Ryan Asher

chapter one: the travel

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"Jasmine!!" Tara said while watching me
pace around the room. "You have to calm down , you need to listen to me I am your friendAnd I know what is best for you."

"I know but I can't travel and leave you alone" I said, being stressed out about me traveling to Manchester I need to get the job there but I can't leave my mum and Tara here all alone.

"And who said you are going alone"

"What,what do you mean by me not going alone"I said wondering what was going on in her head.

"Look I can't stay here alone and I want to visit Manchester, I can't leave u we are best friends since childhood and may be I can get a job"

"Job. you. you and job don't fit in the same sentence,besides what do you think you are going to do there if you don't get a job and I do or the other way round, I can't have you doing nothing there ,you will bore me with all your talk." i said with crossed arms.

"Three things. One what do you mean I won't get a job I studied in the college and I passed just like you so please don't say that. Two even if I don't get a job I am very sure you will get the job and they called you for an interview so I am very sure they will give you the job you are a very good writer. Three I would really love to see Ryan Asher "

"Who" I said thinking what she was talking about because she talks rubbish most of the time.

"RYAN ASHER. The super hot and famous billionaire who owns thousands of companies in Scotland,Manchester and Oxford." She looked at me hoping I knew what she was talking about.

"what are you talking about i mean who are you talking about, wait, you know what, I don't want to know and I don't think you should go besides who is going to pay the flight bills you know they are paying for my flight and I don't have money to pay for your flight". Tara's family has done so much for me ever since dad died and left me and mum,she let me stay in her house and got an apartment for me and mum ,we had to leave everything and run away from dad's family because they wanted to kill us well that's all I know and that's all mum told me. I don't want to burden her again I want to give her space, she deserves it after all she has done for me.

"I know what you are thinking so I got dad to pay for my flight......"

"What,Tara I told you that you have done so much for me and mum already, now this?"

".....let me finish,I told him I will pay back the money but he told me that I should take it, it's the least he could do after you made him your delicious apple pie, please let me go I know you need me".

"OK, fine but you have to promise me that you won't do me any more favors".

"yay, but I'm sorry I already did something".

"what did you do" I asked.

"I. Got.us.an apartment. I'm so sorry please don't kill me".

"You did what!!! oh you're dead". I ended up chasing her all over the apartment then we later decided to see mum tomorrow before we leave for Manchester the following day.

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We were about entering mum's apartment when Tara forgot her phone in her car so I decided to knock on the door while she goes to get her phone.

As I entered I saw mum in the kitchen l could smell the aroma of her delicious tamales.

She used to make it any time I was sad, missing my dad or I got bullied at school.

"Mum".

"Jasmine, you are just in time I made your favorite tamales, come in ,I thought you were coming with Tara where is she". She said smiling.