Lost Opportunity...!

"I'm that bitch that suggested you carry out the experiment...!" She said.

"I'm that bitch that you challenged and also want to work for but...!" Megumi added.

Megumi paused.

"But, because you can't respect the fact that those regarded as 'prostitutes' in this city have a reason for their actions even though they know that it's wrong, but they still do it...how can you be expected to be respected by the people of this city...?!" Megumi said.

"Even the people that supported you right when you were bringing up the idea pushing the prostitutes out of the main city to the outsketch of the town, do you know what they were saying concerning you...?" Megumi asked.

"Do you know the kind of insults you've received from these people...?" Megumi asked as she pointed at the crowd.

Some people hid their faces, while others looked away from her. Some even turned their faces and whistled.

Kyo might have not noticed what was going on in the crowd, because she still tugged at Megumi's shirt.

"And since I'm that bitch that you wanted to challenge but coming out now, I, discovered I might have wasted my time in doing so...!"

Megumi said as she dusted Kyo's hand to her shirt, turned and left.

As she dusted Kyo's hand form her shirt and turned to leave, kyo got to her feet and said;

"U...U...Um Miss Megumi, w...w...what about the job interview? Or did I get the job?" She stuttered asking as she made a face.

Turning to look at the person talking, Megumi asked;

"Did you say something Kyo or Kwayo or what is your name...what is your name dear?" Megumi asked, acting all nice.

Chuckling, Kyo said;

"Actually it's, it's Kyo..."

"Okay, alright...!" Megumi replied as she asked;

"What was your question? Hey you...!" Megumi called.

"Get my driver to get my car over here...!" Megumi ordered.

Gulping, Kyo waited till when Megumi was done talking.

Not hearing Kyo talking, Megumi turned to her and said;

"Are you done talking?" She snapped.

"I'm not in the mood for mind games right now, I've got some business matters to attend to and unless you don't get talking, you gon' keep toiling...!" Megumi added as if she knew what Kyo had asked.

Hearing Megumi snap the first time, it had Kyo snap out of her day dream and clear her throat.

Having heard what Megumi said the second time, Kyo's brain reformatted.

"So what is it that you were asking..?" Megumi asked already losing her patience.

Clearing get throat one more time, Kyo said in a low voice;

"U...Um... Uh...I was asking, well I asked if I should come for the job interview, or if I had gotten the uh...the job."

Looking at her with some taste of disgust, Megumi twisted her mouth as of she had tasted something sour and then burst out laughing, as if she had heard a funny joke.

Everyone watched with their mouth agape.

"Oh I...I'm sorry darling...!" Megumi apologized, still laughing.

"C...Can...Can y...Can you hear yourself...?!" Megumi asked as she laughed on.

After laughing for some little time, Megumi composed herself and them straightened her figure and then said;

"You just asked the most dumbest question I've ever heard or ever beeen asked before...!" Megumi said as she burst out laughing again.

"You just asked me if you had gotten the job..." Megumi said.

Kyo that had been boasting the whole time with a lot of confidence, now stammered in embarrassment.

"U...U...Um t...t...that's not what I said...that's not what I said!" Kyo stammered.

"What did you say then?" Megumi asked.

Sucking in a deep breath, Kyo gathered the boldness to say;

"I...I said, well I asked if I should come for the interview, or...!" Kyo's voice trailed off.

"Or what? Continue dear..." Megumi said not looking up from the nails she was engrossed with.

Sucking in another round of deep breath, Kyo said;

"Or if I had gotten the job!" Kyo said.

"I asked you, if I should come for the interview, or if I had gotten the job...!" Kyo said.

Nodding, she said;

"Y...yeah t...t... that's what I said."

Sighing, Megumi yawned lazily.

"What's the difference form what I said...?" Megumi asked with her arms open wide.

"Y...Y...You just said that I had asked if I had gotten the job...but that's not all what I had said...!"

Moving closer, Megumi cut Kyo short by asking;

"So are you calling me a liar or what...?"

Kyo's eyes bulged out at the hearing of that.

"N...n...no, no,no,no, not at all!" Kyo immediately denied.

"Then what were you saying...? No, what are you saying right now? You're literally referring to me as a liar right?!" Megumi continued saying.

Kyo shook her head vigorously in negation.

"No,no,no I swear that's not what I meant, I swear...!" Kyo denied again.

Stopping and wearing a confused face, Megumi asked with her hand on her hip;

"Then what'd you mean then?"

"What I meant was, thought 'you' said that, no I said that you said, no...what are my saying...?!" Kyo screamed, confused.

Megumi and  everyone else in the crowd looked at her, like she was eating their time.

Taking in a very deep breath, Kyo tried to calm herself.

"Okay, Okay, it's Okay, just deep breaths now, in, out, in, out...hmm!" Kyo said as she tried to calm herself.

"Say something already...?" Someone shouted from amongst the crowd.

Kyo glared at the direction of the voice, but couldn't identify the person.

Turning to look back at Megumi, Kyo said;

"Miss Megumi, what I was trying to say was that; I asked, if I should come for the interview...or, if I had gotten the job..."

"Then what's different form what I said...?" Megumi cut in and asked impatiently.

Kyo's mouth dropped open

'Seriously lady...?' Kyo thought.

"You just picked the fact that I had asked if I had gotten the job or not...you didn't see any other thing just that...!" Kyo pointed.

Taking three (3) steps forward to stand in front of Kyo pretty well, Megumi looked down at Kyo with glaring eyes.

"Don't ever, pick my fault when you know you're the one at fault...do you understand that...?!" Megumi snapped at kyo as she made her point clear to her.

Looking into both eyes of Kyo, Megumi said;

"If that's what had taken you ages to blurt out, the answer is, NO!" Megumi said as she turned round and headed for her car that had already arrived.

"What...?" Kyo asked.

"Madam, if that was the answer you were to give to her, why did you have to turn round and come back to give her the reply...?" An employee of Megumi asked.

Chuckling, Megumi answered;

"Hahaha, Chiko, what a funny question you ask...of course I have to turn and give her my full attention to hear all the trash she has to say, besides..." Megumi paused.

"Haven't you heard that it is highly rude to walk out on a person when he or she is talking to you?" Megumi asked.

"I was taught that ny mother, weren't you also taught, Chiko?" Megumi asked.

Chiko closed his mouth and as he continued walking alongside Megumi.

Megumi turned to Chiko and said;

"I am sorry Chiko if I was being rude, but you know, I have to, I just have to pass across a message to this rude girl back there...!" Megumi apologized immediately.

Chiko turned to look at Megumi.

"Oh no, no, no Ma'am, I clearly understand, no worries...!" Chiko said, clearly understanding.

As Megumi walked, the people began to pave way for her. But she stopped mid-way and whispered something to Chiko, and the diverted to an alley and waited for Chiko to deliver her message to the person it had been destined for.

Meanwhile, Kyo felt her knees give way, and she collapsed onto the bare ground and wept.