Chapter 3 IT'S OVER

It wasn't easy working at a slightly bigger company as many eyes were always on her but she didn't bother about them and concentrated on her job. But life is not fair at all, she wasn't treated well at all but she kept on hanging there as leaving the job there will just be the end of her.

She didn't want to go back to her town and work there, those people there were simply hateful and she didn't want to face their scornful eyes daily and watch as her parents suffer in agony because of it.

On this particular day, Juanita woke up and rubbed her eyes as she yawned. She was so sleepy as she slept late, it was a Friday and yet it felt as if it was a Monday. Her superiors gave her too much yesterday and she failed to finish it even at work, so she was forced to bring the work back to her one-room apartment.

Juanita worked on it, fighting so hard to take a nap until it was around three in the morning when she was done. And now she was waking up again around five in the morning as she has to prepare for work.

She forced herself out of the bed and sleepily walked to the bathroom with only a showerhead and stood beneath it after taking off her clothes. After five minutes, Juanita was out of the shower.

She put on a robe and went to the kitchen where she cooked quickly some food to eat and carry to work. She was someone who carried a lunchbox and rarely bought food as it was expensive to her.

All her money was being saved so that one day she will get that cosmetic surgery and become beautiful once more. It is just that the money needed was way too high and it was going to take some years for her to save it.

She didn't deal well with loans as she was still terrified of the loan that her parents were paying for her previous surgery. After packing her lunch, it was already six, so she rushed to change her clothes, and packed her bag.

When Juanita locked her apartment door, it was already seven o'clock in the morning. She walked to the substation and this took fifteen minutes of her time.

The train took twenty minutes to reach the station where she was getting off and after taking a walk for ten minutes again, she reached her workplace place. Every day she will reach work around this time and she was never late as work starts at eight in the morning.

She sighed in relief as she sat in her chair and took out the documents she needed to review once more before handing them over to her superior. Juanita buried herself in her work once more and didn't realize as these colleagues of hers were shaking their heads.

"How I wish I was like the manager; I will just drop my workload at Juan and let her do the heavy job for me. This way, won't I have some time to go on a date with my boyfriend?" a girl wearing a fancy blue suit spoke as she looked at Juanita who was dressed casually and cheaply.

"Then get promoted first besides you can still hand over your work to her later when the manager is done with her," the girl in brown suggested with a sly look in her eyes.

Everyone hated Juanita a lot, she was so ugly but hard-working and because of that, they didn't like her. The manager will always give her work to Juanita even though it was wrong but no one could say a word about it.

Juanita was easily bullied and yet every single time her results were so good it brought envy from everyone. Because she was an assistant, all her hard work was never directly rewarded to her as those selfish colleagues will take all the credit.

When they thought that she will quit and leave, she still kept on hanging on and they still wonder why she was being this way. It wasn't that she liked being there but she also wanted to leave and find somewhere better but her circumstance won't allow her to do that.

It was only after an hour that Juanita looked up after her name was called by the manager. She happily took the documents she had printed and brought them to the office.

As long as she kept this woman happy then maybe next year she will be promoted and her salary will also rise. This is the reason why she never complained but worked hard even when she knew that they were using her.

"Good morning, ma'am," Juan enthusiastically greeted her superior and her voice was filled with no malice but pure sincerity and adoration.

The manager hated this young woman a lot and saw Juanita as a threat and she had done her best to do all the bad things she could think of but Juanita was possibly a fool and didn't see the hints.

She had been trying for months to chase her away and finally, her prayers were being answered. She had attended a lot of meetings but this was the first time she attended a meeting she enjoyed so much; she couldn't wait to return to her office to brag.

"Umm, morning. Please take a seat," the manager politely spoke as she didn't want to spook the other.

Juanita didn't sense anything wrong and simply sat down in the chair and placed the documents she had meticulously worked hard on for hours with no sleep and proper rest.

"I am done with the work that you gave me and I have checked it numerous times and there are no mistakes. You can check it!" she happily told her superior hoping to get a compliment but what she received made her doubt about life.

"Umm, that is good. I didn't call you for that but something else. Today in the meeting, the boss announced that we will be letting go of some employees and you are one of those who will be leaving. The company, of course, will not bully you and you will be paid three months' worth of your salary since you were not yet a permanent employee of the company," the manager announced slowly enjoying every single moment of delivering this news.

Juanita's mind was blank after hearing this horrible news. After everything she had done for this company, they were just kicking her out as if she didn't mean anything just like that!

How can they treat her that way?

She wanted to vent out her anger but she knew completely that she didn't have many rights in this case. Because she was not yet a permanent employee, she could only accept what was being handed to her.

Even if she fights them, she was the one on the losing end and in the future, she will probably be blacklisted.