Hidden Gifts

Four

"I said no, sir. There are many other young girls who are willing to take you're offer without any problems. I, sir, am not the one you want." She had to keep her act together because she didn't want to risk losing her job.

The man and his friends just laughed. "Whatever flat whore."

He was just saying that to spite her because even though she wasn't the most endowed woman in the world she still wasn't flat.

Counting her breaths, she closed her eyes and walked away. This was not a place were she could be angry. There were drunks here and she couldn't risk getting in a fight with one of them.

She bumps into a wall, when she finally opens her eyes she realizes that she's lost.

The place was huge and it was not wise of her to wander with her eyes closed. She stood in a long corridor with several doors at each side. The numbers started from 301 and down.

"You people disgust me." She heard a man's voice say followed with the sound a someone's bone breaking.

"I don't want to he apart of whatever scheme your planning. This isn't who we are and you know it." Another says and she hears the sound of another blow.

"Shut up! Don't you think we've tried making peace? And what have they done to us? They killed us. They don't want peace they want to wipe us away and you expect me not to do anything? My father died trying to make peace and you want me to do the same?!" The man yells again.

"We are more now and more of us have been found, we can rise up and take everything we ever wanted." The man continues.

"But–" the victim coughs. "–but not everyone wants to join you. Majority of us want peace. You can't force us to do your bidding. This isn't what your dad would have wanted."

"Shut. Up!" Another blow and it sounds much more painful than the last. "Do you actually think that I give a fuck?! I will force them to join me because I can. They owe me that much and you are no exception. TJ, I want you to round every single one of them up and bring them to the location we talked about and as for you, shit head, I'd advise you to just shut up and stop trying to be a hero for once. Join me and you will finally know how victory tastes."

The door opens and Talia immediately runs the opposite direction. It was 10:30 now and she only had thirty minutes to go. She had to check out at eleven but after what she just heard she didn't feel safe staying here.

Is this why other staff left?

She bumped into someone on her way out and all she could see after that was trouble. He was tall and hefty, he looked down on her and narrowed his eyes at her.

"The staff aren't allowed back here. What are you? Daft?" His voice was thick and groggy.

"I didn't– I didn't know. I'm leaving now." She rushes past him but he holds her forearm.

"Not so fast, I don't know what you heard but I'm not risking anything with you. I need this job. You're in big trouble." He drags her by one arm as she squirms around.

She uses her elbow to hit his groin but that only stuns him for a second but it was long enough for him to let go of her.

She elbowed him in the neck and kneed his groin once more. Still adamant on capturing her, he swings his fist in the air hoping to connect it to her face but luckily she ducks right in time and runs away almost losing her balance.

"Hey. Coby, right?" She says to a fellow waiter who rolls his eyes at her.

"It's Toby. What do you want?" He smiles as he hands some girls their drinks, winking before he turns back to her and frowns.

"I need you to do a favour for me." Talia says hastily looking behind her to see if he was coming.

"And that is too?"

"Clock out for me at eleven."

"What? You just started work today and you want to leave early? You're lazier than Larry." He shakes his head.

"Please." She looks back again. "Please, I'm begging you. There's something I need to do at home and it's really urgent."

"Which is?" He says looking uninterested.

"My–" her head is spinning as she keeps looking front and back. "–my mom is dying. I need to grab her medicine from the pharmacy. Please just do this for me." The thought of Clare is enough to make her cry and she uses it to her advantage.

Toby's demeanor finally softens and he agrees. "Okay, I'll clock out for you. I get where you're coming from, my brother was sick too and–"

She doesn't wait for him to finish talking before she runs out of the club.

Breathing heavily, she checks her phone and the time reads 10:39. Running has never been her area of expertise but she had to run faster than she had ever in her life.

Was she really ready to risk her life for thirty dollars? Stopping at the police station she takes in deep breaths. She can't afford to be lost at this time of the night. Hopefully when she got back home Damie would have been sleeping because she would just assume that Talia was also asleep.

When she sees that she was not followed she walks slowly counting her breaths once more.

She opens the front door and sees Damie standing in front of her.

"Where the hell where you?!" Damie yells.

"Nowhere." Talia walks past her but she grabs her forearm and turns her around. How many people would drag her back in a day.

"What do you mean nowhere? You've been gone for nearly six hours! You can't sneak out for six good hours and expect me to just let it slide when you say nothing! And why are you dressed like that?" Damie asks, infuriated.

"I'm going to say the thing you always say to me: don't worry about it, everything is going to be fine." Talia walks up the stairs and falls down hard on the floor when she enters her bedroom because of sheer exhaustion.

What the fuck did she just hear?

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Also, I heard that kicking a man's balls is very painful so... I'm going to do more of that *kiss emoji*

~BGS