Mei pov ..
"Umm you are here , ?" Alessia asks with admiration filled in her eyes, "does she like him, Or is she attracted to him in any way , ? " it looks like they know each other, Well, not like I care anyways ,
I have a lot of things in my head And i wouldn't want anything to happen to me because of her choices or words against me .
Oh Alessia .. Arthur says her name back checking her out from head to toe ,
"You look a mess ," he remarked and looked at her blushing face,
"Umm .. I will be right back ." Alessia says before giving me one last look and banged my door.
Oops sorry you had to see that , that's my sister . I tell him as he scratched his head with a sly smile looking at the small room .
" Your sister , ?" He asked stunned ,
Mhmm .. I respond ,
"Can you please pack everything , ?"
He asks curtly dismissing any other conversation and I nod excitedly ,
"oh yes!" I replied and took a box that I abandoned a week ago and put his choices of clothes that he has chosen to buy and hand him over ,
And the last part is asking for my payment which honestly it's the hardest part !I feel a pang of heaviness asking for it though i clearly know its my right and i am supposed to ask for it.
I pulled myself off from the negative feelings, my subconscious nudged me to do it ,
"Umm where's the payment ?" I ask looking at him , I mean he has already bought almost every piece of the outfits that I have made and has a packed box of everything on his hands ,
Oh yes .. wait a Minute he laments and put the box down , Taking his right hand in his pocket he took out money ,
Lot's of money .. "is he rich ? Like filthy rich ?? " My subconscious asks but all I could do is hang my jaw open looking at the notes on his hands .
" its been too long since i touched and seen these , it's always the coins that i usually own .''
"Close your mouth , the flies will be so happy to get a new home ."
Scoffing and pretending not to be embarrassed , I rolled my eyes and took the notes that were on his hands .More like snatching them away from him, Careful with the money you don't want to tear them do you , ?
"I am not a little girl and I can manage ," A small smile tugged on my lips as he chuckled ,
I bowed a little showing my respect , Thank you for visiting my shop , you are always welcome here I will never forget your generosity.
Hey you don't need to do that , and you are welcome . Looks like I will be visiting your shop many times if these will look good on me , he says smugly making me nod .
I am sure they will sir ! I say confidently,
"Arthur... " He nudges pointing a finger on himself m aking me frown a little not understanding what he is implying ,
"Call me Arthur , "
Oh alright, Okay Arthur , you are always welcome in my shop and of course if you have any relatives or friends I will be happy to take their orders too . I said playfully,
In business like these if you don't have connections especially in our poor village , you will always be poor . I have had enough of giving out to everyone who claims that they don't have money to buy clothes for their children and I as a good Samaritan would usually make them one or two freely ,
I am ruining my business under my own watch and for that this has to change and stop . I understand that poverty is a number one flex in this place but that doesn't justify that I should give charity every day .
It's good to help but there has to be limits because I am also poor ,
After Arthur left my shop ,I went back to sewing the winter coat . I have to make this bigger , with the aim of getting many buyers who will be willing to take it .
Shortly Alessia entered inside the shop with a seductive smile but it faded when her eyes met mine and
Looked around the room finding someone with her eyes , " and where the hell did he go , ?'' her screeching loud voice pitched inside the room ,
"He is gone Alessia , "
She gasped and pointed her finger at me accusingly ,
"What did I do now , ? "
Did you drive him away Mei , ? Oh my god , did you seduce him , ? Did you tell him anything about me !!? I won't let you go , I swear !!
"What is wrong with you Alessia , why would I do that , ?" I don't even know him, he was just a customer who wanted to buy something in my shop just like any other !
"why would I do that ,?" I whispered the last words again in a disbelief ,
Her breathing calmed as she looked at me finding any lies , then where the fuck is he ,? He saw me coming into this little dirty shop of yours , he had to wait for me ... He had to !! She yelled in the verge of breaking down .
I couldn't see her like this , I strolled closer to her and took her hands on mine ,
" Go find him, I think he is somewhere waiting for you sister .. "
"You think so , ? "She asked and wiped the lone tear that escaped her eye, I am sure..
If he likes you , he will be waiting for you where you guys have met .
She thought about it and looked at me again and left banging my door as usual ,
"Great , you are welcome ! " I said sarcastically throwing my hands on air .
Getting back on my chair , I got engrossed in my work , in times like these i would usually take my span to do something that I am passionate about in the aim of not breaking down because of people.
Crying wouldn't get me anywhere, no one will ever be there for me , and my heart will just keep on crushing waiting for hope and a person to sweep me off of my feet .
Mei ... A friend of mine called me throughout the door , with a smile I greeted her, " good day , did you sleep well ? "
"Oh yes thanks for asking .. " I would like to know if you will take the vegetables today, I didn't see you at the market and decided to bring some ?
Oh okay I tell her and walked to where she was standing at , I came with broccoli , spinach ..
Not spinach please , I tell her and she laughed .
"Looks like we are changing meals today ," I smiled over her joke.
It looks like it , I tell her and picking the vegetables inside her bucket .
Thank you , she replies gratefully after giving her the money ,
"I will see you later . "
Walking back to my sit , I thought of my sister and mom .
"How can I find a way to please them both ?" I can't live without them , they are the only important and close people in my life .
I chose to work the whole day forgetting to grab a moment of walking out for fresh air until I heard loud cries outside ,
It sent chills down my spine as I hear the familiar sounds .