Going to work today was like an Herculean task.
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I mean, my body was already getting used to the holiday. How again would I start waking up early and running off to work because, I was trying to avoid being late.
Heck! The thought of that weakens me.
I dressed up in the usual orange and milk coloured skirt. I remembered I hadn't cleaned my shoe the previous day in readiness for work today.
Pains, I felt. Serious one. This work of a thing is just so tiring. I had even told my sister of how I wished that I could stay at home, while money finds it way to my doorstep.
You may call it laziness, I was just tired of... many things.
I eventually cleaned up the shoes and packaged my food in a small cooler. Oh, I was going to need some amount of money to buy snacks later that day.
My sister, God bless her heart. She gave me some of her biscuits and gala and even gave me a drink. Annoying she was, but I still love her.
I hurried off to work, one would think I was being chased. I was already sweating before I got to work.
"Ms. Clara, you're looking good today." He had said.
I can't say if I was happy with such compliment or annoyed. The feeling was kind of mixed.
First, what exactly made me beautiful? It was my usual uniform I wore, not like he was seeing it for the first time.
Next, I was sweating. I don't usually look good when I'm sweating. But then, hearing that I'm beautiful revived the butterflies in my stomach.
I only smiled to his compliment and continued with my day's activities.
It was after closing hours. He walked up to me again with that smile. Something in told me to shun him but, I loved the feeling of butterflies in me, I smiled back at him.
"Would you mind going out with me for dinner?" He asked, smiling widely.
I found myself stuttering. Was it the butterflies? Had they suddenly moved to my mouth?
Finally, I agreed to go with him. "A dinner, nothing else. I also need to take my mind off the stress. There's no harm in it. By the way, I'm a grown up", I told myself.
I beeped my sister and told her I'd be returning late. I didn't tell her where I was going to because I knew she would ask me to return home and even begin to bring up cases of people being kidnapped.
We eventually got to the restaurant. One big restaurant, so beautiful and... How else can I even explain it?
I decided to go for something light. A juice with a plate of rice. He also went for the same thing with me.
We got engaged in discussing about different things. We talked about work and the stress, we talked about the other members of staffs, we even talked about the gate man. That man, he was very funny.
Gradually, we drifted to another kind of discussion. This time, I found myself drawing closer to him and I discovered he was touching some parts of my body but, I just couldn't stop him.
"You know, we could just make it up to ourselves in one of these rooms around." He said, casually.
I honestly don't know how I managed to agree but all I remember was that after everything, he rained abuses on me. It was a planned job and I couldn't help but think of how cheap I fell.
How do I tell this to my sister?
