Chapter Two

After coming back from the hospital, Savannah went to her apartment. She changed her wet clothes into a dry new one and headed for Lucy's apartment. She knocked on the door when she got there and it was opened by Lucy. 

"Hi Savannah!" Lucy greeted with a smile.

"Good evening Lucy," Savannah greeted as Lucy opened the door for her to come in. Savannah slumped on Lucy's couch looking exhausted.

"What's up with you baby girl?" Lucy asked worriedly.

"It's my brother's doctor Lucy," Savannah replied and broke into fresh tears. Lucy walked over to her and patted her.

"It's alright Savannah," Lucy soothed. "You can tell me what the problem is," she added. Savannah looked up at her with tears in her eyes, she then told her what the doctor had said. Lucy listened carefully and sighed when Savannah finished telling her about her odeal with the doctor.

"I don't know what to do Lucy," Savannah cried. 

"It's alright girl,"

"Lucy please, lend me money and I promise to pay you back!" She pleaded, Lucy stared at her in pity.

"I'm sorry Savannah," Lucy apologized and Savannah stared at her.

"So you won't help me Lucy?" Savannah asked and tears started dropping from her face.

"I don't have money Savannah, you know that. If I had money, do you think I would not help you?" Lucy asked.

"I'm sorry," Savannah apology and cleaned her tears.

"It's alright," Lucy soothed. "I know of a part-time job you can do, if only if you are willing to do it," she said, Savanna's face lit up with hope when she heard Lucy's word.

"What work is it?" She asked.

"It's a part time job at a pub," she replied. 

"A pub," Savannah murmured, this was the last place she wanted to step her foot in. That crowdy place that is always filled with bad, corrupted people.

"It's just a night job Savannah, all you have to do is serve people drink" Lucy convinced.

"Argghh," Savannah groaned and stood up from her seat. "I will do it," she said.

"Then go and prepare yourself, I will be waiting for you," Lucy said and Savannah walked out of her apartment.

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At a pub,

Savannah scowled at the sight of the pub, it wasn't really that big. It looked shabby and she wondered how people will come to a place as shabby as this. 

Stenches of smoke mixed with alcohol polluted the air and Savannah felt like going back home. But the doctor's word rang in her head and she was alerted. She dragged her feet and went into the bar.

"Are you the newbie Lucy was talking about?" A man asked, Savannah looked at him and almost puked. In her whole twenty five years on earth, she has never seen anyone as ugly as this man standing in front of her. His teeth had changed its colors due to cigarettes. And his nose, a flat nose that will make people wonder if this man actually had a nose.

"Yes Sir," she replied after scrutinizing him in her mind.

"Did she tell you what your job is?" He asked again and glared at the girl as if she was his prey. Savannah didn't mind him, all she needed was the money and after she has gotten it, she promised herself never to step her foot into here.

"Not exactly Sir," the man sneered at her and Savannah could swear that the man looked like a gorilla. She was beginning to get scared of his ugliness and she wondered how people didn't mind the man's ugly features.

"Then I will have to tell you myself," he said and started pointing at the customers in the pub, the man looked proud and she secretly rolled her eyes. "You must not be rude to any customer because if you do so and they come complaining to me, I won't pay you a dime," he warned and Savannah nodded her head.

"I understand Sir," she said. " I won't be rude to any customer," she added and the man smiled, his teeth came into view and Savannah scowled. So irritating! She said to herself.

"Then start working with your peers!" He ordered and gave her a little instruction as he had caled it before. She joined a group of young girls that were serving people drink.

She was called by a young man, she went over to him and smiled as her boss had ordered her to do anytime a customer called her.

"What are your orders Sir?" She asked still smiling.

"Get me two bottles of whiskey," he replied and sge went away to bring his orders. She later came back with the bottles of whiskey and a glass cup, she placed it on his table and walked away to serve other customers.

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It was late and most of the customers had left, Savannah was waiting for her boss so he could pay her for what she had worked for. After waiting for a while, she decided to drink a little so she could forget her worries. 

When it was 15 minutes to closing, Savannah discovered that the man she served once was still there, drinking to stupor. Then she went over to him to tell him it was time to go. 

"Excuse me sir?" She bent over to him and he raised his head to look at her. The man looked in a pretty bad condition and she felt pity for him.

"What us it Miss?" He asked in his drunken state.

 "It's late Sir and I wanted to remind you about that," she said.

"Ohh," he stared at her for a while and said. "Are there available rooms upstairs?" He asked.

"Yes Sir," she replied.

"I would like to stay in one of them please," he said and she went to get a key to one of the rooms, she came back few minutes later.

"Here it is Sir," she stretched the key to the man but he didn't take it from her.

"Can you please help me to ths room?" He asked in a pleading tone, Savannah was feeling tipsy from the little drink she had drunk. She looked at the pitiful nan and helped him to go upstairs. 

They got to his room and she opened I, she helped into the room and they both fell on the bed. Savannah was feeling hot and weird. Suddenly, the man started kissing her and she responded to him, from kissing her to another thing and the unexpected happened. They did something they shouldn't have done, something that was going to bind them together.