Lahat ng Kabanata ng Nina; The real me: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

The following morning, Henry summoned me to his office. I wasted no time in getting there hoping for something good to come out of our meeting. When I entered, he didn't bother to look at my face. He seemed to be writing something. When he was done, he handed a paper to me.“Here,” he said as he stretched out his hand. “Mrs Dorathy is on a short leave, therefore I have decided you be in charge of the other maid's until she returns from her trip. I won't tolerate nonsense from anyone including you. The listing of what she wants you to buy is what I have just handed to you’ I quickly turned to look at the paper. “You have just two hours to go get them, when you return I need you to prepare my room and the guest room, I'm expecting some visitors.After his instructions, I remained there because my blood had suddenly become cold. I couldn't believe that Henry was doing this to me. A tear fell from my eyes but I wiped it off immediately.“Henry, can I have a word with you?” I asked hoping

“Maria, sometimes we have to take a break from those things that aren't worth our time. Since I came here, it's been from one trouble to the other. I can't take this anymore. I think I'd need to leave for the meantime, I just hope I return again.”Maria tried to call me but I walked out on her, I was headed for Henry's office to give him my resignation letter. I walked into his office without knocking, and I wasn't surprised at the scene I saw. Clarissa was making out with my husband, but that's not why I'm here.“Don't you have some shame?” I asked as I shut the door behind me. “Don't you have a room or should I make one for you?”“Nina, you have guts! Don't you? How could you walk into your boss’s office without knocking” Clarissa tried to protest.I walked closer to the table and dropped the letter on the desk. “Thank you for housing me for the past few months. You can reach out to me when my kids are back so that I'll tell them the truth,then from there we can agree on who they li

I was working at the local café one day with full attention. I was in the middle of my shift, serving customers and preparing drinks. It had become my routine, and I enjoyed doing it. The smiles and compliments from customers give me the courage to do more. The café was busy with activity, the sound of conversations and clinking cups filling the air and I cared less of whatever was happening.I was behind the counter, arranging some drinks on a tray , when I saw someone who looked just like Olivia. My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly withdrew so she wouldn’t see me. The last thing I wanted was an encounter with Olivia because I didn't know if I could handle it.But it seemed luck was not in favor of me that day. I didn’t realize that Olivia had seen me first. She walked up to the counter, majestically. “She hasn't stopped,” I murmured.“Well, well, well, if it isn’t Nina who else would it be,” Olivia said in a mockery voice. “What a surprise to find you here. Did I just say that

“Oli…via” I muttered once more as I made my way out of the café that night. It has been a long and exhausting shift- from Olivia to my fellow workers and then to my boss. Who wouldn't get tired? I'm a human, and I've been doing a lot of brain work alongside my job. “Goodness!” I heard myself saying after replaying the events of the day in a second.I found myself standing along the road, hoping to get a cab, but the road looked deserted. I guess it was because of the heavy downpour and the few cars that passed by didn’t seem interested in stopping. I sighed, looking at my watch every now and then. It was late, and I was tired. As the minutes ticked by with no cab in sight, I decided to start walking. It wasn’t too far to my apartment, and the cool night air might help clear my head. I wrapped my arms around myself and began the trek. The last time I trekked at night was about five years ago when my family and I went out, but on our way back, my husband's car developed a fault, there

I opened the door and fell on my bed. I was exhausted to the extent that I slept throughout till the next day.“Oh my goodness!” I exclaimed as I used my hands to rub my eyes. I rushed immediately to the bathroom to have a quick bath and off I went without cleaning my room.I arrived before my boss, and this made me take a deep breath as I began the day's job. The days at the café continued to flow with a sense of normalcy. James and I maintained our professional relationship, but there was an undeniable undercurrent of mutual affection. I was grateful for his patience and understanding, and slowly, I began to open up more, letting him into my world bit by bit with no intention to have anything to do with him.One evening, just as we were about to close the café, a tall, well-dressed man walked in. His presence attracted the attention of everyone, and there was something about him that was familiar to me. Mr Johnson, who was busy trying to check on some task, looked up and his counten