The Help (MB)

Chapter 43

*A few days later*

*Chresanto*

We got all our furniture moved in,and I got the job,along with Kenya and Peyton,working at the grocery store. Ray works at the local wendy's while Diggy stayed home and helped neighbors with repairs in their homes. We'd really be ready to move in tomorrow,but as of now,we were packing all of our clothes.

"The place we got is pretty big,isn't it?" Ray asked,and I nodded. "It's a four bedroom,but its not all that big. Just something to keep us out of trouble. We start work in two days,you ready for that?"

"Hell no. I ain't worked a day in my life. What makes you think I want to work now? I don't know the first thing about having a job." He chuckled.

"Yea well get used to it. We're pretty much on our own now,because I haven't heard from Dad since we were at the hotel. I think we can pull through though."

"Me too,hopefully." Prince said,smiling at himself in the mirror while he combed a pick through his afro.

"Guys come here!!!" Amaya ran in the room,an excited look on her face.

She ran back out,and I guess that was our cue to follow behind her.

We all ran in the front room and looked at Pey,who was holding a phone in her hand. Everyone was standing behind her with large smiles on their faces.

"So everyone is now safe. You don't have to worry about that man anymore." I heard my dad's voice on the other side of the phone.

So I guess he took care of that little "problem" after all. I smiled,way happier that we didn't have anything to worry about from now on.

"So that means we can move back into our old house,right?" Diggy asked.

"No,son. Unfortunately,before I could get ahold of his crew,they ruined the house and burned it down. There is absolutely no way of getting it fixed,and thanks to added work,i'm going to be here a lot longer. I'm sorry." Everyone looked sad for a second,but it wasn't like we had no place to stay.

"Well,I have to go now. Good luck to you kids,I know you can do it!" He said into the phone before hanging up.

Everyone was quiet for a second,then we just went back to what we were doing before.

*the next day*

We loaded Marquan's car with all of our clothes and drove over to our new apartment first thing the next morning. We had a long day ahead,with everyone getting settled in and all. I really hated the fact that we couldn't get as big of a house as we wanted,but we had to get what we could afford.

"Well,this is it. Please feel free to visit at any time. I enjoyed you guys." Marquan said after we unpacked everything. He gave everyone a hug,and held onto Kenya a little longer,which made me uncomfortable.

"Thank you so much for having us! You're a really good friend,Marquan." She said,smiling.

"You're welcome. Well,I'll let y'all get settled in. See you soon!" He smiled and waved before he got in the car and drove off.

I wrapped my arms around Kenya's shoulders,and she smiled.

"Well,this is it for a while."

"Yea. We'd better unpack. We got a long day ahead of us tomorrow." I said,and we all walked into the apartment.

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*Kenya*

After a long night of unpacking and getting settled in,I don't even remember falling asleep on the couch. There were boxes of things we'd ordered from different stores everywhere,and I checked the watch that was laid out on the table. It read 10:00 AM. We started work at 12.

I got up and took a shower and put on my uniform. I combed my hair down and put on the hat that we were required to wear.

Chres walked into the room that I shared with Peyton,who was in the shower. "Goodmorning."

"Your breath stinks."

"I just woke up."

He fell back on my bed and got comfortable under the blankets.

I hit his leg.

"You need to get up. We have to be at work in forty five minutes."

"I got time."

"Whatever." I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Come here."

"No."

"Fine then i'll start singing."

"That wont bother me."

He started to sing an off key version of "Let It Burn" by Usher,and I laughed,covering his mouth. "What do you want?" I asked.

"I want some sugar."

"Go look in the cabinets." I said,laughing. He gave me a blank face.

"I'm serious. Your breath stinks. Go get dressed." I laughed,and he got up and went to take a shower. 15 minutes later,we were all dressed and we walked a few blocks down to our job.

When we got inside,we saw that the place was very big.

"Welcome to Mark's Market. Kenya and Chres,I know you. Nice to meet you,Peyton." Shamika,the girl from the rink,shook Peyton's hand.

"Peyton,you'll start by stacking a few items up on the shelves that we have stored in the back. It isn't hard at all to find your way around. Kenya,you're at the register for now,and Chres,you're out back helping with the loaded trucks. If you need any help,i'm right over here in our bakery section." She waved and smiled,rushing back to her working area to help a woman trying to get a cake. I went straight to my work area.

There was another boy and girl at two other registers,and a person bagging the groceries at each one. I waved to the girl who was supposed to do the bagging at my section,and I introduced myself.

"I'm Kenya."

"I'm Alex. Good to meet you. You mew here?"

"Yea. Well,I grew up around this side of town,but I moved away a long while back. I just recently moved back down here."

"Well,this is a good place to work. We never have any problems,and the managers and bosses are always very nice."

"Well i'm so glad to hear that." I said,smiling.

A lady walked up with two whole buggies full of groceries,and I rung them all up.

"That will be 139.45" I said,smiling.

She gave me the money and I told her to have a nice day.

"Well you're sure doing a good job so far." Alex said once the lady had walked off.

"Girl,this ain't nothing. I been working my whole life." I said,chuckling.

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