Busi carefully placed the five drinks on table four before bringing their meals. Being that it was a Friday afternoon and lunchtime, the restaurant was busy to the point where they had no more tables left and people had to settle for takeaways. She was glad she was only working a half shift today. She could spend the rest of the evening with three of her favorite people.
" B1 is ready!"
The chef shouted out just as she was writing down the last meal order from her current table. She placed her little notebook in the pocket of apron and headed to the serving area. Waitressing was just a part time job she did to keep a roof over her children and pay all her bills while studying on an educational loan which she tried to pay off when she could which was like once in a blue moon. Being a single, working and studying mother was not what it was all cut out to be and she at times wished her children away. One of the things she felt guilty about, felt like a bad mother, an evil person for having that feeling.
" Afternoon ladies. Here are your meals _ chicken teriyaki and an avo-chicken salad....."
The women in booth one both looked up at the same time to thank her for her service but as soon as their eyes met, she went deaf and heard nothing they were each saying. Her flight or fight responses were alerted but it took a minute for her to react. In five years she never considered laying her eyes on the both of them, hence never thought about this moment. What she would do if she met them again. So as soon as she regained her consciousness, she hurried into the bathroom, deaf to the calls of her other tables and her colleagues.
" Anele what's wrong with you? You know how angry Beatrice will be when somebody complains and those look like very wealthy_...."
A concerned Minnie, knocked repeatedly on the door of the stall she was in.
" I need a second. I'll be out in a minute."
Minnie went back into the dining and attended to her diners as not to alert Beatrice, their manager to anything being wrong.
" My son is a respectable young man who would never force himself on a girl like you or any other girl for that matter. After all there are girls way better and way sexier than you who throw themselves at his feet. Now next time you come into my home with such accusations, I won't be so nice. Now stay away from my children or being pregnant at sixteen will be the least of your problems. I don't want to ever see you here again, ever!"
She took a few deep breaths while reminding herself that they came into the restaurant and she did not go looking for them. When she felt she was calm she left the stall and slowly washed her hands trying to avoid the inevitable.
" Are you okay?"
" Yes. Thank you for attending to my tables."
" No problem babe but the ladies in booth one are asking for you, specifically."
Her friends only knew that her children's father did not want to be in her children's lives because she was not comfortable telling her life story to anyone. She checked the time before planting a smile and soldering on. Like she had done the past five years, soldier on when the twins were sick, when they would not sleep and she had an exam the next morning. Soldier on when her landlord called her names because she was short on her rent money after she missed a couple of days off from work because her twins were sick.
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WHEN I NEEDED YOU. ( Lesbian Slow Updates.)
General Fiction" Stupid me. I thought you were different." " But I-" " Get away from me! I don't ever want to see your fat face again." Nothing hurt more than her words and the look of disgust on her face. The one person who she thought would believe her did not...
