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"Amber!!, Amber!!!!!" I heard someone shouting my name in a far distance. Oh no don't tell me it happened again, I dozed off.

"Yes Mrs Grace" I answered her looking down on my dirty worn out shoes. I couldn't get myself to look at her.

"You are supposed to be serving the customers but instead you are here sleeping!!!" She angry barked at me.

"Am sorry Mrs Grace, they didn't want me to serve them because of my looks. They said I am unhygienic to work here" I told her already shaking at the spot.

"Why wouldn't they say that when you have been wearing the same shoe since you started working here, you don't brush your hair and your dress look worn out. Look at me why am talking to you" she said holding my chin up making me look her straight in the eye.

"I only wore them because I couldn't afford a new one" I replied her in a shakey voice.

"And you will never be able to avoid it you miserable child" she said pushing me away and I fell back. I went on my knees immediately and started pleading with her.

"Am sorry Mrs Grace, I promise to do better, and I will serve whatever punishment you are going to give" I told her, hoping she will let this slide but who am I kidding, I know her too well she will never let me get away with dozing off at work.

"Fine, no afternoon and night food for you, and you are going to get a clean water and start cleaning all the rooms in the first floor.

"Yes, I will do it right away" I assured her before she stormed off.

I stood up immediately cleaning the tears running down my face. Life has been so unfair to me, starting from my mother, to my stepfather and to a life on the street before Mrs Grace took me in.

After I ran away from home, I spent a month on the street, sometimes being beaten by some random guys or almost being raped. The same reason I left the hell I called home.

I was so hungry and cold the day I met Mrs Grace, I begged for food but she refused and gave me the insult of my life. I had to beg her to let me work for her wish she accepted because she doesn't need to pay me.

All I need at that moment was a place to stay and food to eat, so she gave me her old basement to stay. She told me I was like that basement so practically that we are meant for each other. The basement has no windows and I equally share it with rats and order home pests.

It was like I was cursed but I had to survive, waiting for the day I will die, praying every night before going to sleep not to wake up the next day. Life was very bad for me, I was kind of allergic to smokes, giving the fact that my stepfather was a drug addict and he really dealt with me.

Like using my back to off the little light remaining on his cigarette after smoking, watching me scream in pain as he does that. My life has never been great with people, especially men. I am so scared of men, because if they are not beating me today, I will find the one that wants to rape me or just torture me just to see me cry.

I got to the first room and started with dusting the furniture before I started mopping the floor. I was so glad this room was empty or I could have run into one of Mrs Grace crazy customers, they usually love slapping me for no just reason and they would end up telling me to thank them for slapping me.

Mrs Grace has a local bar where she sales her drinks and food, sometimes she allows any of her customers who actually give her enough money to throw a party at the bar. And the bar comes with rooms, where many ladies are being laid every night, sometimes afternoon and morning.

Actually am cleaning those room right now and Mrs Grace would be after preparing her girls to get ready for the night. Sometimes I am forced to stand across a room and watch a drunk guy banging one of Mrs Grace's girl who will be paid the next morning by Mrs Grace.

I know you might be wondering the reason why I should be in the room. But Mrs Grace will always tell me that her customer requested to be watched while having sex with his partner for the night. I know she was paid by her so called customer so she can have someone watch him doing sinful act all in the name of it turns me on.

But what can I say, if I insisted on not going no food for me. When you see Mrs Grace deny me food you will think is a plate of chicken meat that is well cooked or a pot of soup so delicious you could bite your tongue but is it not.

She only gives me bread and water every morning, imagine eating bread with no jam or butter or maybe with egg and a milk shake but that never happened.

Am not a brave nor a strong girl so I couldn't talk back on things being said to me. The day I refused doing as Mrs Grace instructed, she made me starve for two weeks with no food.

She wanted me to give the little bed I have in the basement for some street guy to fuck his girlfriend. I wish I am as bold as I was in my mind, in my mind am a strong, brave, powerful and rich young girl but reality always get the best of me. I can only talk back at people who beat and make my life hard in my mind.

