Building you up

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Tia’s pov

I felt so much anxiety and stress.The bills were piling up and I had blown through my savings while mourning thedeath of my sister and trying to get everything taken care of with adopting mynephew Deacon. Now I had no choice but to find a job. I have applications inall over town but haven’t from anything back yet. I was starting to panic.

I knew I needed to find a good payingjob to keep Deacon in the house my sister and brother in law bought to raisehim in. I heard about a job close to home that was hiring. It was for aconstruction company. I didn’t know anything about construction, but the adsaid it was looking for someone to answer phones and make appointments. Itdidn’t sound too hard. So, I thought why not go in and apply.

When my sister and brother in law died,they didn’t have much money. The funeral costs took what little they had savedup. The house was paid off but the taxes on it were coming due soon. If Ididn’t find a job soon, I would have to sell it.

I called a friend to sit with mynephew while I went and applied for the job. I dressed up and felt good. I feltlike I looked beautiful and professional. There was no way I wouldn’t get thisjob. I drove up to the office of the company. I saw a bunch of guys standingout front laughing. I didn’t think anything of it, so I got out of my car towalk up to the office. Then all of a sudden, I heard them making oinking noisesand calling me a pig. They were all laughing.

If this was the kind of people thatworked here, I wasn’t so sure I wanted any part of it. I about turned around toget ack into my car when the sexiest man I have ever seen came out and startedto scream at the men. I didn’t know who he was, but I was thankful he came tomy rescue. He changed my mind about leaving. If a man like this worked here, Iwanted to be here as well.

I followed him into the office andtold him who I was and who I was there to see. I was mortified when I found outhe was the owner. The very man that came to my recue just mere minutes ago.Part of me wondered what this drool worthy man thought of me. I did like thathe had no tolerance for how the men that worked for him had acted. I gave himmy resume that barely had anything on it. I was only Twenty- two I hadn’tworked very much. I was in school most of my life. I figured there was nochance I would be getting this job, so I was shocked when he told me I couldstart tomorrow. He introduced me to the woman that would be training me thentook off.

She wondered what she had gottenherself into. I mean how can I work with that man every single day. How would Iget any work done? I felt an intense attraction to him. Something I did notneed to be feeling. I had to much going on in my life to worry about some guy.I filled out all the paperwork and hurried home to Deacon. I also couldn’t waitto tell my friend Anna that was watching Deacon all about my new boss. I wascurious to see what she would think about this all. I needed her opinion on howthe guys that worked there acted. I wondered if they would stop now that I wasalso an employee.

When I got home, Deacon was sleepingso I was able to tell Anna everything. She told me to take the job and if themen continued with the harassment to do something about it. She said Skylarsounded like a sweet guy and would probably be a good boss. I felt better aftertalking to her. She left, and Deacon woke up. I fed him and myself. He fellasleep in my arms, so I put him in his crib and headed to bed myself.

I was sound asleep until I heard mynephew cry out. I looked at the clock and it barely read 5:00 a.m. I got up togo get him. He’s been waking up all hours of the night since the night he losthis parents. It was as if he was crying out for them, but sadly they weren’tcoming back. I missed my sister so much. I’m trying to do my best to beeverything he needs.

I needed to be up in a few hours tofor work. I was hoping for a little more sleep than I had gotten. Deaconstopped crying the moment he saw me. I picked him up and he cooed. I changedhis diaper then went to go and get him a bottle. I decided to put Deacon in bedwith me in hopes we could get a little more sleep. I loved this little guy somuch. He just needed to know I hadn’t left him too before he fell back tosleep.

I would do anything to make thislittle guy’s life a little easier. Maybe I should move his crib into my room,so he could see me and know I haven’t left him. My alarm went off and I lookedover at my nephew sleeping so peacefully in my arms. I carefully carried himinto his crib, so I could get ready.

Before long Anna was knocking on thedoor. I hurried to let her in. I was so thankful that she could watch Deaconfor me while I worked. She was someone I knew I could trust with him. I hurriedto take my shower and get dressed for my first day at work. I wasn’t sure whatto wear so I decided and a nice dress and flats. I looked in the mirror and wasa little worried that to much of my curves were on display. Anna said I lookedgreat, so I decided not to change. I went in and gave Deacon a kiss then grabbedmy purse and left.

I was nervous about if I could handlethis job. I knew I would work hard. I needed this job to take care of Deacon. Ipulled into the parking lot and was happy that none of the men from yesterdaywas out front. I walked into the office and was greeted by Maria. I put mypurse under the desk that I was told was mine then went and set by Maria. Sheshowed me how the phones worked and the software on the computer. It seemedsimple enough. She told me to take over and that she would be next to me if Ineeded any help.

