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Chapter Seven
“Just clothes”, but really that was not really my area at all. I don't have the time to shopping for countless clothes like my mother did sometimes with the household money and made sure that there was nothing left so that we would all suffer and me more than her.
So I did not want to be like her at all, so I was not going to make clothes a priority like she did. Looking good the way that she wanted to. “Well, if you say so” she does not sound too pleased as she says.
“What should I go right now, Mr. Erickson?” She asks him and he just nods his head.
“Buy her some outfits, a few, so she has options to choose from. You have a good eye for things, you should know what to get her”, He says, and she just knows ahead.
“ Of course, Mr. Ericsson, I'll get to it right now”, She says before her eyes travel back to me and she gives me narrow eyes. Yes, I could already sense it from her mother. I could already tell her she's not quite fond of me and I really did not like that fact. I really was hoping that it would not be that hard for a person to be nice without actually starting to act mean.
I suppose I was still right again about my theory concerning wealthy people. I don't want to say that she was wealthy, she was just an assistant after all, but she was looking at me like she definitely found me worthless. Here, have this. He suddenly offers me his coffee and I shake my head immediately.
“No, I'm OK, I do not need it,” I say to him and he just shakes his head. “You definitely do”, he says, and I just grab it anywhere. I guess I was very kind of thirsty. I had to spend the afternoon working at my daytime job, which is basically me waitressing and being on my feet all day long.
It was very cheap when it came to pay. It was not satisfactory at all. My tips are not that bad, but at the end of the day, the business that I was doing on the side against my will that was supposed to pay me more was making me nothing. And you know, honestly was shameful for me to even say and admit that I was making maybe more of money as a waitress and I was making as an Asgard for the elite.
It was highly embarrassing that I could not be that attractive to them to a point where they had to continue to stop asking for services at all. It was really embarrassing and I really did not like the fact that was happening, but I had to accept the fact that it has probably been to my reality for a long time until I finally got the hang of things, until I finally understood what this whole thing was really about. I feel very much an observation with him being right next to me. I really do not know what he's thinking in his mind. I really feel like there's something going on.
I really feel like he is just waiting for me to say something to him so he knows what to say. But after being in the room with him for what feels like forever as he just continued to do his work and handing me some snacks from his other assistant, the door finally opens and my closer riot. I cannot be more relieved. I just need a ticket out of this building. He takes the clothes from her and closes the door before putting them over his desk.
“All right, Chloe, I want you to tell me the truth about who you really are and what you're doing here. You do understand that I have a great idea of what's happening right here, so you don't need to lie to me”.
He says to me. And right now he looks very intense. He looks like he's basically going in for the kill. Like he's telling me that I'm just told the truth right now or else he's going to find a way to find it all in his own head to opt for the second option. I could not let Gino get angry at me. Not only had I lost him a customer, I had made him even more angry. I couldn't afford to anger him anymore by revealing the fact that I had a client within this building than get him fired or anything like that. I didn't even want to think of such a thing happening so I just decided to stay silent.
“Thank you for the clothes”. I say to him before trying to reach for them. He doesn't even stop me, I normally look somewhere as I put them on. I just, I cannot say anything. I hope I understand. I say to him as I get dressed in one of the dresses that were brought to me. Very simple summer dress, quick and easy enough for me to put on and walk out of this building.
“Again, thank you, it really means so much. Like you at least showed me this kind of kindness.” I say to him and he just drags his shoulders. What else was I supposed to do? Like to walk around naked in this building? He asks and I feel ashamed immediately. I really feel like I just don't have said what I said and so I just immediately apologize again.
“Right, I'm so sorry again”. I say to him and he just nods his head.
“Fine, don't let me catch you in this building naked again”. He says to me and I just shake my head and that will surely not be happening. Seriously. And I try to leap but then he stops me.
“Wait, let me take you home.” He suddenly said that there is the most shocking thing that I have heard. Why was he offering me such a thing? I really had no idea what to even say to him right now.