Dilemma

By Soulful Heart

My dream of going to college was well in sight until life served me lemons. I lost my job. Guess who tried making lemonades? Tiana Unstoppable White. One job as a waitress, a spilled glass of wine, and a bathroom episode was all it took to get me into the Cloover mansion as a domestic staff. All was hunky dory until I was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

It was either loyalty or love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Soulful Hearts LLC
• Release date: Aug 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9781961263031

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arry Styles' Watermelon Sugar blares from my earbuds as I work my third and last job for the day. As my tradition at work is, I had stuck the earbuds into my ears the moment my supervisor showed me where I was going to clean and make spotless, in her words. Unlike Harry Styles' song, today is a chilly spring night that has me cleaning the floor faster so I can get home and climb into the comfort of my bed. The moment I'm done, I put away the supplies and change out of my work clothes. I take a deep breath as I walk out of the changing room to the supervisor's office. My twenty-two-year-old heart begins to beat at a faster pace, and my palms become sweaty. Excitement and anticipation do a slow tap dance beneath the surface as I knock on the door softly and walk in.

Mrs. Henderson, I'm done for the night. She looks up from the pile of paperwork on her table, purses her lips, and gives her fingers a cursory glance. For Pete’s sake, we both know why I'm here: to collect my salary.

After what seems like forever, she fishes out an envelope from a drawer and hands it over to me. Fulfillment spirals through me as my fingers touch the paper. Unable to contain my excitement, I rush to the door. Goodnight, Mrs. Henderson.

I walk out of Marduk Restaurant through the back door and punch my fist into the air. I look around cautiously and slip the envelope into the pocket of my jacket. I look up at the sky and smile as I maneuver my bike onto the road. This is it. This is my chance to finally get into college and get a degree in business administration. Long before I graduated from high school, I’d been saving for college. With my dad in a wheelchair due to an accident he was involved in years ago and my mom working menial jobs, it's almost impossible to take care of my siblings and me. I calculate the amount of money I have saved over time and smile at how far I have come. I climb my bike and plug in my earbuds. As if on cue, Macklemore's Glorious starts to play. The rhythm and lyrics wash over me as tears of joy stream down my cheeks. There's only one way to describe how I feel at the moment. Glorious.

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I jump off my bike and walk down the pathway leading to the front door. After leaning my bike on