So far everything was going great. Ihadn’t seen Skylar yet. I thankfully hadn’t had to deal with any of the otherguys either. I was doing so well on my own that Maria decided to go to lunch.She said if I needed anything to call her that she wouldn’t be gone long. Ifelt confident that everything would be fine.

I heard the door chime and looked upthinking it was Maria coming back because she had forgotten something. Part ofme hoped it would be Skylar, so I could catch a glimpse of him. I looked up tosee one of the guys from yesterday. I decided to just ignore him and continuewith my work. I could feel him looking at me, so I looked up to see what hecould possibly want.

“So, piggy it looks like you got thejob. I don’t like how my job could be on the line because of your fat ass.”

I couldn’t believe the nerve of thisguy. How dare he talk to me like this. How dare he calls me these names. If hethinks I am going to react to him, he is wrong. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before.It’s as if people are intimidated by my curves. I for one love who I am and howI look. I own each and every pound on my beautiful big body. I could tell hewas getting angry that his words had no effect on me. It seemed he wasn’t goingto go away.

“Look don’t you have a job to go door something? I am trying to work here so you should go.”

“Listen here you fat cow you don’ttell me what I need to go do. I will end you. Your nothing here. You shouldn’tbe here.”

I was about to say something when I sawsomeone come up to me. I looked up to see a very angry Skylar. He told the guyhe was fired, and he was to leave immediately, or he would have him arrested.This was not how I wanted my first day to go. I wasn’t so sure this place was agood fit. I had already been harassed twice now.

Skylar kept apologizing to me as ifhe had done something wrong. He promised me nothing like this would ever happenagain. He told me to go ahead and go home and that I would still get paid for afull day. Maria showed up and apologized that she had left early. I told her itwasn’t her fault. She gave me a hug and told me she would see me tomorrow.

If it wasn’t for needing the money Iwould probably just quit. I got in my car and was about to drive off whenSkylar knocked on my window. I jumped because it had scared me. I wondered whatmore he could possibly have to say.

“Hey sorry I didn’t mean to scareyou. I just wanted to say that I truly hope you come back. Maria told me thatyou have learned everything already and did an amazing job today. I have toldmy men if they harass anyone they are fired. I won’t stand for that kind ofbehavior.”

“Thank you for that. I will be heretomorrow for work. I can tell you really care about your company and youremployees I am sure nothing like this will happen again. He was the one thatstarted everything yesterday as well.”

“Well he will no longer be a problem.Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you tomorrow.”

He smiled this heart stopping smileand walked back into work. This man was truly gorgeous and so sweet. That was arare find. Too bad he was my boss. That was a line I wouldn’t allow myself tocross. I needed this job more than I needed to get laid. I could still admirehim from afar. There was no harm in that.

I pulled up to my house grabbed mypurse and then let myself in. Anna was surprised to see me. She thought maybe Iquit or something. When I told her, what had happened she was angry. She wantedto know who the guy was, so she could go find him and teach him some manners.That’s why she was my best friend she always had my back.

She stayed and cooked dinner for mesaying I had a hard day and deserved to relax. Deacon was all smiles tonightand was having fun in his swing. He would keep looking over at me then breakout in such a huge smile. He was such a good baby. He had lost so much, but itseemed he was going to be just fine.

Before Anna left, she helped me toput Deacon’s crib in my room. She thought it was a good idea as well. Once she left,I was beyond ready for bed. It had been a long day and I didn’t get much sleepthe night before. I changed Deacon and put him into his pajamas. I fed him hisbottle and then laid him down to sleep. He liked that he could see me and soondrifted off to sleep.

Once he was asleep, I got myselfready for bed. I wanted to make sure I was well rested to be able to faceanother day at work. When I closed my eyed Skylar was all I thought about. Ilet myself envision the thought of having him in my life.

Maybe I could take care of Deacon,Have a fulltime job and a relationship. Maybe it was time to put myself outthere and start dating again. I could never date Skylar no matter how sexy hewas. I highly doubted I was even his type. It was going to take a real man tohandle all of these dangerous curves.

Maybe she would join a dating sitejust to see what was out there. Take it slow and see if she was really ready. Shehad to be careful. She couldn’t just bring anyone into Deacon’s life. He was myfirst priority. Everything I did was for him now. He deserved to have a happystress-free life after losing so much so young. It saddened me that he wouldnever know his parents. They loved him so much. They were both great peoplethat couldn’t wait to be parents. It hurts that they didn’t get to enjoy that.