"Uhhh?" Craig looked dumbfounded. "You know how much I hate doing dishes, Rora, especially washing pots."

"I see you aren't ready yet, I'm going then." Aurora said and began walking away.

"No no... I will do the dishes. I will make sure the pots are sparkling Don't do this to me Rora." Craig ran after her.

Aurora gave a lposided smile and winked. "Good, that's why you're my boy." she replied and Craig frowned but quickly shrugged it off.

As long as she does what she promised, then he could be her boy for now and do anything she wants him to do.

He can't afford to lose that cute dude.

"I still can't believe I got a job and I'll be resuming tomorrow", Aurora muttered with a small smile.

"I told you, you just have to keep pushing till you get what you want." Craig said and Aurora chuckled.

"You just have to push till you get what you want!!!! Motivational speaker, have you gotten what you want ever since you started pushing? You are still in this slum." Aurora taunted jokingly.

Craig raised his hands to hit her and she ran out, but Craig being Craig, he must not allow her go free without hitting her head, so he pursued her.

They kept running pursuing each other till they got to Aurora's house. "Craig, you are so wicked, can't you just forget what I said for a minute", she said breathing heavily.

"Why would I when your big head needs hitting to make it small" he said hitting her head in satisfaction while also breathing heavily.

"Aaahhh!!! Aurora rubbed her head. I'm so tired and exhausted, did we really run that much distance? Wow, I'm such a fast runner and you couldn't even catch me despite being male, shame on you" she taunted.

"I just wanted to let you go today, so don't even let it get into your head because next time you try to belittle me, hehehehe you won't know what I would do to you" Craig mumbled and Aurora rolled her eyes.

"It will only be happening in your dream, you really underestimated my powers Craig, don't worry someday you will have a taste of my medicine" she said and Craig burst out laughing.

"Your mouth is filled with the impossible Rora, get off my way, let me go greet Aunt before I change my mind and flex my muscles on you" Craig joked feigning seriousness, making Aurora run out of the doorstep into the house.

"Mama!!!" She screamed, calling out her mother who came rushing from the backyard to see what the problem was.

Aurora jumped on her when she came in smiling widely, making her mother surprised. Rebecca glanced at Craig, who was also smiling widely.

"Guess what Mama?" Aurora asked hugging her mother tightly.

Her mother smiled looking at her daughter. It has been a long time since she saw a genuine smile and happiness on her daughter's face. Whatever that had happened must be very good news.

"Don't stress yourself playing Rora's guessing games Aunt, she got a job at a new bar down the other next street" Craig chipped coming out with a cup of water to drink.

"Aaarrrgh!!! You dirty head, how could you ruin my surprise" Aurora screamed at him running towards the unconcerned looking Craig who was busy drinking his water.

He suddenly heard a yell and looked down from his cup of water only to see an enraged girl coming at him.

He mumbled and dropped the cup, turned around and fled for his dear life like a bolt of lightning.

"I will get you soon", Aurora screamed from the door when she couldn't get hold of him.

"Calm down Rora, you were still going to tell me anyways, so isn't it the same as him saying it" Said Sarah, Aurora's mother.

"No, it will never be the same as the way I wanted to put it. That big head has spoilt my surprise plan and I don't mind him being the architect of me getting the job, I'll still beat him for spoiling my plans" Aurora fumed.

"I'm really surprised baby, so you don't have to get mad at your best friend. Finally, you got a job and I am super excited for you. Come here," her mother cooed and she dolefully walked into her embrace.

Can't believe you will start working tomorrow after all these years of staying idle and looking for a job, you finally found one, now we could boost a two square meal." her mother said sniffing back her tears.

"Yeah, and I will be able to pay Maya's fees and save for your business. I also planned on us moving out of this slum" Aurora said and her mother's eyes widened.

"What do you mean Rora? How much will you get paid that you planned on doing all these you mentioned? Do you think you are going for an office job?" Sarah asked, trying hard to hold back her laugh but she just couldn't do it . She ended up laughing so hard.

Her daughter won't seize to amaze her. She can't believe Aurora planned on paying her sister's fees, opening a business for her and taking them out of the slum all on a meagre salary paid to a server.

"Don't laugh mother, you will see it with your eyes, I have so many plans which would be executed once I started working" she said putting on a convincing face which further made her mother laugh more.

Aurora sighed, watching her mother laugh at her. If only she knew what she does to bring back food everyday, she wouldn't laugh, rather she would rejoice at the opportunity facing her.

She knew she would make a lot of money out of people from that bar and her mother wouldn't just understand it.

