hard, "How can I help you?", I asked in the most professional voice possible.
"I want a cup of your finest tea and your attention", he said .
"I...I can get you the tea but I'm afraid not my attention, I have to work ".
"I was told your shift doesn't start until an hour, so I think I have your time".
"I'm sorry but uhm-"
"Yes sir, you can have her attention, she's free", Mrs Smith said faking a smile.
"I'll get you the tea", she said and came to my shoulder.
"Do what he says if you don't want to die ", she said in between the smile.
That sent a shiver down my spine.
"Are you stalking me now?", I asked.
"No".
"So how do you know I work here?".
"You said it yesterday when you asked me to drop you off here".
I nodded, "What do you want?".
He smirked, "Actually first of all I came to the hotel and they said you already ran away so I had to find you ".
"Of course you wanted something, after all the self-righteous talk last night, you could have left me on the street you know ".
"I don't want anything in return, I'm actually here to make a proposal ".
I scoffed, "What proposal?".
"How old are you?", he asked.
Lie.
"17"
That was the most stupid lie I had ever lied in my life.
I could have even said 19
He smirked, "That's funny cuz your profile here said you're 22", he said dropping a file on my desk.
It had a well detailed profile of myself.
"You have a brother who is in his final year in highschool, he's 18."
"When did you do all this digging?".
"Last night ".
"For the last time, who are you, and what do you want?".
He leaned forward.
"My name is Ace, I'm the founder of Ace Automobile, and I want you to be my s*x partner".
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