2 Inconveniences...

..."Floating, I seem to be flying whenever I sleep."

"And you have been beating yourself up about it. Ewa," Tolu came forward as she took her friends hand in hers. "I say this with love; you are different, so different from the rest of us. Your eyes, your beautiful hair says so right off the back. Africans? We don't look the way you do, but you do."

"I am African."

"Yes you are, but not wholly. You need to look for answers; I will help you look for answers. You have to fully accept that whoever your father is, or was, that may be the reason you are the way you are."

"But where do I start from? I don't know where to start from, he could be dead."

"Or not. You and I will find a way. But firstly, you must eat," Tolu wiped her face, "No more tears too, you have cried a lot. We are only young for a time Ewa, no matter what we do, what planet we come from or where we find ourselves; we must learn to be happy." She half joked.

"I don't know what that means."

"I'd show you. I'm not letting you go back home, move in with me."

"I can't."

"It wasn't a request. You have been alone since you were nine and wouldn't accept any help, no more of that."

"I really can't, I have to find a job where I don't scare people away."

"They are chickens and don't deserve your beauty."

"Beauty you say?"

"Yes. Even your name means beauty."

"That was a joke my mum played on me."

"Don't ever say that again."

"I'm sorry, I just don't feel beautiful."

"We have a lot of work to do but firstly, I will give you a job; you do know my mom and I do not mind having you here with us. I know you are so intelligent and smart, I would employ you in a heartbeat."

Ewa couldn't say a word as tears clogged her throat, so she hugged her friends slim frame and cried.

"Thank you"

"What are true friends for?"

"Inconveniences,"

"You damn right about that. Now let's eat."

"Yes mom!" Ewa joked.

...

It was a week now and so far she had smiled more often. Maybe staying in a penthouse was what she needed to be okay or not.

The voices in her head reared their heads from time to time but more importantly she haven't floated off in her sleep since she moved. She felt something inside of her but for the life of her, she couldn't tell what it is.

...

"Hey," Tolu walked into her penthouse office with a pile of old rusty papers in her hand.

"Hey" Ewa dropped the cleaning towel she had been using to dust the office. Tolu had employed her to do whatever pleased her. She took to cleaning, it helped her relax.

"What do you have there?"

"A story," she dropped her bag and peeled off her jacket. "A story that looks a tad bit like yours."

"Really?" she was interested now, she picked up the paper gently as they looked like they would turn into dust if not properly handled.

She flipped through the first few pages and nothing made sense to her.

"Where did you find this?"

"In the states library, I went to their archives, had a friend that owed me one."

"Thank you."

"Stop it, we are in this together. So do you understand it?"

Ewa shook her head in response. "Not at all, not yet."

"My friend said it's a book about a group of people called the Kohaths, they were known for having white hairs and strange colored eyes. He said no one knows where they come from or how this book even came to be."

"Why so?"

"Because, it is most likely a thousand years old. They are believed to be extinct Ewa, some say they are only a figment of someone's imagination."

"What? How am I here then?" her heart sank. What was she going to do with a thousand years of history.

"I see it as a start, we will get to our answers. Be patient okay."

She nodded.

"There is a concert tonight, at the event center down in the hotel. You have to come."

"I can't."

"I need a plus one."

"How can I refuse then?"

...

Over the next few weeks, Ewa familiarized herself with the book and the words that were written in a language she didn't understand, by the fourth week she gave up throwing the book in a corner and forgetting it.

...

"I'm not going to win the employee of the month." she joked to Tolu that morning on their way to the hotel.

"As long as you get paid." Tolu replied smiling.

"I am sorry, I've not been hands on."

"Oh you have. Besides, a hotel almost runs itself, we have been fully booked this past month it's insane."

"Lucky you."

"I understand your situation Ewa, I know you need the time to figure things out, this isn't just a workplace, I want you to see it as home too. Family look after each other, OK."

"How did I get lucky?"

"You tell me. I can remember how you stared at me when we first met."

"I was only seven."

"And I was nine, even then I knew you were something so special."

"Lucky me." they both laughed as they walked into the reception of the hotel to resume the work of the day.