ia'
tell it was about to rain as darkness s
not far from me and I tilt my head gently to see the
ed to notice when the
e to him before alighting the veh
him without looking back a
ie" before
reath and lifted my eyes to see t
ectly mowed square lawn except for the narrow bri
to meet him at the bungalow we had on this partic
onger to see him because this could on
is bungalow during vacations and uniqu
y was
times and decided to go in
strolled in and as I did, said w
ill and I could only imagine he w
ct like a kid around me
my little lips as I took the corr
always hide in one o
table
oved open the door and what
ized me
of blood that swam slowly and spread
ed all over the green
l and my ears were instantly clo
and let my scream at the hig
.
.
.
beads of sweat scattered all over my spotle
ed my head 90 degrees to see the employees of the company whisp
omputer screen in front of them and I wiped
ck did I f
Consolidated; the big tech company in the city for th
k on the waiting chair to see some of the
dy screaming 'PapĂ '
a long face, cursed inter
pect me when I ge
. Grey approaching in her black cropped tuxedo blazer and the
who asked me to sit and wait while she infor
y never showed up until my
anded as she approached with
saying, "That's right. I'm Sofia. " I wiped my face
d, "I'm um sorry, Miss Sofia, my manager picked someone else already.
an angry Borneo carpenter bee and I tri
hat specie years ago a
void feeling that
voice cracked. I was
if there's ever a vacant spot in the c
in was slowly let out. "Don't fvcking call me ma'
I need is an opportunity to prove myself. Just give m
ate was gradua
face to me with a narrow look. "You need a college deg
olite but I could see
er hire someone with
e calm with Mrs. Grey who wasn't hars
strolled towards the e
would never let me wa
ed I was at the fact that I
o were once again giggling at me w
s trying to get a job
and tightened my middle finger at them, keeping
of paper. You know what? One day, y'all will see me at the top and will regret this day because I'll torme
lly let out to dribble down my chee
g in my head and had no idea how far I'd run until I
e uncontrolled and my eyes, wel
rejected me in just a day bec
y to see what I could
lady would have zero
me, Sof
is Sofia Di Marco and
some murder of my father in Naples city of
fe was wasted
my mother; was a Native
rain tumour whe
her and looked noth
blonde hair, the green eyes, t
was jealous even if h
coding with the system I had and that w
ination; an event that changed my ent
traight on repelling suicidal thou
ys try to
t my last 5-dollar note inside,
ch I had left to survi
ould try grabbing the per-time job of
ping but typically anything
k about flagging a t
I mumbled to myself when my pho
out the device to see it wa
igits to anyone, ever, yet someone tries a
that
took the call and almost immediately,
Dante, the professional