Chapter 15: Chapter 15

I served both Michael and his friend before going back to the restroom again to wash my face because I think I need to bring it back to the normal temperature since a certain someone wouldn't stop teasing.

"Your husband is calling for you." Grace informed me,and I was confused. Did she notice anything strange between Michael and I but even so, we weren't dating.

"What??" I asked.

"Don't sweat it out, I'm talking about that man who wants only you to serve his food." She said,and I let out a sigh in relief.

"Who did you think I was talking about?" She asked.

"No one, I was just confused that's all." I lied.

"Okay, hurry up before he throws a tantrum." She told me.

I made my way to where the man sat, placing a fake smile on my face. I asked what he wanted to eat. While he was still thinking,I looked over to Michael to see that he was on a call but his eyes were on me and it gave me a good feeling that apart from Comfort,I had someone else looking out for me.

"I want you,and I have money so I'll treat you well." The man, who's name I didn't bother asking for, said and I was holding on to the last self control I had.

"Excuse me sir." I said,but he had other plans as I felt his hand travel up my skirt. Without thinking twice, which I know I'd regret later, I hit him with my jotter where I write down the orders.

"How dare you hit me? Do you know who I am?" He shouted, drawing attention to us.

"You were violating my right sir,I was only defending myself." I said as calmly as I could,

The man had no shame,I am young enough to be his daughter and he was still trying to cause a scene. I could see Michael already getting up,but his friend was trying to hold him back.

"Is this how you're taught to treat your customers?" He shouted,and he raised his hands to slap me and I closed my eyes waiting for the slap which never came.

I opened my eyes to see Michael holding the man's hand ,and this time a lot of people had gathered to see what's going on including the manager…..

"I can't lose this job." I thought, as I watched the unfolding scene.

"What happened Precious?" The manager asked.

"He was violating my right, and I hit him." I explained quietly.

"Liar,you still have the guts to lie after you begged for money which I promised to give you…. ungrateful girl, I shouldn't have come here if I knew this is how you trained you workers." The man ranted out to the manager.

"That's a lie he had his hands up my clothes." I explained,tears almost spilling from my eyes.

Some people started shaking their heads at me, believing what the man said and some even pointed out that I probably tried seducing him since my skirt is short. Apart from Michael and his friend who looked mad at the moment,I didn't think anyone else believed me.

"We're sorry sir, it'll not happen again." The manager said.

"As long as she's still here, you've lost a customer." The man said, and some others agreed with him while others looked at me with pity. Only Michael and his friend looked as if they were ready to beat the man.

"I'm sorry Precious,but we'll have to let you go." She said, and those ten words had my world spinning.

"Where do I start from?" I thought,and I didn't bother begging because no amount of begging I do would change her already made up mind.

I ran straight to the kitchen where I dropped my apron and saw the girls looking at me with pity too.

"We know he is lying,you wouldn't stoop so low." Tracy said,and Grace agreed the other workers just continued staring since we hardly say two words to one another.

The last bit of control I had broke up when Comfort started her own rant with tears down her cheeks. She asked if I hit him hard enough to form a bruise which I nodded negatively to.

"You should've hit him well." She said and started removing her apron too.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"We're going home together….I quit." She replied but she better be joking because two of us without a job would only worsen the matter.

I finally convinced her to stay back so we wouldn't have to go begging.

When I was done dressing back into my normal clothes,I ran out through the back door after saying goodbye to both Tracy and Grace since I'd see Comfort at home.

I met Michael and his friend waiting outside,I didn't care who was looking, I just ran to him and hugged him and he wrapped his hands protectively around me.

"It's okay,let it out." He said,and as if he had the key to my tears they started pouring out without control.

"Who the fuck does he think he is?" Michael said.

"Calm down Michael, I'm sure you don't want to scare Precious." The friend said….I should ask for his name.

"Sorry,I can't help how angry I am right now." He muttered.

"We clearly saw what happened and she chose to believe what the man said….bullshit." His friend said,just as angry as Michael is but he controlled it better.

"I'm sorry I wet your shirt." I apologised when I was done crying.

"It's fine Angel." He said,as he used his hand to clean my tears.

We were sitting in a car which I'm sure belonged to his friend who is sitting in the driver's side.

"What's his name?" I asked, pointing to his friend.

"Noah." He replied.

Noah drove to my place with Michael giving him direction there and when we got there,Noah stayed in the car while Michael followed the inside.

"Thank you for bringing me home." I said to Michael.

"It's okay, the only thing I feel bad about is that I didn't punch that lie out of his face." Michael said, placing a kiss on my forehead.

We were still talking when someone knocked on the door and my guess was Noah, but when I opened the door I saw David instead.

"You're home early today. Is everything okay? And have you been crying?" He asked, looking concerned.

"I got fired because I hit a customer." I explained, still not opening the door.

"You,hit a customer?" He asked, not believing me.

"Yes,he crossed his limit." I said and he nodded.

"Are you fine though?" He asked.

"If I sleep now, I'll be okay. I'll talk to you later." I told him,in a bid to get back to Michael.

"That's fine." He said.

Michael, who saw the whole thing, didn't ask any questions, which is fine with me. After making sure I was okay,he had to leave so he could get back to work since we didn't want him to get fired too.

As I saw him off,we met David outside and he wouldn't stop looking between Michael and I especially at our intertwined hand. I didn't know why, but I felt bad so I removed my hand from Michael's and he looked at me with raised eyebrows but I just shrugged.

"Thanks for driving me home." I told Noah.

"It's fine, just be good." He replied.

I watched as they drove away with Michael sitting in the passenger's seat. I waved till they were out of sight.

"Now, it's time to think about my life." I thought as I went back inside.