13. I Should Take a Sick Leave

Trying to not worry was definitely not an easy task for Taissa. Nothing seemed to be, nowadays. The worrying parasite thoughts kept running all over her head like energy zigzagging through her brain. Where was the next money going to come from? She didn't always get the paperwork (she wasn't the only one who applied for them). The current client she had was a shoestring budget man who'd come to her in the first place because he couldn't afford them famous and more expensive advocates.

His sweatshop had been run into by a FedEx truck and he hoped to squeeze some money from them for damage control.

Was it this man she was going to depend on? It wasn't easy keeping her head above water. The landlord was getting more aggressive each day, that problem wore her down the most but she was almost through with paying the rent money and then she'd look for a nice apartment building. Tears stung her eyes at this. She couldn't help remembering her dream, her and Aeneas's. To live happily in a 'hom