But in reality, they will slap me and I will feel the pain and still thank them for slapping me. I will be punched, dragged by the hair, flogged with all sorts of things and I will still feel the pain and yet thank the people that caused me the pain by getting down on my knees and worshiping them like some gods or Mrs Grace won't be giving me the little bread and water she gives me in the morning, she won't be giving me the customers leftovers to eat.

And she will make sure am not anywhere close to her basement which will leave me homeless again. Even though I knew Mrs Grace didn't own that bed, a kind woman gave me that bed, but here I am standing like a statue as they use my bed for their sinful act.

I have cleaned eight rooms so far and they were all almost empty, either the customer that used the room is leaving or they were long gone already and I was more than glad.

"What did you do this time around Amber?" Eva asked, she was one of Mrs Grace runs girl but she was nicer to me than the others. I won't say we are friends but at least she talks to me ones in a while.

"I dozed off at work only because I didn't sleep at all last night giving the fact that my bed was kind of busy" I told her, she was the only person I felt a little comfortable around.

"Let me guess, Mrs Grace is going to starve you again isn't she?" She asked and I just nodded and looked down. "And she also told you to clean the whole rooms as your punishment?"

"Yeah, but she told me to clean just the first floor" I replied her and she nodded and left the room while I continued my work.

My body was already exhausted by the time I come to the tenth room and to add to my misery the man I feared the most was present in that room.

He was know as Scorpion, he was so feared even by Mrs Grace, he was also called the drug master, he helps most of the rich men around the country and across the country to buy their drugs without being caught or suspected by the police.

He was the first man to call me pretty but whenever I see him I see my stepfather. They looked alot alike, he has made my life here so difficult.

"Good day sir" I greeted him looking down immediately.

"Amber, the girl with the hidden beauty" he always says that about me, when others are seeing me as a trash, he says he sees a hidden beauty in me but I doubt, he only say things when he wants something from me.

"I can see that ones again Mrs Grace is using you to get her works done so she wouldn't pay a cleaner to do it. I can make all your sufferings to be over, you will have the best life, go to school if you want to but I want you to warm my bed every night.

I know better than accepting his offer, is like jumping into the lion's den on purpose. Mrs Grace is an angel beside Scorpion. He will actually bite you like a Scorpion leaving his poisonous venom inside your body until it kills you.

"What do you say Amber?" He asked giving me a creepy smile.

"Am sorry sir but I love it here, I don't want to go anywhere else" I lied, Yeah I really lied, who will want to stay where she is physical and emotionally abused but I rather die in the hands of Mrs Grace or any other person other than Scorpion nor my stepfather.

"Did you just refuse my request?" He asked pining me to the well.

"Sir you are hurting me" I said trying to break free from him but I got a hard slap on my face and before I could recover from that he pushed me and I felt my head colliding to the wall of the room.

Everywhere started spinning in my eyes, for minutes I didn't understand a thing that was happening around the room.

When I finally forced my eyes open I saw Eva beside me. She was pressing a cloth to my head and the cloth were stained with blood, my blood.

I looked up only to receive another hot slap from Mrs Grace. I was surprised, she was supposed to be defending me, then why am I being attacked. Hot tears run down my face as I managed to get my hair off my face.

"How dare you attack a customer, don't you have any fear you slut" Mrs Grace screamed on my face.

"If this repeat itself, well it better not" Scorpion said and gave me a look. The look that says no one says no to me.

"Now get up and apologize to him" Mrs Grace said to me so I managed to get on my knees.

"Mrs Grace this is not fair, why are you treating her like this? What if she is your daughter?" Eva asked in an angry voice. That's what I admire so much about her, he bravely, she can talk back at Mrs Grace nor any other person in this bar with no fear.

"Eva, stay out of this, she is not my daughter and will never even be related to me. Now go downstairs" Mrs Grace said and Eva got up waking close to Scorpion she gave him the middle finger before she walked off.