She just ignored her and climbed up the almost broken stairs into her small room to prepare for her work.

Next Day...

Waking up to remember she was meant to start work today, Aurora sprang up and took her toiletries, and ran down from her room to the bathroom they use, which was outside the house.

She quickly took a bucket and ran to the little water wall at the back of their house and fetched water before rushing back to take her bath.

She rummages through her bag which contained a few clothes that are worn out, looking for a suitable one to wear on her first day of work.

After searching for a while and about to give up, she finally stumbled upon jeans that were faded a bit and a black polo that was quite bigger than her size.

She dried her body and applied her body butter. It was cheap but she doesn't mind, her skin was great and she doesn't need so much to care for it.

Putting on the cloth, she folded the hem of the polo and tied it, reducing it to a smaller size.

She had sold off her bags of makeup and expensive clothes when things became much more difficult for them.

She wore only her black shoe and walked out of her crib. "Mama I'm ready to go, where's Maya" she yelled climbing down the stairs.

"Sister I'm here in the kitchen," Maya replied, running out of the kitchen with her mouth filled with food.

She took little Maya's hands running out of the house.

"Take care of yourself and be careful out there", their mother yelled out to them but they were already far gone and couldn't hear her.

She dropped her sister to school which wasn't that far from her workplace. She walked into the bar and headed to the counter.

"Good morning ma'am." she greeted the plus-sized lady who scrutinized her frowning.

"Are you just coming to work by this time of the day?" She asked staring at her. "I'm sorry ma'am, I had to drop my sister in school but I promise not to be late next time." she muttered staring into the woman's eyes.

"Go into the laundry room and change, you can ask one of the employers to show you," she muttered and waved her off, focusing back on the book she was scribbling down on.

"Hey, my name's Jenny and I volunteer to show you where to change," a young girl said smiling wide with all her teeth out.

"Ok, thanks which way please?" Aurora asked to go straight to the point. She didn't actually like making friends, especially with the female folks and Craig was the only friend she had.

"Hehehe, this way," the girl said laughing nervously. She was not expecting that treatment from here, but she quickly shrugged it off and led the new girl to the laundry room.

"Here are the uniforms, you can pick anyone you want that suits you" Jenny muttered pointing at the uniforms before leaving the room.

Aurora nodded and took off her polo then put on the bar's polo. She folded hers properly and kept it in her bag which she dropped in a corner.

Arranging the polo, she walked out of the laundry room to the counter where she was assigned tables to serve.

"Ma'am what about my payment, I don't know how much I would be paid" she had said to the plus-sized lady who she later found out was the manager.

"You would be paid five hundred dollars per month and you get to work full-time not part-time because we do not need part-time workers for now" the lady had told her before she resumed serving.

She could manage it even though it was small compared to her family challenges, but it's better than none. Besides, she still gets to pickpockets to support herself.

She started serving customers and also using her eyes to search for things to take.

"It's lunchtime, can we go grab a bite at that cafeteria down the street?" Jenny said coming to her.

Aurora wanted to decline, but because she treated her badly somehow in the morning, she decided to go with her.

"My name is Aurora and I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier. It's just that I am not good at talking to people I don't know" she muttered as they walked to the cafeteria opposite the street.

"I understand and I take no offense. Your name's nice though and you are so beautiful," she said, making Aurora scoff internally.

Of what use was her beauty if she couldn't turn it to food or morning. She hates people telling her about being beautiful, yet she wasn't offered any help.

She remembered having gone to many modeling agencies to know if they could take her In to model for products, but all of them had refused either demanding money or herself, which she would never do.

If she was still rich, they would all be begging her to sign in with them, but because she was poor, no one wants her.

"Are you okay?" Jenny asked tapping her. Aurora came back to her senses blinking her eyes to see they had gotten to their destination and she was still walking.

"You seem lost in thought, can I know what's bothering you?" Jenny asked and Aurora practically rolled her eyes.

Reasons why she hates making female friends are too nosy and would want to know practically everything going on in the lives of other people.

Craig had never asked her to tell him what was bothering her. He lets her be when he figures out things aren't good with her, and instead of poking his nose, he lets her decide if she wants him to know or not.

"Nothing, I'm fine, and can we go get the food before our time elapses," Aurora said a little harshly, making Jenny desist from prying more into her business.

They got into the cafeteria and Aurora ordered a burger and juice while Jenny ordered hers.

"Let's go sit over there", Jenny pointed to a free table and Aurora nodded, following her over to the table.

