SANDRAThe day we were to travel came and from our ticket, it says we are to leave by noon at 12:00 hrs. "Bring out all the traveling bags while we wait for the Uber driver to come and pick us up from here." "Did you call anyone?" Mother asked. "Yes, I ordered a ride last night, so he will be here in ten minutes." "That's fine. Claire, make sure the whole house is locked. The windows and doors." Not long after, the driver arrived and we began to put our box inside the car. I locked the entrance door and put the key in my bag before we left. I didn't forget to tell the gatekeeper to take care of the house. When we arrived at the airport, our boxes were checked before us. I showed them our tickets and they told us that our plane would arrive soon. We sat down and kept our eyes busy as we were waiting for the plane. When it arrived, they made an announcement, I checked my ticket and that was the plane we were waiting for. "It's time, let's go. "What about our box?" Susan asked.
SANDRAWe were still discussing when a very big classy car pulled up in front of us. He got down and began putting our things inside his car. I became skeptical about it. "Sorry, is this a taxi?" I asked and he looked at us and smiled. "Any car can be used for Uber, it's not a must, it has to be the yellow popular taxi we all know." I looked at my mother and she winked at me. When he was done arranging the box, he opened the door for us to enter. We all entered and we felt cold. The air conditioner was on and we began the journey. "Do you need music?" He asked. "No thanks," I answered. We kept looking through the window. The car was very comfortable and big unlike the Uber ride I ordered that almost squeezed out all our intestines from our stomach. The journey was really far. "When are we going to arrive at the guest house? It seems it's very far?" "Well, I guess you are here for the football match and the black awareness night.""Yeah, exactly." "I am taking you to a place t
SANDRAI exhaled deeply at everything that was happening. "I am just feeling so perplexed about this whole thing. Let's move our things inside the room." "Susan and Claire, you girls should take the second room, while I take the first room with Mom" We entered our room and observed the place. "I noticed something," Mother said. "What?" "This house doesn't have a gate." "I think that is the way houses were built here. When we were coming, I noticed that most of the houses don't have gates." "That means there must be a tight security here.""I think so too." We had to freshen up and change our clothes. We came to the living room and met the girls watching the television. "I think we all need to move to the kitchen right now to check what was brought to us.""Exactly," mother said.We moved into the kitchen and observed everything that was brought to us. A lot of different kinds of fruit even the type we haven't seen in Vegas. Different kinds of meals, drinks, and snacks with l
SANDRA"We are all going there. We need to tour around. This is not Vegas." "True." "Hey girls, prepare because we will be touring this morning. We need to get a coat to prevent cold." We had to quickly take our breakfast and go outside the guest house. I flagged down a taxi and told him that he should take us to where we could get a coat because of the cold. "Sure, hop in." "Please you will be bringing us back because we are just visitors." "No problem." We entered the car and he took us to a place. We even passed the New York big market. It was very colorful. When we got to the main place. He volunteered to take us around. We were very excited and we allowed him to direct us. We kept following him behind. We saw what we needed and chose what we wanted and I paid. It was a little bit expensive. That was when I wished that the one whom we were staying in his house would just deliver the coats to us without us buying them. I am already getting used to free things. New York se
SANDRAThe next day, we woke up looking so tired and we were still putting on our vest and shorts. It was obvious we didn't bathe, rather we slept like that.I had to quickly change mine and ask everyone to remove their vest before the cleaners arrived and see that we were still dressed like yesterday. They will be seen as mad people because the celebration was too much and we drank and went drunk but that was when the driver had gone. I just finished bathing, looking refreshed when I had a knock. I looked through the window and it was the cleaners. "Susan, please go and open the door for them." We excused them from our room and they tidied everywhere. Not long after they left. "We better start to select the outfit to put on." "Not only that, I need to do my hair and my nails. For a very long time, I haven't had my nails done because of my profession." "Me too." "Where to do it is where I don't know. There is no nearby saloon here. Maybe we will get a taxi like yesterday and f
SANDRA"To also think that he is very accurate. He knows everything even without asking. Are you sure he isn't monitoring us?" "I doubt. We need to prepare and leave this place to make our hair, or else we might be late." I hurried everyone to get prepared to go and look good. When we came outside. We asked a passerby if we would see a saloon around and she pointed at a place where we would just trek down. "Thank you very much." We all had to trek and also feed our eyes. When we got there, there wasn't much of a crowd but it was a big place with different staff workers. We were given a magazine to choose the hair we wanted. I made my own choice. I needed a packing gel and curled hair at the center and both sides, close to my face. While the stylist was attending to our hair, the others were attending to our nails. I had already told the driver to send a makeup artist in the evening so that I could do that at home without spoiling it with heat. They took time but it was worth it
SANDRAOur flight was in the morning so we woke up early to prepare. We couldn't pack our box last night because of the stress. That morning, there was no time to discuss. We were all rushing to get set because the driver would soon arrive so that we wouldn't miss the flight. When he arrived, our boxes were already in the living room. He began to take them inside the car. "Are you all set?" "Yes," we chorused. We all entered the car and we left for the airport. I felt like not leaving because of the whole service. It took us two hours to get to the airport because of little traffic. We checked into the airport and we thanked the driver so much for his kindness. I put my hand into my handbag. "Please accept this little token, you have been of great help to us." He shook his head negatively and waved his hand that he was not going to accept it. "Why not?" After much persuasion from my mother, he finally took it and thanked me. We climbed into the plane and we waved at him befo
SANDRA I asked the Major what the problem was, he told me it was about his health. Out of human empathy, I had to quickly rush down to his office because anything about one's health, I don't like delay so that I can save a life. The secretary took me to his office and left me there. When I entered, I didn't see him as someone who was sick and I began to wonder."Sir, you called me." "Yeah, Sandra, congratulations once again on the awards given to you." "Thank you very much, sir." "You see….. you deserve it. When President Flores called me to his house, he told me to compile a list of those that have performed well in Vegas and I told him that we don't have any others apart from Sandra." He started laughing at his speech and I had to join him so that he wouldn't feel bad. "Thank you, sir." "Yes, I was also surprised when the medical team called me and told me that they would also want to award you. I had included it in the list because we appreciate hard work. Congratulations