"Am so sorry for that, she is just stubborn" Mrs Grace said apologizing on behalf of Eva.

"No worries and beside she was adorable" Scorpion said staring at me. I didn't do anything to him but I got two hot slap and a broken head. And Eva who just gave him a middle finger was adorable.

"Apologize, now!" Mrs Grace said I started begging Scorpion for something I didn't do.

He felt uncertified about my apology, he told me to lie on the floor with my back up and my face pressed to the floor which I did and he started cleaning his shoes on my clothes. I couldn't hold the tears back any more so I around it flow.

When he was satisfied with himself he bent done and whispered in my ears, "Are you sure you want to stay here, or do you want to reconsider? I can make this Shame you go through everyday to stop" after that, he said something to Mrs Grace but I couldn't make out what it was and he was gone.

"Now go back to your work, and tomorrow you clean the other ten rooms on the down floor" Mrs Grace said and walked away. She didn't even bother to ask if my wound was severe or not, I just tore a piece of my cloth and covered the wound and went back to cleaning the last room.

I was so hungry, I walked inside the basement and laid down on my bed. I hope Mrs Grace won't make me stand all night or give my bed out too.

I could have checked the wound on the side of my face but, I don't even have mirror. Mrs Grace doesn't allow me to use any of hers, I remember the day I went to clean the room as usual, and I only took a peep at the mirror and Mrs Grace decided to walk in at that moment.

She told me I am very ugly that there is nothing to check about myself. Well even though she was right but it still hurts.

Seems like the worms in my stomach will have to feed from me tonight, its wasn't that late yet but ones is 6:00pm at dot Mrs Grace will tell me to go in so I don't scare her costumers away.

She said I always have my long hair on my face like the character from the horror movie the mommy. The only time she let's me out was if one of her costumers requested for me.

Soon enough I dozed off, i was having a wonderful dream. In my dream, there were no Mrs Grace nor her bar and everyone that comes with it.

Until I felt someone splash me a cold water and I jumped up. I saw Mrs Grace and another of her girl, her name is Flora. I hate Flora, not just that she makes my life with Mrs. Grace worst than it already is. She just like seeing me miserable. My cloth was already drenched from the water, I got up immediately only to see a furious Mrs Grace in front of me. What have I done this time allowed.

"How dare you?" She asked confusing me the more.

"I don't understand, what did I do?" I asked her but instead the bitch beside her replied.

"Don't pretend I saw you taking Mrs Grace's bread and her butter, you stole them you liar!" Flora screamed on my face.

"I what? Mrs Grace that's not true I didn't take your food, I will never steal from you" I said trying to defend myself.

"She did it, I saw her taking it let's search her room" Flora said.

Mrs Grace will never believe me, I didn't take anything someone should please make this not to be true. I have to be dreaming, i need to wake up from this nightmare.

"So is true, you did take my food without me giving it to you and without my permission!!!" Mrs Grace said bringing out the bread and butter just close to my bed.

"I didn't put that up, someone is flaming me, no I didn't do it, I will never steal from you Mrs Grace you have to believe me" I got a hot slap as usual but this time around she didn't stop in one. It was a continuous slap and I felt my face so hot from the pain.

"You slut, all I ever do was being kind to you when your own mother dumped you off the street and you paid me back by stealing from me. I want you to leave my basement, since you don't want to tell the truth" she said, even after I told her I didn't do it she didn't believe me.

I can't afford to go back on the street, I won't survive it. Who will give me bread and water, where will I sleep. I need to take the blame, the least she can do is punish me, but who did this to me. I turned and looked at Flora only to see a satisfying smile on her face. At that moment i knew she was behind it.

Mrs Grace dragged me by the hair and I screamed in pain, she dragged me all the way out the basement and pushed me out.

"No please Mrs Grace an sorry!, okay. I didn't do it but am on my knees saying that am sorry, I took the bread and the butter but I most have been sleep walking, so please give me any punishment other than this please" I screamed in frustration. That was the first time I raised my voice at Mrs Grace.

