Chapter three

"Let go of me" I say to the big man holding onto my shoulder. The grip starts to get tighter and I scream."Pretty little things should not get involved with a man's business, stay in the kitchen where you belong" he tells me. I start to laugh hysterically "Where I belong huh!" I yell while wiping my tears from laughing so hard. "Well let me show you where you belong" I whisper. I was never strong but always fast, When i was younger i did track so my legs are way stronger than my upper body. And this guy was about to get a taste. I bang my head back hard into his chest which causes him to let go and then turn around and kick him in his sad little man part. He drops to the floor with tears streaming down his face. "Since we want to be sexist, let me have a shot,This is where you belong bowing down to me" I grab his face and spit on him. I open the shop door and say "Call the police and feed these people" I start to walk off when I hear people cheering and some running out of the store as fast as they could. I pulled out my phone it was nine o'clock and i still haven't ate, "Looks like no dinner for me tonight"

I walked the same dark path that led me to the shop to get back home but a car had been following me. They probably think im dumb since i didn't look back once. I stop and turn to the car that had been following me. The car rolls up and I get chills down my spine. Two men with black suits opened the door for the guy sitting in the passenger seat. He got up and walked up to me . I looked at him from head to toe and continued to walk. "Stop," He said. I stopped in my tracks and looked back. "Do i know you?" I asked. "I should be asking you that same question," He replied. "Well in that case no i don't know you and you dont know me, So now that we figured that part out lets both go our different ways as strangers would". I started to walk off. He followed me . I turn back around "What do you want,cause following a lady short enough to be your child,to wherever she's going is not a good look" He chuckled . "You hit one of my men, that's not even it,You hit one of my strongest men and made him cry" I stare at him as if I'm confused. "Lady,you have some balls to be looking at me like that, Do you not know who I am?,Are you not scared down to your core right now?" He asks. "No, I'm not scared and i won't be scared, he should have never put his hands on me, I used words and wanted to get physical so i got physical as well, If he is in the hospital here take my number i will pay for the bill" I then grab the man's hand pull out a pen i had in my pocket and write my number down on his hands. "Have a good night sir" I walk away. I looked back one last time and he was just standing there staring at his hand that I had just drawn on.

I kick my shoes off and hang up my coat. I take the pants off and replace them with the matching shorts to the set I was wearing. Still hungry, I dig in the fridge and pull out a bowl of salad I had from a day or two ago. I warm it up and eat it. I turned off the television that had been running the whole time I was gone. It was now eleven twenty-three. I put the remote down when I felt a pain in my shoulder.The same shoulder the guy gripped on. I checked my shoulder and there was a purple bruise. I brushed it off and went to bed knowing I had work in a few hours. I layed down with all the lights in my room still on. My arm was really hurting me. I dug around in my drawers to see if I had any ointment to put on it. I found a pain relief cream and put it on my shoulder. I turned off all of the lights and then went to sleep.

"I can't stay with someone like you, you're too sensitive. It's like whatever I say gets to you when it means nothing". What is he trying to say there is no way. "Look Nyla, We're done!"

(Beep-Beep-Beep) I turn off the alarm clock. I get up and start to get ready for the day. I brush my teeth and tie my hair to the back. I put on my regular work clothes and have a bowl of cereal, I make the bed and hit all the lights. The same half an hour it takes for me to get home is the same half an hour it takes for me to get to work. So on a regular basis I wake up at five o'clock in the morning to get to work on time. I sit at the bus stop and take out my phone to check the news to see what the weather may bring. It's going to be sunny, great.Cause i did not carry an umbrella. "Mia, hun you're going to fast you need to slow down". I heard from a distance. All of a sudden a little girl on a bike comes flying down, Wait! Is that the same little girl from the news? "Mia,Slow down before you hurt someone". She does not slow down one bit; she flies past me. But her bike wheels crushed my toes. I scream in pain. "Oh no,I am so sorry ma`am are you alright". I shake my head yes when I see the bus pull up. "Are you sure you don't wanna go to the hospital?, I will pay for the bill" She yells out. "It's okay,I will be fine". I limp onto the bus and take a seat. I took my shoes off and started to rub my crushed toes. "If I rub them till I get there they will be fine by the time i arrived.

I was wrong. My toes were killing me. And every step I took did not make it better. I limped my way into the building and sat down. I take my shoes off and start to dig in my office desk drawers for bandages or something to help me out. There was nothing. "Oh Nyla, What are you searching for?" Lily asked. I turned to her and said "It's none of your business" I didn't want her to know that I got hurt because she would then take advantage of the situation. She turns around and walks into the boss's office. And not even a minute later I'm being called. I walk in there. He walks up to me and closes the door behind me and shut the blinds so no one could see in. Was I about to get fired? "You hurt yourself, I heard," He says. "I am okay thanks for checking though, If that's all i will be leaving" I respond. "Well that's not all,come here" I walked over to his desk to where he was standing and looked at what he was pointing at. It was a box of ointment and bandages. "Are you sure you don't need it?". I hate it, I don't wanna show any signs of feeling hurt but i need what he is trying to give. "Thank you, I will take it and be on my way back to my desk". "No", huh why did he say no. "No, what sir?" I ask. "Apply it on right here". What!Why would I have to do that, I don't wanna. "Sir that does not need to happen,I am grateful that you had the stuff I was in need of but I will not feel comfortable taking my shoes off here" I tell him. "But, you feel more comfortable taking your shoes off in front of everyone else in the office?". Well no i wouldn't but i just don't want to. I place the items back on his desk. "You can have it back, I will buy my own, thank i guess right, It's the thought that counts" I then walk out of his office still limping. I get to work.

Finally my lunch break. I turned off my computer and started to walk out of the building when all of a sudden Lily came charging at me. I felt a sting on my cheek, She smacked me! "Lily!, What is wrong with you?" I asked. "He broke up with me and it's all your fault". "I'm sorry that you guys broke up but it was not because of me i'm not in your relationship better yet i'm not even your friend,But you putting your hands on me, Ha that right there drew all the lines". I pushed Lily and walked out of the building. Lily came rushing out behind me. "If you liked Christopher so much why didn't you ask him out you liar!" She yells out, She is so embarrassing were on the streets. "I don't like him, I never wanted him,I've never shown any signs that I was attracted to him so leave me alone". My boss comes rushing out of the building. "Nyla, are you alright what is happening out here?" He asks me. "No!I'm not alright, leave me alone your girlfriend is crying and you're asking if im alright" I yell out. My face was wet. Why was my face wet? Am i- Am i crying? I feel my damp eyes. And sure enough there were tears coming down my face. Lily and Christopher look at each other with shock seeing me cry. I wiped my face but it wouldn't stop. A black car pulled up and the guy from last night got out of it. Followed by a group of men wearing black identical suits. He walked up to me. Pulled out a handkerchief and wiped my face. "Come with me," He said. And I followed him out of my right mind. I went into a strangers car!