Maria The Cleaning Lady

Maria The Cleaning Lady Chapter 1

BZZZ BZZ BZZ

I'm sick and tired of hearing that shit. It's constantly annoying and when I hear that BZZ I want to punch my phone and then myself.  I push the button to turn off my alarm and then head off to the bathroom to get ready for the day ahead of me. Out of everything that I could have done with my life I decided to clean houses for a living. I deal with annoying people everyday and I should really get a prize for what I have to put up with.

I chose this career because I thought this was the best thing that I could do. I was not the best student at school, I really did not pay attention in my classes and just messed up everything that was thrown at me. My last year of high school was especially difficult. My parents were going through a divorce and I felt like I was just shot in the chest. You think of your parents like the happiest couple in the world. Nothing could go wrong with them right. Though then you hear the fighting, the crying, the marks left on both of them. If they can't love each other then how are they going to love me? Then you question if you're the mistake in their life. If you did not exist then things could have been different. There would be no fighting, no pain whatsoever. I don't know what I did wrong but I did in a way. I let them down as a kid, I let them down with their dream of having a kid that can conquer the world. A kid that can do it all and still have time for both of them. You try to fix the problem but then you come to terms that this will be the new normal.

My parents went their separate ways and so did I. I became more distant with them and shut them out of my life. I moved out of where I was living and went to live in New York. I was always attracted by the huge towers and the huge lights that it had. I always remember seeing movies that had New York City in it and I was always left amazed. The beauty of it and how many people live in it. I thought it was a good escape from the world. I quickly found out that it was a half-rotten deal. I live in a small apartment that only fits one person. The room is so small that I can't put much on it. If I stretch out my arms I can touch the walls. Though I feel comfortable in this place. Like I am in my own little world. It's cute in a way, I always wanted my own little world, an escape from reality one can say. This is my escape, even if it's a very mediocre escape.

I get out of my house at 8 am and head out to clean for a woman called Sara Toga. She's massively tall and she intimidates me because of her height. She's a nice lady though, she gives me coffee and is not an ass like so many other people that i've cleaned for. I have heard many insults in my life. They have called me a bitch and whore. Once there was this older gentleman and I will never forget his words: ''Your worthless ya know that''. I quit on the spot and went home crying. Those are words no one should hear in their life and when they are heard it is like a punch to the gut. A person just told you that you are nothing. I mean he was not wrong though, I have not done much in my life and i'm mostly just a screw up. I always say to myself that the next day will be a better day. Sometimes it helps me and get me out of my bed in the morning. I would like to say that I am making progress, I mean I am doing everything that I can but yet I could do so much more. That's what keeps me going I guess.

¨Hi Maria, nice to see you this morning¨, said Sara Toga with an excited voice. I don't know how some people could be so positive. Maybe because they have never been hurt so badly that they have a good perspective on this world. I try to give the best smile I could and say with just an emphatic voice as she sad to me ¨nice to see you too Sara Toga, how are you?¨ I immediately regret that question, because I don't actually want to know anything about her. I just want this day to be over already so I can go home and just rest in peace. I have not done anything yet, but I feel so tired. ¨ I'm good, ready to start the day right.¨ She passes me my cup of coffee and I put on a genuine smile. I don't know why but everytime she makes me coffee I feel like i'm being treated like a good person and an actual human being.

¨Thanks Sara, what do you need me to clean today?

¨I need you to clean my room and then do the laundry for me. I've run out of clothes for this week so I need you to do that asap.¨

¨Ok sounds good, are you going to head out.¨

¨Yeah Ill be back around 5 pm but you can head out when you all finished with my room and laundry.¨

Thank God, I did not want to spend the whole entire day here. I just wanted to go home. People really don't realize how dirty and disgusting they are until they wash their clothes. Like you have all that filth but you chose to just plain out ignore it.  When I tell people about my job I usually get ¨Oh really.¨ I hate it when they say that, like yes I work that job it's not that bad. I know it's not great either but it pays well. Maybe if people were not lazy then I would not even have this job. It's not even lazy people, it's just rich people. They think they're better than everyone else but in reality their just total ass holes.

I entered my boss's room thinking that I would have some light work today, though I was greeted with the exact opposite. Her clothes were all on the floor, the sheets in her bed were all undone and her room smelled like shit.

¨ I know it looks sorta dirty but you should be done in a couple hours¨.

When Sara Toga said those words I wanted to kill her. I just put a smile on my face and tell her

¨Yeah I've had worse rooms¨.

She leaves the house and I get straight into work. It takes me about 4 hours to clean and do her laundry. As soon as I finished I did not know what to do. I wanted to go home but then I took a look outside and the day looked nice. I decided that I should treat myself for today, it's not like everyday I feel like this so I might as well take advantage of my mood.  There's a cafe near where I work and it looks super nice. They have a garden and live music as well. Plus the prices are cheap  and the pastries that they have are world class.

I enter the cafe and I'm greeted by a girl who gives me a nice smile and says

¨Can I help you with anything today.¨

¨ Yeah I would like a caramel lotte and a slice of lemon cake.¨

She gives me my food and I decide to go to the garden. I take my seat and admire the flowers, they look so beautiful and peaceful. They seem to have no flaws in them, that is probably why everyone admires them. Then I  hear footsteps and by the corner of my eye I see a man. I stare at him for a bit. Then all of a sudden he stares back at me, and walks toward me. Why did I decide to come to this place.