"Did you raise your voice at me?" She asked and raised her hand to slap me as usual, I closed my eyes waiting for the slap to come but it never came, I opened my eyes only to find Eva holding Mrs Grace hand.

"Stop this, if you hit her again am calling the police and I will give them the information that can get you arrested" she said with a furious expression.

"How could you say that, you should be calling the police on her, she stole my bread" Mrs Grace barked back at her.

"She didn't do it but you won't see that she is telling the truth because you have concluded on making her life with you a living hell" Eva replied her, I don't know why she is defending me but I don't want her getting herself in trouble because of me.

"I have an evidence against her, she stole my bread and butter" Mrs Grace replied still insisting that I took her food.

"See what am saying, let me ask you, Flora told you she saw her taking it. Aren't you curious, how did the store room got open? How is it possible that Amber can get those keys when she doesn't even know where it is being kept? We are the only ones you gave access to those room, but here you are hitting a poor innocent girl for doing something she was flamed of by the bitch behind you" Eva said giving Flora a deadly stare.

"What she said, is it true?" Mrs Grace asked Flora who couldn't look at her anymore.

"Don't even think about lying because I saw you taking those bread and butter for yourself, than all of a sudden you got a call, which you answered before you headed for Amber's basement. I know you are a very stupid girl from the beginning but I had no idea you are also foolish" Eva said to Flora who has suddenly lost her voice.

"Answer the damn question now!!" Mrs Grace barked at her.

"Yes I did, Scorpion wanted me to put the food there and he promised to pay me" Flora said.

I was waiting for mrs Grace to slap her or drag her by the hair like she did to me but it never happened. Instead she locked the door of the basement and put the keys in her pocket. She didn't even apologize for accusing me wrongly or hitting me over and over again.

"To my office now!" She said and gave me a deadly stare before she left and Flora followed her immediately.

I can't believe this, I got slapped, dragged by the hair, treated like a common criminal when I didn't commit any crime. But the person that did it was just told to follow her to the office. Scorpion has really decided to ruin my life, why is life treating me this way.

"Why can't you stand up for yourself, why do you let people humiliate you like they do? Why can't you be a little brave and do what is right?" Eva asked.

"She still locked the basement up and left with the keys after knowing I didn't do it" I said not believing what just happened.

"Amber forget about that basement and listen" Eva said holding my shoulder. "This is not a life you will continue living, you can't continue being here. Find something and do with your life other than this, this is hell. I don't know how you managed to endure it for so long but wake up or you will die here" Eva said looking so concerned about me, she was the first person to ever stand up for me.

Others always say I deserve what I get, she is also the very first person to look so concerned about me.

"Eva I appreciate what you did for me but am not as bold as you are, am not as beautiful as you are, am not you, I am just me, a stupid girl who was cursed. I rather die in the hands of Mrs Grace than any other person. Eva am scared of the world, am scared of men, am scared of women that has a bar like Mrs Grace, am scared of everything, I don't know what I will see if I move out there" I sincerely told her, the tears tried to escape my eyes but I hold it back.

"All these you are saying is what you let people reduce you to. Amber, Scorpion always gets what he wants. He made Flora flame you with just bread and butter and Mrs Grace messed you up like this. Maybe next time it will be gold or maybe drugs and that is jail for you" Eva said before she helped me up. She took out a bundle of money giving it to me.

"I want you to have this, don't let anyone take this away from you. I want you to leave this neighborhood, find the cheapest room you can find, pay for it buy yourself a new clothes then look good and apply for a work. Maybe as a cleaner, and you will be paid every single day, instead of cleaning for Mrs Grace for some bread and water" she said and the tears finally started running down my face.

"Why are you helping me?" I asked in between my sob.

"Because I don't like it when I see you being treated like you are some waste. You are human not some waste bin" she said and placed the money on my hand.

"Go, and don't let any man or anybody treat you like you don't have worth" she said and turned to leave but I called her back and hugged her tightly, I couldn't help it, I didn't know what to do. I pushed away from her since I don't want to get her beautiful outfit dirty.

