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Tim says something encouraging to me, but I barely hear it because I am hot footing it towards the building in front of me, silently congratulating myself on not letting my mother down. She will probably have some criticisms, I’m sure, but it won’t be that I didn’t make it because of the damn car.
It isn’t until I set foot in to the building that the anticipation transforms all the way from excitement to sheer blinding panic. I can’t speak from the heart, no matter what Tim said to me, life doesn’t work like that. Not in the real world anyway. I need to get my mask firmly fixed in place so I can be the person that I need to be for this job, the woman that my mother wants me to be, the woman who will eventually become a lawyer. Maybe not one like my mother, but one all the same. Then Tim Wilson will be a distant memory. A man that I met one time through his breezy life existence, a blip in his travels, who saved my life and made sure my career was possible.
“Miss Smalls?” Oh God, I am not ready for this yet, but I don’t have a choice and I nod firmly anyway. “You are here, at last.” Uh oh, I’m being made to feel like I’m late even though I’m not. Thank God I’m not. “You might want to come this way right now because it’s time for your interview.”
I’m already off kilter, in a bad position, but I’m going to have to pull it back. I need to make this work or my whole life plan falls apart. I won’t know where to go from there, I don’t have anything else that I can do. I need to do this, or I am screwed. I sure as hell won’t be able to face my mom, that’s for sure…Chapter 5 – TimI watch Kayla running in to the building, silently praying that everything goes well for her, if this is what she wants, of course. I know that she is determined to prove that she can be a lawyer, but it doesn’t seem to me that’s truly her life desires. She might as well have told me that she got cornered by her mother in to this lawyer thing and now she’s too scared to try anything else… but I’m only here to help her not to de rail her. That’s all.
“Well, I guess I’m going to be here for a bit.” I’m sure that a job interview at a place like that takes longer than anything that I have ever been through before, and I promised to wait so that’s what I will do. Luckily, I spot a coffee shop opposite where Kayla is going to be which is a perfect place for me to not only grab a snack and a coffee but also to charge my cell phone to finally get back on the grid where everyone wants me to be.
The warmth of the coffee shop is welcome and shudders through my body, as does the smile on the face of the waitress behind the counter. It’s empty, so she’s probably glad to have someone to talk to.
“Hey,” I say with a giant smile. “What sort of coffees do you have here? I am parched.”
“Ah, well, we have a long list of coffees, so it depends what is catching your fancy.”
“Hmmm, good question.” I tap my chin thoughtfully. “You do have a lot on offer. What do you recommend?”
Of course, she has a lot to recommend, so this takes a few moments, but soon I make my decision. I order coffee and cake before taking a seat over by the window so I can watch the building to spot the moment Kayla exits and I can also charge my phone. As expected, I have some messages from Lance which I reply to right away just so that he doesn’t worry. I’m grateful the moment he knows that I’m okay and I know he isn’t panicking anymore. Honestly, one day, Lance is going to have to stop with the worry to focus on his own life.
Once everything is in order, I sit comfortably and gratefully consume my coffee and cake while watching the world go by. But I have to admit that my mind is on Kayla the whole time. I might not know anything about her at all really, but I’m hoping that everything goes well. I’m praying that everything is okay for her. Even if she decides that the lawyer life isn’t for her, I don’t want there to be any more stress on her shoulders. She has had enough today with the car and everything so I would like to see her smile.
I lean on my hand and think about her smiling, just knowing how beautiful that must be. Kayla smiling, looking happy, that weight off her shoulders. I bet with a lightness attached to her she is just gorgeous.
