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Chapter One: Bad News.

When Isabel walked in through the door, dragging her feet and deep in thought, Stacey knew that something was terribly wrong. It was rare to see Isabel upset, she was always jovial with a unique sense of humour. When she got upset however, she would lock herself in and wallow on her own.

Having known each other for almost five years, Stacey dreaded seeing Isabel upset and thus she would do anything to cheer her up.

“You do not look too well Izzy, what's the matter? ”

“Yeah I do not feel too well, but that's not important. ” Isabel said sinking into the sofa and closed her eyes.

“You do not feel okay but that is not important, what do we call that, irony, onomatopoeia?” Stacey asked pretending to be thinking hard with her index finger tapping the side of her chin.

“No,  it's a proverb silly. ” Isabel replied in a small voice.

“But seriously Izzy what is it? ” Stacey pushed.

“I lost my job. ”

“Wait what? ” Stacey asked shocked.

She knew how much Isabel loved her job and what a hardworking young lady she was. it had not been an easy task securing employment in that town, leave alone in such a big company. Bliss insurance was one of the firms Isabel had always wanted to work with and then five months down the line, the job was gone.

“What happened, I mean did you anger someone who knew someone up the ladder? because it cannot be incompetence!”

“ I do not know, the company is running low on profit and they cannot afford extra workers, I'm not the only one laid off, that's according to the CEO.”

“And they could not give you a notice before today? Is that not what is supposed to happen? ”

“Yeah, and the worst part is that I cannot even afford a lawyer to proceed to court. Gosh! What am I going to do, the bills...”

“Shhh, you know I have got your back, it is only that I do not know anyone in that line of work but you are welcome to help me out in the diner sometimes. ” Stacey winked at her knowing very well that Isabel could not cook to save her life.

“please.” she said rolling her eyes knowing that Stacey was messing with her. They laughed for a while and Stacey sighed knowing that it was not going to be so bad after all.

“So, what can I get you?”

“A Cold shower and hours of sleep will do just fine, thank you. ” She said rubbing her face.

“That one you will have to get by yourself, sorry. ” Stacey said standing up. “Dinner will be ready by 7:00pm, I'll need you to be up by then.” she shouted from the kitchen.

“Yes ma'am!” Isabel shouted back from the corridor.

Woohoo! Thank you for reading to the end of this chapter. It is my first time posting and I will appreciate if you give me some love. Leave a comment and let me know what you think of this chapter. LoL😍