Chapter 2 New friend

A knock on the door cut my cleaning midway,I opened and a girl about my age in a purple gown was at the door, I took in her appearance, Brown eyes, black hair, simple and cheap clothes.

"Hi am Grace, we live opposite you, just me and my grandmom" she pointed at the door opposite us.

" Hi am Matilda" I smiled at her.

"There has never been any young person pack in,so I wanted to be friends with you"

"When did you see me"

She made a guilty face " I saw you yesterday through the window when you came in with your ....ehm".

"Dad, come in".

" No,I just wanted to drop this cookies as a sign of let's be friends ".

" you don't have to"

"Please", She made puppy eyes at me.

" Okay", I took the cookies from her.

"Bye" she greeted.

"You too".

I went back into the house and made breakfast for my dad, after a while, I grew bored so I decided to check out the city. I found the library with the help of goggle and after reading for a few hours, I decided to get an ice cream and also maybe look for a job at one of the local shops.

With the help of the Google app, I found one near the library and went in their, I went to get a cone and to my surprise the girl from earlier Grace was the one there. I smiled at her "One chocolate chip for your best friend".

She laughed and got me the ice cream.

" What are you doing here".

"I went to the library and decided to get an ice cream here, I shouldn't bother asking you, you are wearing a work cloth".

" Yes, I work here".

Other customers were trying to buy something so, I took my ice cream and turned to leave.

"Please wait a little bit, so we can go together, I am almost done with my shift".

I nodded and kept myself busy with a book and licking my ice cream. Someone tapped my shoulders and I sat up, I must have dozed off while waiting for Grace.

" Am done let's go".

"Grace by chance, are you guys hiring?"

"Do you want a job?"

" Yes".

"Well, we are not exactly hiring but for my best friend, sure we are hiring. Come fill out this forms for me".

" Thanks dearie".

"Sure sugar and to show me gratitude, you let me buy you dinner and we discuss".

"Free food, Amazing".

" sure, I can manage that"

I filled out a form and Grace told me I can start tomorrow, since the owner put her in charge so she can hire or fire anyone. We ate chicken feet at a Korean restaurant and Grace told me a lot about her, she has never met her father at all, her mother was dead, her grandmother has mental illness and sometimes forgets everything, she doesn't have enough money to put her grandmother in a nursing facility. Her best friend moved to the city and since then she has no friends. She is saving up money to put her grandmother in the home and also for college. I also told her little about me before we got up to go home. On our way home she told to wait a little that she needed to get something from the store nearby, I stood at the walkway looking as people went by and the thought of not seeing mom again flooded my mind. I hate it when I think of her not coming back. A tear escaped my eyes but I cleaned it off with the back of my hand.

"New start Tilda" I muttered, as I tried reminding myself that its time to start again with a clean slate.

Thinking about her these days is remebering how she suffered in her last days and I didn't want to taint her sweet memory with the pains she endured.