chapter one: The office interview

Aneesa's pov

I walked into the room and saw my mother with pain in her eyes stretching fought her hands asking me to help her in a pool of her own blood and strength gradually seeping out of her body,but that didn't stop my heartless stepfather from continuously hitting her with the buckle of his belt's tousers, moving my feet on instincts ,I rushed to help her but there was only little I could do before he dragged her by the hair and smashed her head against the wall and that was all it took for her to loose the last ounce of strength remaining in her ,I couldn't believe it I rushed to her screaming my lungs out and shouting for her to open her eyes but nothing happened,her body stayed there still ,lying lifeless in my arms.

"Aneesa it's fine I got you" I heard from a distance as I opened my eyes to see Reena my best friend comforting me with worry laced in her eyes.

I met Reena back in college and she became my best friend "ironically" because we were not one to agree at first as we were totally different people,Reena was more like the rich spoilt brat born with a silver spoon hence got everything she wanted on a player of gold,and also loved to socialize as well as party intensely, I on the other hand was more conservative and liked keeping to my self most of the time.

"Are you okay Aneesa?"I heard her speak again as while she tried to ensure I was okay

"I'm fine Renna....at least I feel better now"I said smiling dryly at her still shoken from the dream I have that has been haunting me for the past month,as I stood up to get ready for another job searching routine that hasn't yielded any results so far.

"See you when I get back.....I have an early shift this morning" I heard her say while finally turning to see her fully dressed up for work, Nodding my head in approval, I headed towards the bathroom to wash up and get ready as well,after finally taking my bath I settled to wear a penciled skirt and a long sleeved top in other to make me look coporate and smart,as I headed towards the kitchen to grab something to eat even though had not had much of an appetite for quite sometime, getting towards the kitchen I saw a sandwich alongside a cup of coffee with a not on the top which read "Make sure you eat,see you when I get back and good luck on your interview" I smiled at the note cause Reena was one of the reasons I was standing here dressed for an interview for the Weston's company Even though I knew very well I didn't stand a chance as regards the standards of the company in the city. The Weston's corporation was on of the biggest firms in the city owned by a very wealthy in the city, taking a deep breath and having lost my appetite I stood up tided the dishes and headed out of the house.

Standing in front of the company I took a deep breath as I headed into the company hoping against all odds that I get the Job, entering into the lobby I was met with a beautiful lady with ocean blue eyes, staring at me while giving me a sweet and welcoming smile.

"Welcome to Weston's corporation....what can we do for you miss"

"Em...I have an appointment for interview which was slated for 9am"I answered while smiling back at her as well.

"Ohhh okay......you can go to the third floor, some people are already there as well"she answered me while pointing towards the elevator at the right corner of the lobby.

On getting to the third floor I wondered if I was in the right place because everyone there were on very skimpy and thight dresses with the upper parts of there breasts bearly concealed by their shirts,one would think it was a club rather than an interview,so I decided to ask the secretary who who was sitted too far from the office to ascertain if I was in the right place.

" Good morning..... I'm supposed to have an interview here at exactly 9am, I was wondering if I was in the right place"

"Just have your sit beside the last person on the cue.... would call you when it's your turn" she answered me rather rudely without even doing as much as granting me a glance while making inquires.

After about 30 minutes of waiting a lady dressed like the other ladies sitted with me presently, came out looking very pissed and angry from the office. Wondering what made her angry the next person went in but came back looking as angry as the first lady and so did the remaining three after her, then I heard the sectary calling me and telling me It was time for my interview,I took in a deep breath and stepped into the office wondering what whosoever was in there had done to make the other ladies as pissed off as that, walking into the office I saw a very strikingly handsome man sitted with his head down typing away on his phone not even acknowledging the fact that a person had walked in.

"Good morning sir" I said trying my best to get his attention.

"Just your resumé against the table"He answered sharply, while finally raising his eyes to meet mine since I walked into the office,I was mesmerized to see a set of beautiful hazel eyes staring right back at me almost like it drew me in.

