Katharine went back home with a copy of her contract in her hands, she was happy that she finally got a job and that she could move out of her parents house soon enough, alas she didn't know the hurdles she needs to overcome before achieving any of her goals.
As soon as she entered the house she went straight to the kitchen where her mother was cooking and excitedly showed her the contract. Sometimes she forgets to put on her cold and strong facade because at the end of the day she was still a little child at heart who is craving for her parent's love.
She excitedly jumped and hugged her mother and said "moommmm look at this, it's my signed contract and I am officially employed now and the best part is the my salary is high and the conditions of the contract itself will be very easy for me to fulfill, oh mom this is too good to be true and am so happy right now I feel like crying. "
Katherine blabbered to her mother totally forgetting to maintain her "I'm strong and i don't need your love" attitude. She was truly happy and hopeful that her mother will be proud of her and at least show her some love and affection but what Katherine heard next brought her back to the cruel reality of her life.
"wow, you are being paid this much amount and you can't even give me ten percent? How stingy, you truly don't care about your mother at all even though you have been a free loader in my house for so long you are too ungrateful to compensate me by giving me just ten percent. Fine, let us draw our own contract and sign it because I don't trust you, what if you change your mind and decide to not give me even the five percent that you promised."
The excited Katherine's hope were crushed by her mother's words and she was left heart broken once again, but this time she was able to control her emotions and she quickly put on her cold and strong facade once again. This has been her defence mechanism ever since she was young, she was good at hiding how soft hearted she is and in order to protect herself from their abuse she refused to show them her weakness but sometimes she does slip a bit, like today.
With a blank expression on her face Katherine simply said "Don't worry mom, I'm not the type to break my promises but since you don't trust me I will draw the contract myself and give you a copy. I will go and freshen up."
Having said that, she went upstairs to her room and carefully put the contract where she puts all her important documents and after freshening up she went back downstairs to have her dinner before finally retiring for the night.
It was 5 in the morning when Katherine heard her phone ringing, she got startled and wondered who was calling her this early in the morning, is it an emergency? Thank God she was a light sleeper. She quickly answered the phone and heard and unfamiliar feminine voice say:
"Good morning Miss Katherine, my name is Hannah Johnson and I am your new personal trainer, I am already outside your house so quickly get ready and come out we are going for a run, you have 15 minutes" and the caller hangs up.
"what the f*ck! Is she seriously asking me to go for a run this early?" Katherine was more than shocked to hear that she had to go out and exercise this early in the morning, she couldn't believe she had to give up on her precious sleep, even though in her contract there is a clause that states that she must follow the instructions of her personal trainer and dietician strictly for effective and efficient weight loss, losing her precious sleep did not come to her mind at that moment.
She dejectedly got up and went to the bathroom, after freshening up she quickly got ready and in less than fifteen minutes she was already out of her house, as soon as she got out a beautiful blond woman who seemed to be in her early thirties came in to her view, the woman didn't even bother exchanging greetings with her, she simply said "follow me" and started running.
Katherine who was a bit hesitant heard the woman who has already started running and was already a few meters away from her shout "What are you waiting for? Me to carry you?? Move your ass now!" and that totally woke her up from her stupor as she quickly started running to catch up with her trainer, after running for what seemed like an eternity she was more than exhausted and wanted to do nothing but go home, take a shower eat her favorite delicious foods and dessert and then go back to sleep, but what she heard from her trainer crushed her dreams. Hannah looked at the heavily panting Katherine and said "follow me to my car we are going to the gym now. "
Her personal trainer Hannah was strict and merciless, after taking Katherine to the gym she made her do a lot of exercises including cardio workouts and weight lifting exercises, they finally finished working out and that was when Hannah took the initiative to chat.
"Hey you okay? You might feel sore all over your body because it seems you have not exercised for a while but don't worry you will gradually get used to it and your body will adjust, for now I recommend body massage and taking enough rest after you eat, you need to allow your body to heal and regenerate your energy. "
"gosh I feel so tired and sweaty and stinky, you were so hard on me even though this is my first time working out with you coach, will it always be like this because I feel like giving up already" said Katherine with an exhausted and pitiful expression on her face.
Hannah just chuckled and said "sorry I become a beast during exercise and training sessions so yes it will be like that all the time until we reach your weight goal and no you can't give up Kath.. I can call you Kath right? You seem younger than me but I like you and I would love to be your friend, Jacob told me that you seem like a really good and kind hearted person and from what I observed since the first time we met he was right, you know he doesn't just offer work to people anyhow, he has a really good eye when it come to people and seeing that he recruited you right away shows that he saw a great potential and kindness in you."
Katherine blushed at Hannah's words and said "geez you are praising me too much, I'm not that good you know.. Anyway I would also love to have you as a friend Hannah, she blushed again and added you also seem like a genuine and good person."
Hannah really found Katherine good and loverble so after chatting for a few minutes more they decided to leave the gym, after Hannah dropped Katherine at her house she left and when Katherine entered her house she was beyond shocked by what she saw.