"Thank you Eva, I will never forget your kindness towards me" I told her, she gave me a smile and left.

Now where do I go, its already late, this neighborhood is a very bad one, I didn't own much here, I wore same shoes everyday and just two dress. Mrs Grace didn't bother to give me the other one.

I had to hide the money inside my clothes, there is no way I will find a room this night. After walking for a while I saw a building that looked kinda of abandoned like me. I decided to just lay low there for the night.

I was struggling to sleep giving that mosquitos won't let me, just then I started hearing voices. They sounded like some drunkards, they were just talking and laughing about something.

Oh God, the last thing I need is having some drunk men on me this night. They didn't enter the room that I stayed in but am thinking they are just inside the room next to mine.

After a while of trying as much as possible not to make any noise, firstly I perceived the smoke coming out from that room, no this can't be. They can't be smoking, I was already finding it hard to breath. Amber you can do this, you just have to wait until they are gone, I tried, God knows I tried to endure but I was choking and my eyes are already swollen.

I tried to rush out of the building but they followed me, I ran as fast as my leg can carry me but how far can I run from three men when the only food I have eaten today was bread and water.

Soon enough they caught up to me, they started coming close to me, I begged and pleaded for them to let me go. I haven't even recovered from the smoke, am still finding it hard to breathe properly.

"You, what were you doing in there?" The one that looked more scary than the rest asked.

"Nothing, I was just looking for a place to stay please let me go I promise I will never go there again" they weren't listening, one of them dragged me by the hair, why my hair again my head is already hurting from the injury on my face and being dragged around by my hair all day.

"Guys, why don't we have some fun" the guy said again and the others started laughing.

"No, no, no please don't do this, help!!, someone help me please!!!" I screamed, this is the part I hate the most. I rather die as a virgin than being laid by this men, actually I have concluded to die a virgin than being laid by any man.

I always knew that screaming is the wrong move for people like them but I don't have much option. They started beating me, I tried blocking their kicks and everything, just when I was at the edge of thinking maybe this is the end for me.

Someone came for my rescue, my eyes were already forcing themselves closed but I saw the person beaten those guys up. I managed to see the person when she came close to me.

Wow how come she can fight so well, that was the last thing on my mind before the darkness took over me.

When I opened my eyes I found myself in a strange room and bed. Oh and I wasn't wearing my dirty clothes again, wait what!!!!, the money, I left it inside the cloth.

How did I end up here and who changed my clothes, I tried to get up but I fall back do to the pains all over my body.

What if those men caught me, oh my God wait that means if those men caught me, they would have had their way with me by now.

I tried to up again but the pain was too much, I can barely feel my own body. No wait, there is no way those men could have touched me, the lady that I saw before I passed out fought them so easily. Just then the door opened and a lady dressed like a nurse walked in.

Wait, why is a nurse in this room? This doesn't look like a hospital room, it looks like a room given to a Princess.

I have seen rooms like this countless times but I was never around in because is either I was told I will steal something from it or that I will dirty the already clean floor which is more neat than I am.

"You are awake, how do you feel?" The nurse asked.

"I feel pain all over my body" I replied her.

"Yeah about that you really sustained a lot of injuries from those guys that beat up yesterday but I don't think your head injury was caused by them giving that it was already infected when you got here" she said, before checking my temperature, its then I saw the little pipe connected to my hand.

"Ma, please who actually brought me here?" I asked her trying to sit up but I fell back on the bed ones again. She saw me struggling to get up and rushed by my side and helped me up, I thanked her.

"You shouldn't struggle too much you are still very weak, how can you neglect your body to this extent. You do know you are a woman right, and we women our body is our pride" she said coming close to me, she took my hand looking at the marks that was left behind from my abuser, my stepfather father.

"Why does your back have a fire burn, it looks like someone was dropping a melting lead on them" she said, but I avoided her glance because I didn't feel like talking about it.

