Chapter 2 Chapter 2
“Go inside, Fab,” Frank, her father growled at her.
“Dad?” Fabulous called out as she walked past Kyla. “She… she was insulting me.”
“In now!” he said sternly at her. Fabulous sighed and stormed up the stairs.
Kyla rolled her tongue on the inside of the cheek where she was slapped and she picked up her cloth from the floor, and she walked out towards the gates of the estate. It was a public estate they lived in. The sky was dark already,
“Wait, Kyla.”
She froze as she heard her Uncle’s voice, her hands clamped against her hips and then she gripped it tightly.
“I will give you a place to stay and I will take care of you, Kyla. Be my mistress.”
“Never!”.
Kyla stormed out of the gate into the almost empty dark street. The chills of the cold night made her teeth shake as she walked on the tiled road. She stepped on a little rock and she winced and raised her foot, and that was when she realized she was barefooted.
Six Weeks Later
Kyla sat behind the counter, in a small store, her head resting on the counter, the sound of approaching footsteps made her raise her head. “Thank goodness, a customer,” she muttered to herself as she saw a young man walking towards her, pulling his dog with him on a leash.
“Hey, do you have medium sized canned dog food?” He asked, his tone slightly pitched.
Kyla raised a brow at him, “I do, there is no need to shout.” She passed her hand under the counter and placed it on a can of dog feed, she quickly peeled off the price tag and applied a new one on it with a higher price and then she placed it on the counter.
The customer reached the counter and he picked up the can of dog food, and he looked at the price tag, a frown crawled up his face, and he showed it to her.
“How is this twenty dollars? I bought this for just ten dollars, last week,” he said to her.
Kyla raised the side of her top lip as she stared at him, irritated. “That is the price now, mister… leave it if you don’t want it, I am sure you would see it twenty-five in the next store.”
The customer stared at her for a while, and she rolled her eyes as she was about to take the dog food to keep, the customer shifted it from her reach and pushed a few dollar bills to her.
Kyla took the money and counted it, her lips slightly raised in a smile as she watched the customer leave.
“I guess I would eat a decent dinner tonight,” Kyla said with a smirk, as she walked out of the counter and took off the apron she was wearing.
It was past seven PM today and she closes everyday by six PM. She only had to wait to get a sale, so she would buy something to eat.
She locked the store and walked into the street. She smiled softly as she looked around, it had been weeks on the street and she had to feed daily by her tricky means, like how she did in the shop to get a few extra bucks.
Kyla spends her day in the store as a sales person, and her nights in a guest house where she would work night shifts and then spend the night in a room as payment for her job.
As Kyla walked down the store to the guest house, she saw a young kid wearing just a pair of torn pants sitting by the side of the road. She slowed down her steps as she studied the kid.
She noticed he was shivering a bit, she halted and looked around, not finding anyone else around, she walked up to the kid.
“Hey… it’s cold out here, why are you here… shirtless?” she asked as she ran her eyes over his body.
The kid looked up at her and slowly got up from the ground, “I am hungry, miss.”
Kyla gulped as she heard him speak, his voice was so tiny, it pierced her heart and she smiled at him, softly. “I am hungry too, let’s go get something to eat.”
Kyla took off her jacket, leaving behind her tiny straps, knee length, flair dress. She helped the child into the jacket. “Thank you, miss.”
Kyla smiled and ruffled his hair as she took his hand and headed towards a restaurant. They got in and Kyla ordered a plate of food and paid the bill of twenty dollars.
As she carried the food to the table, she placed it in front of the kid, so he would eat. The kid dug in immediately, and she stared at the kid amused as he ate in a hurry.
The kid looked up, licking his lips and he frowned at Kyla, “Are you not eating, miss?”
Kyla smiled, “I am not that hungry… I will eat later,” she lied. That was the last money on her, so she would have to sleep hungry till the next day, when she makes a good sale in the store, with her trick.
“Are you married?”
Kyla raised a brow at the kid. She was taken aback by the question. She blinked and shook her head.
“Do you believe in love?”
Kyla’s jaw dropped. She crossed her arms over her chest as she stared at the kids with narrowed eyes. “How old are you?”
“Pst… twelve… I’m just curious, I have seen you pass by for weeks, but you have always been alone.”
“Hmm…” Kyla sighed and then she placed her elbow on the table as she placed her chin on her palm. “I do believe in love… I know someday, I will find the one for me.”
Kyla was smiling quite a lot as she stared into space, the kid had to snap a finger in front of her to bring her back to reality.
Kyla blinked at the kid, then she looked at her watch, before she jumped off her seat. It was almost time for her night shift.
“Bye kid… I have to go to work, I will check on you tomorrow,” Kyla said to him as she ran out. Before the kid could say thank you for the meal, she had crossed the door.
Kyla hurried through the street as she rushed towards the guest house. She can’t afford to miss work, else she would not have a roof over her head, tonight.
Kyla got to the gate and the security guard stopped her at the gate. “Miss, are you a staff or a guest?”
Kyla rolled her eyes as she slugged her shoulders and turned to him. “A guest,” she groaned.
“You can’t go in, Miss…”
Kyla looked at her watch to see that she was already ten minutes late. She had been in this situation before and no amount of begging would make the security guard allow her in, so she just turned and walked away.
Kyla looked across the street, she saw a celebration going on up ahead. Her face lit up, but her grumbling stomach made her frown as she rubbed it. She crossed the street and entered the party.
The lights were heavy and the people dressed nicely, they were eating too. “They must be rich, maybe I might get something to eat here tonight.”
“In your dreams.”
Kyla went stiff as she heard the voice behind her.