Necropolis of Heart
Chapter 9
Author's PoV
After having the conversation with Yuvika, Anna was stressed as hell.
~Shit, if I don't start looking for a job right away, I may as well have no job and may have to borrow money from Yuvi.~ Anna thought to herself. ~Amazing, now I can't ho home nor can I read at peace.~
Anna decides to try for a part time job in a cafe as she was used to making coffee. It was a little something her mother had taught her, after a couple years of the death of her father.
*In front of Cafe Coffee Day*
~Let's do this Anna. You know you can do it.~
Anna enters the cafe and goes to the counter.
"Hey! Uh... I wanted to know if there is a part time job available..." Anna asked the cashier. She read her name to be Lily. "Lily."
She smiled at her and nodded her head. "There probably is, but I'm not sure about it. If you want, I can call my manager and let her know that you are here... Belle?" Anna flinched at the word and suddenly felt the urge to punch her right in the face. "That's What I assume your name is, since you're so beautiful and all." Anna calmed herself down. ~Money. Think about what you are here for Anna. Think about the job.~
"Um... no, it's Anna."
"'Kay Anna. I'll check with my manager and let you know. By the time, do you want something to eat or maybe a coffee?"
Anna looks up to the digital menu overhead.
~Holy cow! Everything is so damn expensive!~ Anna thought.
"No, but thank you. I'm good." She replies.
A couple minutes later, Lily returns with her manager. She is a smartly dressed woman in work attire.
"Hello. Miss Anna?" Said the manager.
"That's me." Replied Anna.
"Do you want to chat about the job?"
"Yeah, sure." Anna replies.
"Let's sit at a table."
They take a seat at the table. The first question that is fired at her is her age. She tried lying but failed miserably.
"Uh... I'm 18."
"Can I see your identity card please? Because many girls come here for a job saying they're 18 when in fact they're not."
"Okay, I lied. But I have a reason. Please just give me this job. I'm desperately in need of a job. I need to save my mother. Please. I beg of you."
"Id please. We can't give out jobs to underage teens."
"Please make an exception. I'm... even ready to take up a job such as washing the dishes and uh... cleaning the shop and tables."
"I'm sorry but I can't."
All Anna could see by now was red. She was enraged with fury. She decided to leave as soon as possible in order to not punch her square in the face. She politely thanks the lady, thinking about the manners her mother had taught her and goes out of the cafe.
The idea of working in a cafe coming to a failure, she decided to go to McDonalds.
It was surprising even for Anna when she realised she still was not tired a bit even after walking all the way to the cafe which was a good 5 miles away.
She decided to be unbothered by the fact in order to stay close to the earth. She decided to go walking to the McD farthest from her house, in order to not be caught by any of her fellow students. She wouldn't do that for her life, only to return to her haunting past.
She walked to her destination only to be met with the same fate.
"I'm really sorry for your mother, but we can't take in underage teenagers for work."
"But it's not even a full time job. I mean, just for a few hours." Anna tried to reason with the manager there, but not having any better luck, she decided to go for the worse