Chapter 2 Guests

"Take a bath, Shan, and we'll just wait for you here," she told her as she was ironing her uniform.

Shanny simply nodded and dashed into the Cr to take a bath.

They went out together and locked the door when everything was ready to be taken.

When the fresh air greeted, she quickly closed her eyes and smiled, before they began walking towards their workplace.

Many people greet them as they walk to the restaurant, and they smile back. When they arrived at the restaurant, they immediately assisted their coworkers in arranging the tables and chairs for the customers' use.

While waiting for customers, they talked to their coworkers first and greeted them; a few minutes later, customers arrived to eat.

They divided their tasks into two categories: Restaurant in the morning: bar in the evening Manager Cha is still the manager of restaurant and bar.

It's difficult for a girl like her who has to work hard just to eat; even if she wants to go to the city, she doesn't have enough money to find a place to stay and to find a job. She grumbled bitterly, If only she had a parent to guide her, she wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. Where are her parents?

She only remembers Lola Anny seeing her crying on the street and asking her about her parents and where she lived. But she didn't respond, so the old lady took her. It's all based on what the old woman told her when she asked who her parents were. She tried to recall events from three years ago, but her head hurts and she still can't find an answer.

I blink as someone flicks in front of me; I noticed that Shanny looking at me with concerned eyes.

"What's the matter, love? Are you all right? You want me to inform Manager Cha that you need to rest first?" Shanny, her best friend, whispered, but she was hesitant to speak to her.

"I'm fine, I just remembered something in my past," I smiled to show her I was fine, even though I wasn't; it might affect our work.

Shanny appears to be undecided about my response, but she remains silent. Shanny sighed and touched my cheeks.

"Whatever you're going through, Zeinn and I are here to support you, right? You know we will not abandon you. Remember this Azure with us, you're free to tell your stories, we'll talk later when we get home, okay? We do not know what you're thinking, but we're here to tell that you're alone. I adore you, love," Shanny said sweetly before hugging her.

"Hey! Please include me!" they turned to face Zeinn, who was approaching them, and quickly hugged the two of them.

Zeinn kissed her on the forehead and said, "I love you," which made her cry even harder. Even though she does not have a parent to care for him, she has best friends who will fill in the gaps left by her parents.

After her best friends smooth her down, she organized herself to work properly. She also thanked the two because they accompanied her to emote, although she was always really with them when she was in a situation like now.

Azure turned her gaze when a customer entered the door. She quickly approached it and delivered it to her table. She gave the menu, which the woman quickly took; the woman mentioned what she ordered; she smiled at her before telling her that

"We will serve the food after a minute ma'am." the woman just nodded at her while derivable the newspaper in the table's edge.

A few minutes passed and there were a lot of customers eating at their restaurant now, so they were all working. Shanny and Zeinn are also busy serving, so she didn't distract them. After serving and cleaning the tables, they finally done Azure looked at the clock, she wasn't surprise to see its 5 p.m., which means the three of them had finished their shift, their schedule is 7:00 am to 5:00 pm every day they had already talked about their schedule because at night they had to enter the bar again to serve the drinks at 7:00 pm to 9:000pm so every morning they're too tired but they can handle it because they are used to it. First, she didn't want to enter the bar, but she had no choice same with the two.

"Girls! Come here, I have something to say!" she looked at their manager, who shouted as she walked to the counter. It looked like she just came out of her office. They followed them to the counter and took a chair for her.

She looked at Shanny and Zeinn, who put her in the middle before sitting down. I secretly smiled at the actions of the two. She was often really between the two. She just let it go.

"What will you tell us, Manager Cha?" Yeanne said one of their co-workers.

"So that's it. I will not wander around anymore. My cousin will visit here with his friends," she explained to us.

"What's the connections with us manager?" Jill said it's also one of our co-workers, we'll laugh, but yeah, she had a point.

"Jill, that's why you don't have a boyfriend because you're pure nonsense," manager Cha said with a pissed-off smile that made Jill frown a bit reason we'll laugh. Unlike other managers, manager Cha was interacting with us and joking, so we want her to be the manager all the time.

"So, what about your cousin, manager?" Anny took part in the conversation.

"My cousin is coming here tomorrow with his friends. I just want to tell that you'll need to be present and no one will be late because we need to prepare. My cousin rarely visits, so I want us to be prepared when they arrive, okay? Btw good work, guys. See you tomorrow!" manager Cha told them before saying goodbye and go back to her office to tackle something.

But only one thing stuck in her mind was "guest" she didn't know why she suddenly felt nervous but she just ignored it. They stand up and returned the chair to where they had taken it.

"Let's go?" Zeinn woke up the two of them. She detected that the three of them need to rest because their companions already departed.

"Yeah, let's go," Zeinn nodded at what she said before walking bound at the door.

"Girls!" they quickly turned to check who call they, and then they see manager Cha running in their direction.

"Manager Cha, why?" she told when manager Cha get close to them.

"I forgot to say this before, don't go to the bar. I guess your work was too heavy, so I decided you three just work at the restaurant, so you will be less tired," their manager stated.

Both of them couldn't speak due to shock, Zeinn recovered and squeal first."Oh my god!" Zeinn kept shouting.

She blinked twice, managed words not processed in her mind, her sense revert when someone flicked in front of her.

She saw Shanny, who had a wide smile on her face, so she smiled as well. The three of them looked at their manager and thanked her with sincere eyes.

"Don't mention it, go home," their manager smiled at them before going back again to her office.

They both bowed to show so much respect and thanked again before leaving the restaurant. They quickly went home because the restaurant was near to where they were staying.

"Let's get dressed, so we can eat afterward," Zeinn was tiredly said to them, and they both agreed.

Azure immediately entered her room and quickly got dressed, before leaving again for her room. She went straight to their kitchen and caught up with Zeinn, who was cooking something for them.

"Shanny?" she asked her best friend when gets close to her.

"She's still getting dressed." Her best friend said while mixing the pickled adobo and tasting it.

"Oh my, it's delicious! I enjoy cooking, here taste it!" Zienn excitedly told while holding the ladle Azure was just shaken by her best friend's arrogance before tasting what she cooked. Zeinn is good at cooking, but Shanny often cooks for them.

"What now? It's delicious right? Tell me right now Azu I'm excited about your comment and don't you dare tell me it's not delicious cause it is," Zeinn threatened her, but she just laughs and shakes her head a bit.

"Okay, that's enough, it's delicious," she said sparingly because she knew that if she praised her best friend, she would be proud of herself. She doesn't know if it's bad or good. She just laughed at her best friend's behavior before walking to the pot to cook rice.

"I know, right? I'm good at cooking," Zeinn confidently said and went back to cooking again.

"Hey, you're here first, I thought I was first," they looked to Shanny who's going on their way, maybe she even tidied up the room before leaving so it took a while to come here.