Chapter 2- Surroundings
I wake up to the sound of my alarm going off and look at the time. Damn why is my alarm set for 8o’clock? Then I suddenly remember that I have to go to Deondre’s and my new job. So I hop out the bed leaving Karma to sit up wondering why I got up so fast. I tell her to lie back down and I’ll make her breakfast in a minute. As always she obeys and lies back down. With that being done I go to the restroom to take a quick shower. When I got out I decided to air dry as I fix my hair up into a pony tail with a swoop and brush my teeth.
Coming out of the bathroom I started putting on lotion and went to find what I wanted my work attire to consist of. I finally decided that I will be wearing khakis and a solid v neck or collared shirt tucked in with some basic black Nikes. After being dressed I woke Karma up and started heading downstairs. Noticing that its 8:30a.m. and I have to leave in 15 minutes to get there on time, I decide to just give Karma her food and water and grab the rest of my things. After doing so I lock the door and get in my car heading towards Doendre’s.
Once I got there I knocked on the door and no one answered so I decided to call my boss. Deondre answered the phone after the fifth ring, just when I was about to hang up.
Deondre: “Who is this?” what a way to answer the phone wonder what's wrong with him sounding throwed and raspy
Me: “Hi, how are you, It’s Crissa. I'm outside but if you don't need me today I can go back home.”
Deondre: “Naw, hold up” and with that he hung up two minutes later I her footsteps from inside the house and then the door opens with Deondre on the other side.
As soon as I walk inside the house I get hit with the strongest odor of marijuana I've came in contact with in a while. At least I know why he was sounding throwed and his eyes are bloodshot red.
Deondre: “Well you know where everything is so I’ll leave you be” I nod my head and he look at me for a minute before he walks off.
I headed for the living room to find it somewhat okay. I found just a couple of beers here and there with a couple of chips and snacks around the room. So I decided that I’ll clean this room first and start off my work load light because something tells me that somewhere in the house is way worse. After I got done vacuuming, I decided to go see what the kitchen looks like.
Once I got to the kitchen it was once again a mess. There were pans piled in the sink, so I just wonder what the oven looks like. Getting done washing the pans and putting them in the dry rack I decided to wipe the counter down, since it was covered in cup ring stains and food particles. Finally having the granite countertop looking back shiny, it was now time for me to clean the stove. God I don't want to do this. I open the stove to find that it’s actually not that bad of a mess so I hit the self-clean option on the stove and headed towards the basement.
After I get the basement cleaned I'm going to take an early lunch break, this is almost too much. I got down to the basement to find that this must be where all the smoking must have took place. I knew I shouldn’t have thought about taking an early lunch break. Now I done jinxed myself. Looking all over this room just from the stairs all I see is mess. The bar counter has glasses and spilt drinks on it. Carpet is dirty with stains and trash everywhere. Let’s not even get to the microfiber couch with all its stains, food, and clothing on it.
I decide to start with the bar area first being that it looks the least messy. I go upstairs and get bleach, Windex, stain remover, and two rags from the closet. As I head to the steps I hear a door closing so I assume Deondre is up or somehow knows that I've already cleaned the part of the house he wants to use. I proceed to the basement and leave the door open so that the odor has somewhere to escape. I start at the sink area of the bar cleaning it with bleach and Windex to make it shine. Knowing that the smell of bleach might make me sick in a few I decide to go back upstairs to the kitchen grabbing some Fabuloso from the closet pouring some in a pot with a little water to start making the house marinate in it to smell good and fresh, then go back to the basement. I then filled the sink up with water and bleach to let the glasses sit in while I clean the counter. Having cleaned the counter off with bleach stopping once and a while because of the smell, I moved back over to the sink to wash the glasses. Two hours later its finally 1:30 and I was done cleaning the basement with a sigh of relief.