She settled down on the plastic chair and uncorked her mineral, taking a bite from the burger. She closed her eyes to relish the heavenly taste.

"Are you going to be okay with just that or would you mind joining in my pasta?" Jenny asked, pointing at her plate of pasta which aroma was wafting through Aurora's nose.

Pasta has been her favorite meal ever since she was a kid, but she needed to save it, so she had long stopped buying food other than snacks and juices from outside and she's not a person who would share food with someone, especially when she isn't yet familiar with the person.

She looked down at the pasta which was calling on her to devour, swallowed her saliva, then shook her head vehemently as if trying to shake off demons.

"No, I'm good with this, I don't like food much," she lied and forced out a smile. That was a blatant lie because she knew she loved good food more than anything else, well apart from money.

"If you say so" Jenny smiled and concentrated on her food while Aurora munched on her burger grumpily.

They soon finished, paid, and returned to the bar.

"You both are 5 mins late" the plus-size woman whose name was Mandy yelled with her coarse voice.

"We are sorry, the cue there was pretty much so we had to wait for our turn ma'am" Jenny replied to her but she scoffed not ready to hear any excuse.

What are you both still doing here?" Will you quickly go and serve the customers that had been waiting for so long?" she shrieked, making the girls scamper off.

"I will see you soon Rora". Jenny muttered with a bright smile which Aurora had just replied with a fake one and walked away to the table on her lists.

"Where do I sign out," Aurora asked Big Mandy as people called her. "Over here" she replied, pointing at her head with an eye roll.

"What do you mean? So I should sign on your head?" Aurora cried out in frustration. It's way past her closing time, but here they were, delaying her, and she was supposed to go pick up her sister.

"Didn't you see the signing book over there? Must you always display foolishness? Mandy glared, making Aurora shake her head.

She knows why she doesn't want to talk back to Mandy and just keeps quiet with all her abusive words. If not that she needed the money, she would have smacked her in that mouth of hers which are filled with insults.

She quietly moved over to the book, signed her name, and left to grab her things from the laundry room.

" Hey Rora wait for me!" She heard Jenny call out to her and groaned inwardly.

"Must you always be grumpy towards people", Aliya, her wolf muttered in her head.

"Mind your freaking business and stop meddling in my business!" She shrieked and Jenny, who had gotten to her, widened her eyes and thinking she was the one being referred to, she turned around and tried to leave.

"Hey Jenny, I wasn't talking to you." Aurora yelled out to Jenny who had started shedding tears.

"But I heard you clearly, you said I should not meddle in your business," she said sniffing back her tears.

"That wasn't directed to you but someone or rather something else," Aurora said, getting Jenny more confused.

" I am not a thing Rora, I am your wolf and I'm part of you, you can't drive me out and stop referring to me as a thing." Aliya growled.

"Not when you keep prying your nosy eyes into my business, can't you understand I don't need you and get out of me." Aurora mumbled annoyingly.

"That won't be possible because you can't exist without me and I can't without you too, so you better stop shunning me out and accept me." Aliya cried out in pain.

Jenny kept staring at the lady who kept mumbling and talking to herself. "Is something wrong with her?" She thought and tapped Aurora, who looked at her, she could see the angry expression written all over her face and wondered if she was the one making her angry.

"Are you mad at me?" She asked blinking her eyes rapidly. "No, why would I be, I told you I wasn't referring to you," Aurora said softening her gaze when she noticed her expression might have scared Jenny.

Jenny looked sideways but saw no one else there who the words might be directed to. She sighed her head and decided to wave it off. "Maybe someone offended her in the bar", she concluded.

"Are you going this way?" Jenny pointed and Aurora nodded seeing it was the road that leads to her little Maya's school.

"Yeah, I am going to pick my little sister at Greenstone junior" she muttered and Jenny, who was also going to pick her brother, squealed happily. If Aurora's sister also schools there, then she would no longer go to school alone.

"Why do you look happy? Aurora asked to fix her gaze on the happy lady. " Well, my brother also happens to attend the same school we can go there together." Jenny replied all smiles.

"Aurora secretly rolled her eyes wondering why the girl is so happy being around her and it doesn't look like her harsh expressions would ever drive her away.

She just doesn't feel comfortable around human females as they all act so soft and cry a lot, just like Jenny did minutes ago when she thought she was driving her away.

"Alright then let's go." she mumbled and started walking towards the direction of her sister's school with Jenny tagging behind her while trying to raise conversations which she wasn't interested in but trying to reply as to not make the girl feel unwanted.