"You are the one that took my clothes off right?" I asked her

"Yes, I did with the help of the lady that brought you here" she said

"Did you kind of see my money, please I really promised someone I won't lose that money please help me find it, I pleaded with her.

"Don't worry, your money is safe, ones you recover it will be giving to you" she said but does that mean I won't be able to go out of this room until I recover?

"Can I also have my clothes back?" I asked her knowing that the current one am wearing is a hospital cloth.

"Don't worry about those, you should be asking me about your health and body not about your dress" the nurse said.

"Is she awake?" I heard another voice from the door of the room, I turned to find a woman. Well she is not that old, I will assume she will be in her middle fifties or late fifties.

Wait I have seen her face before, wait she is the lady that gave me the bed, the one am using in Mrs Grace's basement.

"I know you, you gave me the bed, am the girl from the basement" I told her trying to see if she can remember me.

"I know who you are" she said giving me a smile.

"Ma, why are you here?" I asked her

"Oh, I own this hospital and I also kind of sent the lady that saved you from those guys. What I want from you is to just to recover, we have a lot to talk about" she said confusing me the more.

What will she want to talk about with me, wait don't tell me am in trouble, I didn't do anything, is it because of the money Eva gave me?

"Relax nothing is happening, you look so tensed" she said and i took a deep breath.

Soon a tray of food was pushed inside my room, I was so hungry I couldn't get my eyes off the food. It came with many delicious food to pick from and lots of fruits.

"Okay, Amber, I really need you to eat, you are so weak and to regain your strength you need to start changing the food you are eating. So what will you like to eat?" She asked.

"Bread and water is fine, is my favorite" I lied, knowing that there is no way she will be giving me anything that I want to eat and besides what if she is going to use the money Eva gave me to pay for it.

I can't avoid to lose that money, I need it to start up my life again. As much as I want to devour the food in front of me, I couldn't.

"How is bread and water going to help you recover faster or give you the required nutrients you need. Amber you have eaten too much of flour and too much of it is not good for the health" she said, I know she was right but who cares if am healthy or not.

"Ma, can I know your name?" I asked her when I figured out I don't even know her name.

"Call me Jane" she replied.

"Well, Jane I can't afford those food so I just eat the one that i have" I told her.

"Am not asking you to pay for anything, is on me all I want from you is to eat, now dig in" she said bringing the first tray of food.

I only took one spoon and I felt like I was in heaven, I don't think I have eaten anything so delicious before, I continued eating until my stomach couldn't contain any more food. Just when I thought it was over, a tray of fruits was brought to me.

That was the best meal I have ever had in my life, i thanked Jane before she told me to rest that a new clothes will be given to me.

I couldn't believe it, the cloth I had in my hand cost a lot, how on earth am I supposed to wear a cloth that cost more than a house rent, but Jane said it was nothing.

She was dressing me up, making me look nice but am tensed. I keep feeling like am a girl whose mom is very rich but she is about to marry her off.

"Why are you dressing me up?" I asked her, although I have briefly told her how my life started and how I ended up here. She is a nice woman but am not used to having people do things for me.

Am used to people telling me how pathetic I was and how I looked so miserable so I had to ask her to know what is going on, she was curling my hair.

I can't even remember the last time I properly took care of my hair, I don't think I have been to a saloon since I was like ten.

"I have something for you, actually I started tracing you from the day I saw you at that basement" she said

"Why, what could you possibly want from me?" I asked her knowing that I don't even own anything. I can't even afford my own under wears.

"Actually my boss is the one that wants to speak to you, so I want you to go over to this restaurant, I will call a cab for you. When you get there just listen to him, act natural" she said before she started styling my hair.

When it comes to being obedient am very good at that but what will Jane's boss want from a low life girl like me.

A girl with no hope of life, giving that Jane is a very rich woman to own such a big hospital, am guessing her boss will be the God of money.

"So wait, you want me to meet your boss and listen to what he has to say and then what?" I asked her just to be clear.

