Chapter 6 | Mr Santiargo

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I wake up to the painfully annoying sound of my alarm on Monday morning

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I wake up to the painfully annoying sound of my alarm on Monday morning. I shut it off and climb out of bed. Mondays are the worst day, Noah some how knows that it is Monday and never sleeps a full night on a Sunday, causing me and Harlow to be grumpy most of the day.

I make my bed and tidy my room before I head into the shower. I decided I was going to walk to work today so I woke up early. I head into the bathroom and step into the shower. The hot water is relaxing my muscles and I lean my head against the shower wall, the water falls into my hair as it runs down my back. I grab the shower gel and begin to rub it all over my body, as the seconds go by I become more and more relaxed until I realise I have to go to work and then the stress begins again.

I get out the shower and wrap a towel around my body and then grab another towel and begin to dry my hair with it. I walk in front of the mirror and drag my hand across the mirror removing the steam formed from the heat of the shower. I brush my teeth and run a brush through my hair, I look at my reflection and realise the large dark circles underneath my eyes. I apply a small amount on concealer and apply from lipgloss. I grab my work uniform and quickly get dressed realising the time.

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I have been at work for the past 3 hours, I herd that mr Santiago is here today so everyone has been on edge. Lucy and I have been having small chat between customers, she told me she had a date on Saturday, she said it went tell but he hasn't called her back yet.

I am staring into the distance when the bell on the door rings brining me out of my daze. I turn to see who walked in and it is Ace and his brother and sister. I look at them and they just walk towards the back of the diner. They look like they are runway models as they walk through the diner, Ace is at the from and the rest follow behind. I watch them in awe, I have never in my life seen anything like this.

I continue to serve customers and clean tables for the next hour. I have around 15 more minutes left of my shift and then i can go home.

I sit at the counter and daze off into space, and think about my mom, she was one of the reasons me and Harlow moved to New York. My mom said that she and my dad always wanted to come here but he left when I was born, so when I decided to leave Washington Harlow decided New York was the place to go. Of course Harlow didn't have to come with me but ,our moms were besties so therefore we are besties. Yes you herd correctly were, my mom passed away in a car accident 4 years ago.These past 4 years have been hell. Living with my stepfather was not what I ever expected. My mom remarried when I was 13, at first Killian was a caring loving husband but as the years went on he slowly drained the life out of my mother, from the constant arguing and jealousy I slowly saw my mother lose herself. My mom was my best friend, for 13 years of my life it was always just me and her, I never had a father figure to look up to so when mom brought home Killian for the first time I loved him, he was the dad I always dreamed off. But over the years that love turned into hate .Growing up without a dad I always felt left out, like I never really fit in because my family was not the all American style family.

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