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I wiped a tear from my eye as I tried to get myself together. It was in the past. But it would never leave me. I wouldn’t let it. But I was dealing with it on a daily basis, and not just from the emotional strain. My parents had life insurance, but a good deal of it went to funeral costs.
I had to drop out of school and work two full-time jobs, and a part time job on the weekends. That lasted for a few years until I finally found a way to make it through beauty school and get a higher paying job as a hairdresser. It was enough to get by, but that’s all I was able to do. I wasn’t sure what my next move would be, but at least I didn’t have to work a hundred hours a week anymore for the same amount of money. I needed this too badly to screw it up. I just had to keep searching for a different salon with a better boss. But no one was hiring right now, especially someone who was not that experienced.
The day finally ended, and I went home feeling depressed. I walked through the door of my one-bedroom apartment that I shared with my friend Kayley. She was a freelance photographer and spent a lot of her time uploading content to the internet. She was brilliant, and had a great gift, an eye for details most people missed.
“Hey, how’s it going?” Kayley asked as I slumped down on the couch.
I looked up at her and gave her a grunt with a grimaced look. She raised her eyebrows and nodded in understanding. “That good? Ok…you want to talk about it?”
“Nah, it will just bum me out more,” I said.
“Ok, well do you…“she started.
“That bitch needs to have her face rearranged,” I said. “How dare she for thinking she can bully me and make me feel like garbage all the time?”
“Who?” Kayley asked.
“Jenna,” I replied. “Who else?”
“Yeah, what did she do this time?”
“It’s a combination of things. Really, she is just looking for an excuse to get rid of me.”
“She isn’t going to get rid of you. She has too much fun picking on you and making your life miserable,” Kayley said. “Do you think she is going to give that up?”
I laughed. She had a point.
“Come on, get dressed,” Kayley said.
“Why?”
“We’re going out,” she replied.
“Oh, I’m not going anywhere. I’m not in the mood.”
“I told the girls we’d meet them at club Blitz,” she said. “You need it more than I do.”
“I don’t. After the day I just had, the last thing I want to do is go out and party.”
“That’s precisely why you should go with us,” she replied. “You have been sulking around here, acting like your favorite cat ran away for like six months. Ever since that douche Devon broke up with you.”
“Thanks for bringing that up and kicking me when I’m already down.”
She smirked. “You should get out of the house and have a little fun, blow off some steam. You know? Live a little.”
The idea was sounding more tempting, but I felt like hell. I just wanted to melt into the couch with a tub of ice cream.
“No, you go on without me. I can’t afford it and I’m just not in the mood.”
“It’s my treat,” she said.
I shook my head. She was relentless. Kayley was easily shooting down all my excuses and making them sound like exactly that—excuses.
“I’m not going to meet anyone, if that is what you are thinking. I’m very happy being single for right now,” I replied.
“Ok. Fine. No one said you had to go out and meet people,” she said. “We are just having a fun girls night. It will be so fun. I need to blow off some steam.”
“Why? Your life is perfect,” I reminded her. “You have the best job being your own boss, the best boyfriend, and you have the best friend - in me.”
