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ADELAIDE
Please, I can’t lose this job.”
Even I could hear the desperation in my voice, but I
didn’t care. This could not be happening. Not to me. Not right now.
Antonio, my boss, dragged two fingers over his thick mustache and
exhaled loudly. “Look around, Addy.”
I did as he asked, noticing the same small coffee shop with nonmatching
chairs and round tables I’d contemplated for the last two years. What was I
supposed to see?
“There’s no one here,” he added, answering my unspoken question.
“I’m really sorry, but we just can’t afford you anymore.”
I closed my eyes, willing the threatening tears to go away. It wasn’t his
fault; this was meant to happen at some point.
When I trusted myself to look in control, I gave him a curt nod. “Do you
need me to finish today’s shift?” Not that I’d started it. Antonio had
cornered me as soon as I came in, casually destroying my life with a few
simple sentences.
He winced. “If you don’t mind, I think I’ll be all right by myself today.”
I didn’t have the strength to say anything, so I shrugged. I’d rather start
looking for another job as soon as possible anyway. With a tight smile, I
walked out of the shop. If I’d tried to say goodbye, I would probably have
broken down into sobs, and what good would that have done?
With my head hung low, I headed to the small park on the other side of
the street and sat on a cool metal bench.
Standing in front of Antonio, I’d been able to keep a semi-straight face,
but once I started thinking about everything losing my job entailed, panic
arose in my chest. The image of the bank statement I’d looked at this
morning seared my mind. The nighttime singing gigs wouldn’t cut it.
God, what would I tell Louis?
It wasn’t like my little brother would understand what losing my job
meant for him, but if I couldn’t pay the rent at the end of the month, he’d
know something was up.
Maybe by some miracle, I’d come home later today and my father
would be out of bed, ready to start looking for work all of a sudden?
Yeah, right.
I hugged my knees as a heavy wind blew around me. A storm was
brewing. Hopefully, it would fall as rain instead of snow.
My eyes stung, but I again pushed the tears back. Everything would be
okay. It wasn’t the first time I’d lost a job. I’d find something new. I had to
find something new. I’d beg if it came to it. We would make it through this.
Everything would be okay.
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