The mayer job.

[ To Christiana Mayer. ]

[ Message status, delivered. ]

*****

I read the message again and again as I inhaled deeply.

This was a turnover in my life.

Now that I knew my life was at stake, I had to try my best to appease the Mayers. I loved their daughter to the core but this was not due to the threat, I did admire her. You see, I'm illogical.

I gave Sarah a look as the two girls feasted on chicken and chips, I sat at the corner, avoiding them with a hamburger filled with spinach, lettuce, and beef, anxiously waiting for the application I had sent to get approved.

My wait didn't fail as my phone beeped and there it was.

[ 1 new message from Christiana Mayer ]

[ Application Approved! ]

Ting! Ting!

[ 1 unread message from Christiana Mayer ]

[ I've approved your application, my daughter's tuition has to start as soon as possible. ]

I looked up, saw the sky brighten, and quickly typed a 'Thank you madam' at the end of the message.

Ting! Ting!

Holy crap! Christiana my employer was actually in the mood for a chat, and she replied to my thank you!

[ I've attached your working hours and a timetable in the first text, hope you have seen it. If you are not ok with the wages above let me know and I will be good enough to get someone else for the job. ]

This time I was grateful, I had not seen the attached file on the first text so I scrolled up and opened the pdf.

It was a simple timetable with my working hours. I would be teaching Jessie Biography, GHC, LS which meant Life Skills and Swahili language. My working hours were from 9 am to 4 pm with the inclusion of a break and lunch.

Below that I read the payment.

$40 per day, two lessons a day.

There was also an evaluation test that I was supposed to conduct and this came with an exclusive $80 additional payment if Jessie got a distinction mark.

The total payment mounted up to $1200 for tuition and the end test $80 making it $1280 in a month.

This was a good side hustle, the Mayers were gentlemen.

I cleared my throat with a tingling smile and bit more of the burger, my tongue swept over my lips as I picked all the chunks and chewed softly, tasting the staleness as I ordered for Kebab instead, I don't love hamburgers. These things contained raw leaves!

Sarah passed the kebab over with a black current Kepsi quencher which I happily received dropping the leftover hamburger down the bin.

It was late evening, time to go back home.

I drew closer to the two girls and enjoyed my snack as Lisa informed me that she had an aspiring man for the bakery position.

She was so good, and affluent in conducting her tasks, I liked that part of her.

"Let him come over for an interview tomorrow. " I said while drinking the Kepsi. "We shall meet down Shrubland Street three, I know of an open cafeteria. It's a good place to have a conversation.

The two pictured the cafeteria I was talking about and approved the venue.

"OK, tomorrow by 3 pm," Lisa confirmed, picking a packet of Swazi Bhajia she had ordered for her siblings, that I was going to pay for it as I saw the bill passed over to me.

I didn't mind that too.

"208 Dollars!" I gasped. I had eaten just less than $38 but these two bitches had savored more than $85 each! Their bellies were not even protruding but as always, FLAT!

"What's the problem?" Sarah asked as I calmed down and lowered my voice to nothing. "Hmmm, nothing hehe."

I paid the bill using the debit card as Sarah ordered a fried smokie for me, "This is for you." She smiled as she paid for the smokie that cost her 8 pennies.

That was unfair but I accepted the Smokie nonetheless.

The way back home parted just near the alley where I had accidentally killed a thug as Lisa took a cab to her place.

Now I was all alone with Sarah who wrapped her hand in mine and led me back home. She was happier than ever.

*****

As usual, Sarah's bed had been evacuated. Nowadays we share one bed, that was mine.

*****

I woke up to the smell of lavender, Sarah was up, doing her hair, combing slowly and perfectly into a ponytail.

"Hey..good morning."

I heard her voice as she peeked at my reflection in the mirror hanging on the wall.

"Good morning too." I was up, behind her, wrapping my arms around her slender waist. "What's your plan today?" She asked as I answered flatly.

"Getting the shop furnished, we have to buy cookery and get the place furnished." My mouth was just an inch away from her ear and she turned round to hug me with her arms on my shoulder with a seducing look on her face.

"What were you talking about with Miss Mayer?" She finally asked after 12 hours giving me the tread that this may lead to something bad.

"Ah, nothing just business," I replied cooly looking straight at my contemplation in her oval eyes. She trusted me.

"We have to get Lisa out of our way, She is not going to marry you..." She seriously said while adding, "And that flat chest too... I don't want you near her!" The flat chest she referred to was Jessie, how was I going to begin, to tell her that I would be tutoring the flat chest the whole holiday?

Her tone threatened me, what was I going to do? but to say that I was honest with her.

"I don't have anything to do with the Mayers, and I'm never going to be affiliated with them." I was calm as Sarah let go of me and sat on the bed next to my dark phone.

"I don't know why, but I feel like you not telling me everything. " Sarah said as my phone rang, it was next to her and she saw the caller.

It was Christiana Mayer.

'FCK!' I cursed as Sarah stared at the caller silently waiting for me to pick up the call.