Chapter 3

As she sat on the coffee shop chair,Tamara was busy stealing a glance at the cats outside the shop window as she scribbled something in her book.

She was out to get coffee and later started looking for a job because she figured out she would be broke soon if she doesn't but the main goal was to save up for her revenge.

She thought of the incidents which had happened in the past couple of days and she was so afraid to venture deep in the waters of New York city.

Although it was the place she grew up in, she was afraid it was becoming dangerous through the years. 

"What a beauty!" Tamara heard a manly voice behind her. She looked up to see who it was. A tall, handsome and green eyed man stood before him.

He had worn a black suit with a white shirt with a checked blue tie. His hair was well kept and tidy.

"Sorry, do I know you?"Tamara asked, looking at him. "Am so sorry for my manners please do forgive me" am Gael Reyes.

Tamara was lost in the last name he let out but she did not think much of it. She shook the let out hand of Gael "am Tamara Sanchez, nice to meet you" Tamara said.

"The pleasure is all mine, I was referring to the drawing, it's so beautiful and the owner is as well" Gael cleared up the air. They both laughed.

Tamara noticed dimples on his cheeks as he let out a smile towards her. In her mind she thought of how handsome he was but did not give in to her thoughts as she suddenly remembered what her ex boyfriend did to her and her main goal for coming back.

She did not want to be entangled in a love scenario as for now. "I love your art, I work in an architecture company and you could be what we are looking for in our company as one of the design staff. "Gael said

"I will leave you my business card, you can think about the job offer and the salary is worth dying for. Take your time but do not stay for long without responding." Gael said as he left his card on the table and exited.

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Tamara paid for the coffee and also left. When she was at her apartment she thought of the offer and it sounded tempting and nice. She headed to her wardrobe and looked at the hanged clothes and referring to no one in particular she thought she needed nice clothes.

For her revenge plan to be effective she needed all the nice designer clothes, jewellery, shoes, perfumes. She went to the kitchen and noticed that she had literally a small amount of shopping to withstand her for a month.

She decided to take up the job which was offered to her by Gael. She took the card and contacted him. The phone rang for a while before it was received.

A lady's voice was heard at the other end. "Thank you for calling Reyes company,I am Mitchell,how may I help you?" "I would like to speak to Mr Gael Reyes please." 

"Am so sorry but he is in a meeting. Would you like to leave a message? I will inform him as soon as he is finished." Mitchell asked. 

"Yes please inform him that Tamara Sanchez had called" she gave Mitchell her phone number and she wrote it down. "Have a nice afternoon," Mitchell said in a delightful tone and hung up. 

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Tamara loved going to the park when she was excited or her mind was clouded with thoughts. This time she went because she was happy to have secured a job in one of the prestigious company that was known in the city.

Of course she considered the Reyes company as the top notch company because she did not know if their company still existed or what happened to it after her greedy uncle took over. "It probably went down in shambles," she thought to herself.

She watched as children in the park were playing with water from the park fountain, women doing yoga and others jogging and she remembered all the fun she heard with Brighton, his ex boyfriend.

They would come to the park every weekend to do yoga and even planned on having children and bringing them for walks in the park, but all that was in vain for the only feeling he had for Jim now was hatred and the urge for revenge.

She wondered to herself what she would do if she crossed paths with him again. What will be her first reaction would she hug him because Brighton was her first love or will she put a slap across his face for what she did to her.

She was in a dilemma. She brushed off the thoughts from her mind because it only brought sad and tearful memories in her life and she only wanted to focus on the bright side. 

Tamara noticed a figure she noticed from a distance and gave a closer look to figure out who it was. To her surprise it was her best friend Alicia. Their eyes met and were

Both in surprise. Alicia was pushing a baby stroller as she headed towards Tamara.

"I can't believe it is really you!" Alicia exclaimed. "Yes it is me in flesh and blood,"Tamara giggled in an awkward way.

She bent down at the stroller, to her surprise there were two babies that only implied that Alicia was a mother to twin babies. "Congratulations," Tamara said as she looked up facing Alicia.  

"Am really happy for you and your kids,may they grow to be beautiful," Tamara said to Alicia. "Thank you for that,I need to rush back to the house, they have had enough sunlight for today," she said, referring to her children. 

Tamara waved her goodbye and thought it was weird how Alicia made an exit.