Chapter 5 What a first day.

Reyda

I woke up at five (5:00 am) and got myself ready for today. I'm starting my new job this morning and even though I'm not happy to be seeing my boss, I'm happy I'll be earning an income.

It doesn't matter how much it is, as long as I could buy myself food and clothing for when the wintertime comes, I'm fine with that.

My phone rang off, and I saw an incoming call from an unknown number I was about to answer but chose not to, why would someone be calling me private at this hour?

I dress in my dark blue cotton scrubs a pair of white sneakers and pull my hair up into a messy bun, the phone rang again but this time a number showed up ok the screen

I've never seen that number before and going off my wild guess it must be Mr. Knight,

I answered,

“Good morning.”

“Hi, good morning Miss Harvey, I'm Nicholas, your driver. I'll be outside your apartment in five minutes. Please be ready by the time I get there, Mr. Rose would like to see you before you tend to his father.” He's such a gentleman, unlike someone I know,

Five minutes later I heard a horn go off, I grabbed my bag and lunch and told my bestie I’d see her later, and being the mother Ken that she is she ran behind me and kissed me on the cheek,

“You got this, just don't get us killed. '' she winked and waved me goodbye

Nicholas is standing with his hands in each other and as I approached the car good he pulled it open for me and I got in,

The drive wasn't long, but it was quiet and peaceful. Something about hitting the road before the traffic started was calming. Nicholas didn't go through the white gate I used for the interview, instead, he went through the front entrance and boy is it beautiful,

Large open space filled with freshly cut green grass in little patterns, patio sets in every corner, two flights of stairs to get to the front door entrance, and a breathtaking mansion laid out in front of me.

Slowly I walked behind Nicholas, gawking at the inside of the house. It looks like one of those magazine homes where everything matches, lights, furniture, walls everything is picture-perfect.

BUMP!

SPLASH!

I walked right into a vase that I can only assume was worth more than what I spent on food in a year. Hurrying to my knees, I start picking up the pieces of glass that are shattered all over the floor.

Using one hand to hold the pieces and the other to pick them up, I hurry before Nicholas notices ok not walking behind him anymore,

“Hmm.” a pair of black dress shoes on sight, afraid to look up I continue picking up the pieces hoping he would just disappear, just close your eyes Reyda, and he would disappear,

I blinked, the shoes were still there, blinked again keeping my eyes closed for a couple of seconds then opened, and the shoes were gone.

A smile of satisfaction across my face as I picked up the last piece of glass off the floor,

“You do know life doesn't work like that, right?” I turned slowly,

Me. Knight, you look lovely this morning, did you see well, oh my upper skin is glowing.”

“Stand up,” he spoke,

I slowly rise to my feet, making little to no eye contact whatsoever,

“What do you have there?” his hands stretched towards me,

“Am… I bumped into the vase while…”

“My million dollar vase, the one I won in an auction.” he ruffled his hair,

“how do you intend to pay for that, hmm.” he crossed his arms,

Normally, I'd be quick to answer, but currently, I don't think I need to be a smart mouth. A million dollars is no joke, I'm not even worth that much…

“Clocks ticking, if you can't come up with an answer, you'll just have to pay me yourself.”

He smiled,

“Do you think I'm some sort of cheap whore?” I take a step closer to him,

“I'll work for free.” did I just say that, I couldn't have just said that.

“You will?” he tapped his cheek with his index finger.

“Would you stop frightening the poor girl, talking about a million dollars you got that St. the dollar store as a prize for being the hundredth customer.” a man wearing an apron and holding a spatula in his hand shouted.

“Free huh,” I smirk

“Yes, he got it for free and because he had nowhere to put it, he placed it where someone could knock it over after I warned him over and over.”

He looked up at Mr. Knight and shook his head, then turned his attention towards me,

“Hi I'm Kane, Rose's best friend, and you are?”

“Best friend that's my job, you're his lackey.” someone shouted,

“I'm Jarrod the best friend, and you must be Reyda the nurse.”

“It's a pleasure to meet you both.” I shake their hand one after the other,

“Let's have breakfast, and then I'll take you to dad's room.” I nodded and followed along behind Mr. Knight,

“Hey Rose, am I not your best friend?” Kane asked,

“Gosh, it's me, I'm his best friend,” Jarrod shouts,

“If the two of you keep this up, I'll disown you both.” Me. Knight said,

“ That's ok because we have Reyda now, she’ll be our friend.” they walk beside me,

“Then we'd see what happens when she goes home at night.” he pushes the door to the kitchen open, and my jaw drops,

“Close your mouth or you'd catch flies,” Kane said,

After breakfast, we made our way to Mr. Knights's floor which is guarded by two men both dressed in black, Dr. Smith was already in the room taking Mr. Knights's vitals and stopped once he saw me.

“Daughter, I see you made it in one piece.” he smiled,

“Daughter.” I heard can't shout,

“Yea, this is the man who takes care of me.”

After Dr. Smith gave them part of our history they left us to take care of Mr. Knight,

He ran through the schedule, meals, and medication before leaving. The day went by pretty well, and before you know it my shift came to an end, before leaving I took his catheter bag to the bathroom in his room and emptied it.

Closing the door behind me, I made my way back over to him and attached it back,

“I'm leaving now, Mr.k…”

DARKNESS!

The whole mansion went dark and lit up a loud noise came from outside,

“Reyda the door isn't locked,” he whispers

BANG. The door flew open, and a dirty man stood before us with a knife in his hand,

“ If you want to live nows your chance, I came for the old man,” he spoke,

I looked at the man and looked at Mr. Knight, he doesn't want to kill me, so I'm in the clear,

“ You have two seconds, choose now,” he shouted,

I picked up my bag and said my goodbyes to Mr.knight.