CHAPTER 9

The night came. It was already past eight in the evening. I haven't had dinner yet. All my co-workers had already eaten free meals from work. But, I didn't join them since I became sick of eating the same thing over and over again for the whole month. I'm sick of eating chicken.

As I walked while thinking, I smelled a familiar scent of someone who just suddenly walked with me. I turned to her.

I gave her a confused look. “What are you doing here?” I stopped from walking and looked at the time on my phone. “It’s eight thirty. Aren’t you supposed to be at work already?” I asked. She also stopped from walking.

She just smiled at me. “I took a night off. I was having a hard time breathing due to the different smells of people and cigarettes I smelled every night. I have enough money allowance to sustain me for the next three weeks.” She replied.

I just nodded my head and we started walking again.

We were both silent for the next five minutes. Until Alliyah talked.

“What are you thinking?”