Chapter Twelve:Delivery Girl.

"So, I was thinking of going shopping with you this friday, you know, pertaining to my brother's birthday party." Susan said over the phone, as Marissa made her way into her work place.

She didn't know what charm Susan had over Mr.Peters, who always doesn't make a fuss whenever she wants to skip work. At first, everyone had suspected that she was having an affair with him, but Marissa knew better that it was nothing but pure luck working for her.

Susan is lucky, while she didn't know what exactly she had done that made the man despise her. Marissa  walked into the diner to meet Mr.peter the acting head manager, in a really foul mood. She didn't know what he was bickering on the phone about, and who he was shouting at right now, but the other employees knew  that the best approach to survive today would be to avoid him.

"Is that Mr.peter's voice i am hearing? Please tell me you aren't the one he's shouting at?" Susan asked over the phone, and when she tried to answer her questions to give her an insight on what was happening, she heard her voice being called by him after he turned around to notice her presence.

Marissa said a swift goodbye to her, before cutting the call, then did she try hard enough to keep a smile on her face, before she strodded her way over to where Mr.peter was. 

The look everyone had on their faces, when they saw her walk with him into his office was enough for her to be scared of her job, but then she had a clear conscience about this, afterall she doesn't remember doing anything to warrant getting a strike from him.

Besides, today was a good day to start thinking negative, so she kept her head high, shoulders straight for him to know that she's not intimidated by him.

"I seriously didn't know why i think you are the right person for this job, Maryanne, but let's just say that i have noticed your undying devotion to this work and you wouldn't let me down on the job i am trying to assign to you." Mr.peter said, his words getting her all confused because she has never done any other job aside from waitressing and getting the pay from it.

"I'm confused about what all these is all about, Mr.peter, if you would do the needful by telling me what exactly it is you want me to help you with…."Marissa said, but when he smacked his teeth and interrupted her words she's reminded of the kind of man he is. Like he doesn't even know her real name!

"Actually, it's more of me helping you, you are assigned to work till evening today right?  But i have a job that would spare you half the time and pay extra, well that would only be if you are up for it." He said, relaxing on his seat as he tried hard enough to not show that he's worried that she wouldn't help him.

The diner has received an order from the New York presbyterian Hospital that was to be received today but his delivery team was short of one person. They were in charge of making sure he didn't flop this deal, which would attract a lot of customers, attention and money to the diner had called in sick, leaving him in a state of confusion.

The second batch of his workers who were to pull in for the afternoon shift, were definitely not going to help him with that right now because he didn't inform them about it earlier, leaving him with no other option but to make use of the ones present in the diner right now.

He didn't trust anyone, but he has seen Marissa, studied the young girl for a while to know that apart from her being an emotional mess, she's one hell of a hard working woman who would do anything for the money, so he trust that everything would go as planned if Marissa fills the place of the last delivery girl on the list.

"A huge delivery is about to be sent to the New York presbyterian hospital, and i need you on the team. Just to be clear on this Mary Cynthia, I would double your pay today and you can aswell take a day off today as a payment for what you do today, but don't take that am too…."

"I will do it." Marissa cut him short even before he could finish his statement, a huge smile on her smile when she realized that she was getting extra pay today and a free day tomorrow, that was a nice offer from the likes of him.

She had never done an outside delivery, but then she's going to be in a team where she gets her own partner to help with the orders, so that shouldn't be something so hard right?

Besides, that would give her time to go to the club tomorrow night, in hope to find Mr.blue eyes  again, so yes! She wouldn't give up such a good deal.

"Fine, but you should know one thing, Mary Cynthia. If this goes sideway, you lose your salary for the month. But i trust you wouldn't let me down, right?" 

Marissa was scared a bit at hearing him talk about her salary, but then she's hundred percent sure that the sun shining brightly today, and after that heart warming talk she had with Susan last night, was a sign that she's going to have a nice day today, as well as a nice life. All she needs to do is to look ahead.

It's time to think ahead of her future, and in order to do that she has to let go of the pain, she has to get free of the fact that she's bad luck.

You are a star, Marissa!

You can do this!

She gave herself some prep talk, before affirming to Mr.peters words."Yes, I can do this, I wouldn't let you down."

"That's right, I knew you are the perfect one for this, Mary Cynthia."Mr.Peters said, clapping his hands as he stood up, and took his phone to call the others to let them know that the job is already done.

With few more motivational talk, she left to make more money which she's sure was going to cover up her expenses with the friday shopping Susan was taking about.

But yet, Marissa didn't know the reason why she's still having cold shoulders about her brother's birthday party.