"Congratulations Miss copper ....you have gotten the Job,I expect you to resume 8am on Monday morning"

"That would be all,you can leave now"I finally heard him say as I tried to snap out of the fact that I had been staring into his eyes for quite sometime.

"Than...thank yo..uu"I answered stuttering as regards the fact that I wasn't expecting in the slightly way to get the Job that easily.I suddenly felt a wave of happiness consume my being as I wasn't expecting the job that easily.

I proceeded going back to the first floor still estatic about the fact that I had gotten the job then walked out of the building with a smile plastered to my face. Hailing a taxi and going back home I was surprised to see Aneesa already home ,sitted on the couch while laughing away about something she saw on her phone as I wasn't expecting her to be back anytime soon cause I knew her shift wasn't supposed to end till later in the day, finally getting my attention she looked up smiled at me and said

" Heyy...stop giving me the blank look I got off work early cause I got a free day "

"So I did the interview go"she said while putting her phone one the center table as she beamed happily at me.

"I got the Job " I said as I screamed happily while wrapping me hand around her neck to pull her into a warm hug, just to look up to find Reena acting surprised but failing awfully.

,"okay, before you give me the blank look,I knew if I told you he was my cousin and I wanted to help out,you wouldn't have allowed me to do that and I couldn't bear seeing you come back from a failed interview when I knew I could help ,so I just had to hop in"I heard her say while trying to give me the cutest face ever .

At first I was a tiny bit annoyed and ticked of because I didn't want Reena looking for a Job for me as well,as she had done enough for me already,I knew getting a Job with Reena as a friend would have been very much easier because Reena was from a very wealthy family, but I didn't want to put the burden on her because she was already letting me stay with her as it is and that was a lot of burden on it's own,so I made her promise she wouldn't help me in my Job seeking problems,but as it is Reena has a weak point when it comes to helping people especially the ones she loves so she was not having any of it.

" Fine I forgive you,and thank you very much but could you please try to let me do things on my own ,I hate being a burden" I said smiling but showing a tiny bit of frustration laced in my voice.

"You are not a burden Reena , But fine....i'll try" she said while smiling at me like she was assuring me of something, "This calls for celebration and I have the perfect plan in mind" I heard Reena say while slightly winking an eye at me.

"No...of course not, I'm not going to a club with you" I said firmly after getting an hint of what she had in her mind. "Ohh,come on Aneesa don't be a party popper, it's a Friday and we certainly have to celebrate your new Job,so I'm not taking no for an answer" Hearing the finality in her voice and knowing Reena would try to convince me until I finally caved

" Fine ....But we are not staying out all night ,we would be back before midnight" I said not giving her the satisfaction she would have derived from it.

She was very happy about my acceptance to go out that she just took my condition without even weighing options,I chuckled a bit because Reena was almost screaming my ears out due to over excitment. I then walked into my room to look for a dress to wear and picked a random dress I had found in my closet not really caring to see how I look cause I was just in a rush to get it over and done with,but when I came out to ask Reena if my dress was okay she almost laughed her lungs out

" come on Aneesa I said a club not a funeral...that definitely does not work" she said while trying hard not to laugh louder than she already was. "Don't worry I think I have the perfect dress" she said after getting serious and practically dragged me by the hand into her walk into her walk-in closet, thereby handing me a gown she pulled out of her wardrobe " I already had it planned and I knew you wouldn't have a dress for a club and I didn't want you to use it as an excuse, so I went shopping a while ago after I got of work" she said smiling Happily while beaming her set of white teeth.

I wore the dress ,It was a Red,short fitted gown not reaching my knee which also exposed my back and hugged my curves perfectly

" I knew red would look good on you .....now let's get your makeup done " she said while taking me my the hand to the dressing table to get my makeup done.

"I knew I didn't have to stress so hard to make you look pretty" she said to me while grinning from ear to ear as she turned the dressing chair to make me take a look at myself in the mirror.

"Wow, I almost didn't recognize myself for a minute" I said impressed at how Renna had transformed my look in a matter of minutes,

"you look so beautiful Aneesa"I heard her say as she got into her walk-in closet in order to get ready for the night, after which she called an Uber which she ordered earlier on to take us to the club.