Hazel's POV
"That will be thirty dollars ma'am"I smiled politely to a customer and collected the money with a thank you and a little wave,I checked my wrist watch and sighed,my shift was over,it was time for me to move to my next job,I had three jobs in total.
I worked at a convenience store,a public library and a bar,I hated going to the bar the most,apart from me being on a night shift,that place was crawling with dirty perverts who'd openly and shamelessly flirt with the waitresses,they'd grab asses and whisper vulgar things,it was horrible,I had a way to escape those shenanigans though,I stayed put to the counter while the others served the drinks,I always made sure to get there before everyone else to snag the good spot,as much as I hated the job,I couldn't leave since it was my highest paying job, I decided to overlook the bad side and look at the bright side,just like Albert Einstein said "there's always a cloud in the silver lining" blah blah,I was going to focus on the good things.
I turned to my partner and informed her that I was leaving,she barely acknowledged me as she chewed her gum loudly and filed her nails , I left the counter anyways,the workers in the store always called me names and tagged me a freak,why? Because I was focused and wouldn't make out with my fellow coworkers in the rest room,I lost count of how many of them I'd seen sticking their tongues down their co-worker's throat or even a customer for an extra tip,I made my way to the changing room,turns out it wasn't completely empty.
Sigh
A group of girls,friends I presume gathered clustered in a corner talking about hot guys and cringe stuffs, ignoring me as usual not that I cared,when you are a loner,you tend to create entertainment for yourself,I studied people carefully and I could tell that most of their high pitched giggles were fake,I changed into my normal clothes and proceeded to head out.
"Hey weird girl,over here" I knew that voice and I knew it was referring to me,it belonged to the head of the store workers,her name was Bethany,she is an absolutely annoying person,she liked to pick on the workers for fun,very bossy,puts on too much make up and wears very revealing clothes and likes to boast about her position when everyone knows how she sucked dicks to get to where she is now,I turned around when she tapped me hard on my shoulder.
"Are you deaf?"
"Don't call me that"I said in a low voice and she laughed sickly,it irritated the shit out of me.
"What? Weird? You are actually very weird,got a problem with it?"she blinked innocently,I snorted at that.
"I'm not weird,I just fall out of your exceptionally narrow view of the world"her face contorted into a snarl,she was really angry and so was I.
I was getting late for my job.
"So you are not a scaredy cat after all,I knew you were fake"she glowered
Yes bitch and I bite,my boobs are real though.
I bit my tongue to prevent me from uttering more words,as much as I'd love to reply,i also have to keep this job.
"I'm sure you know who I am,you will watch your tongue around me or you will be very sorry,the new manager wants to have a meeting with every employee by the weekend,make yourself available."she said and turned away
"And oh,make sure to stay out of my sight,i dislike you even more than before."she glared at me and walked away,more like stumbled away in her five inche heels.
I rolled my eyes and boarded a cab to the bar, luckily for me,it was just a fifteen minutes ride,the bar was just opening but so many people were already trooping in to get wasted,time to fulfil their wishes,I tied my apron and started mixing the drinks while the other waitresses served them,my boss dropped by and appreciated us for our hard work, My Boss Mr Rivera was a man in his late fifties,he took a liking to me and kept giving me presents which I always politely declined,after joking around with a few of his drunk friends,he went into his office.
"The boss wants you to come to his office now"Tiffany,a waitress informed me,I nodded and went straight to his office,I knocked softly on the door and opened it,he looked up and smiled at me showing off some of his rotten teeth,his eyes raked over my body slowly making me very uncomfortable.
"Hazel"
I hated the way my name sounded so poisonous coming out of his mouth.
"Marcel tells me you always return my gifts,now that's not very nice Hazel" he stood up and walked over to me, trapping me with his arms while my butt hit the edge of the table.
"I told you already sir,I'm not interested."he looked at me incrediously and laughed like a maniac.
"You know what I want,stop pretending,all the girls here know what to do to keep their jobs and even earn better,you can earn more money too,now be a good girl show me what you can do with that little mouth of yours"he buried his face in my neck and I was very close to puking,I put my hands between us trying to create a distance from this creature,he caught them and pinned me to the table,for an old man he was pretty strong,I tried to remain calm and not panic,he tried to grope me and I kicked him down south where the sun doesn't shine and made a run for the door,i heard him say something along the lines of me being a slut or bitch. I left the bar and stopped to catch my breath,I knew I had just fired myself from this job,the highest paying one at that,I sighed as my shoulders slumped in defeat,they say when life gives you lemons,make lemonades.
Yeah right.
Well life gave me lemon peels and squeezed them in my eye,I kept walking since my house was just two streets away,rain drizzled slightly making me shiver while I kept to the side walks,just as I was about to cross the street,a black car drove past me and splashed water on me soaking my dress.
I was livid.
"You bastard"I screamed,I looked to my side,saw an object on the floor,took it and hurled with all my strength,it hit the glass of the car and I heard a crack.
Crap.
The car stopped and started reversing.
Shit
I wanted to run but my stubborn ass stayed right where I was,the driver of the car came down and went to inspect the crack while a man came down from the back seat,he was really tall and I craned my neck to get a good look at him and I almost gasped out loud,those eyes,they were the bluest shade I'd ever seen,this man in his expensive looking Armani suit was insanely gorgeous,his face was sculped to look like that of a Greek god,his hair was styled and not even one piece was out of place,he screamed perfection.
"Are you Stupid?" His rude question brought me out of my little reverie.
"Excuse me? You splashed water on me and you didn't even bother to acknowledge the fact that you wronged someone and now you are being rude?" His eyes glazed over as he glared at me and signalled his driver to come closer,the driver whispered something to him and he frowned and turned to me menacingly.
"You just damaged my car,you have no right to play the victim here,filth like you don't even have the right to stand and talk to me,you should be on your knees begging for mercy"the nerve of this man,I've met mean people like Clarrisa knight back in highschool who had once shoved my face in a bucket full of water and soap in an attempt to "wash the loser stench off me" as she quoted, but this man was behaving like a utter complete asshole.
"Of course I talk like filth,how else would you understand me,you are also filth,there is no way I'm going to kneel for an egotistical asshole,you should be the one saying sorry you jerk!" I said angrily pointing at him.
"Oh you are going to be sorry,I'll make sure of it,that glass you just broke cost seventy thousand dollars and you are going to pay every single dime" the words I was about to say died in my throat as my eyes widened,he took out his business card and threw it at me.
"I give you one week to pay for this damage"he came closer menacingly making me shrink back,his whole aura screamed Alpha male, he strode back majestically to his car with his driver and they drove off.
Just great,the universe was being too cruel to me,how on Earth was I going to get that amount of money,hell I couldn't even afford my rent,I picked the card off the floor,tucked it in my pocket and walked back dejectedly.
Time to work myself off to death.
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