"Until you get back we talk properly, and if you must order something to eat before he comes here is my card, you can buy anything of your choice as long as is something healthy" she said giving me a Gucci hand bag.

Why must I dress up like this just to have a boss talk to me, I look like am going on my first date whereas am going for talking.

It was still early in the evening when the cab driver dropped me in front of the restaurant. When I got to the restaurant, i had no idea how the door walks.

It was a very kind little girl of about ten, eleven that helped me inside. I know what you are thinking and of course I was embarrassed but the little one didn't mind.

One of the waiters walked up to me, she was a girl about my age with the prettiest smile I have ever seen. She asked for my table number wish I told her. She left and returned few minutes later and lead me to my table.

Immediately I was seated another delicious meal was served for me, I was surprised because I didn't make any orders. I know Jane said I could order anything I would like to eat but hell no.

A plate of food here cost a lot, I can't use all that money on just food. But here I am staring at my table being served with food.

"Excuse me" I called after the last waiter before he could go far.

"Yes, miss" he said

"I didn't actually order anything so you might have mistakenly my table for another" I told him and he smiled politely.

"No miss, Mr Edward told me to get those"

"Who is Mr Edward?" I asked him

"He will be joining your table soon" he said before he left.

I sat down waiting for Jane's boss, whom I haven't seen before, after looking at the food one more time I couldn't start eating the food I didn't order without the person that ordered it.

I had my head bent, am not used to having my face exposed, I just prefer using my long hair to cover it up but the hair style Jane gave me had all my hair up and packed inside.

I felt someone standing beside me, when I looked up I saw a man, God he is handsome. He could be the same age with Jane, but he looks so handsome with bold shoulder. I stood up immediately not knowing what to say.

"Good day sir" I greeted nervously.

"Get seated" he said, his voice holds this power, like a king.

So I sat back and watch as he started eating, I couldn't get myself to join him, I can't even look at him, his presence is intimidating.

"Why aren't you eating?" He asked and I picked up the spoon immediately and started shoving the food into my mouth.

"Do you always eat like this or am I making you feel comfortable?" He asked and passed me water when he saw I was already choking.

"Thank you" I told him and took the water immediately, I was already struggling to breath.

"So I heard your name is Amber, right?" He asked and I nodded.

"So Amber, how old are you?"

"Am twenty two, I will be twenty three in three months time" I told him not knowing if I should have just said an twenty three.

"Okay, now let's get down to business, I want you to do something for you, but don't get me wrong you will be paid"

"What can I possibly do for you sir?"

"I have a son, whom I want you to be his personal maid" he said and took his water.

A son, be his personal maid, I wonder if I should ask his age. Anyways he will probably be a little boy, maybe his parents are always busy.

"Sir am not good with kids" I told him, he looked confused at first but then a smile replaced his face.

"Don't worry, he is a very good kid and I can pay you up to a million dollars" he said and I nearly choked on the water in my mouth.

"Excuse me sir" I said before I started coughing really hard. He got up from his chair and started rubbing my back, I was surprised at first maybe if he knows who i really am he wouldn't even want to be this close to me.

"Are you always this careless" he asked before going back to his seat after making sure I was Okay.

"So as I was saying..........."

"I will do it!, I will be your son's personal maid" I said immediately thinking that he was going to change his mind or take back the money he offered.

"Wait, you will do it?" He asked and I nodded.

"Okay let me brief you on things that will be your job so you can really check if you can do this"

"There is no need for that I will do it, as long as I will be paid a million dollars who cares what I will be doing" I said immediately laughing nervously.

"Right, okay I will be needing you to go through this than sign it up" he said giving me a paper.

I didn't really bother to read through it my main consign was just the payment and I signed it immediately given him the book back.

"Thank you so much miss Amber but if you don't mind I have an urgent meeting I must attend to, I have settled the bill" Mr Edward said before he left.

I happily cleared the whole food all by myself, God finally I have gotten a job that can pay me a life time earn. If I have a million dollars I can go back to school and after schooling I can secure a good job for myself, this is God finally smiling at me.