Obsessed With Him

I wiped sweat before sitting down and leaning against the locker. I took off the gloves from my hands and I saw how hard my hands were. I took the band aid from my pants pocket and bit the end of it to open the wrapper. I applied the band aid to my wound and rested deeply while caressing the part with the band aid.

How many more wounds will be applied to my hand before I can get out of this misery?

I shook my head and managed to smile to cheer myself up. just be patient and when I graduate from the education course I will be able to leave here. I probably won't experience getting my hands injured again because of my cleaning. imagine I'm cleaning this whole building, of course I have people with me but because that's still not enough because of the size of this building. I even wipe the huge mirror of the building even though I am very afraid of heights. but I can handle it if I want to earn money to supplement my pocket and my other needs.

"Be careful on your way home, Juliet!"

I smiled and waved at my co-workers, Mylene. Their house has a different destination than mine, so I always go home alone. even though I'm tired, I still have to walk a long way just to get to the apartment where I live. I will be alone in life, because I don't have parents anymore, I don't have siblings either. so even though I was young, I was drawn to work so that I could study from high school to college. Fortunately, I am a scholar in college.

I passed many more open establishments and ended up at a fast food chain. I stopped and swallowed because my stomach suddenly started to growl while looking at the delicious food that people eating inside the fast food chain. People who can afford to buy their food at expensive restaurants are envious. I have never been in there before.

"Oh, Juliet!"

I smiled at Aling Rose who owns a cafeteria. Here, this is the only place I always go to eat. My budget can only go so far.

"Which Rose, you already know."

I sat on a bench seat while the table was long and plastick. The television was in front of me so I watched while waiting for Aling Rose to cook my order.

"The Esteban Empire Group heir was spotted messing around in a bar. Rumor has it that it was only because Greyson Martin Esteban was paralyzed that he beat some men who now rushed to the hospital and took their lives."

"Truly blessed rich youths just waste money on useless things." Aling Rose commented and put down the rice even my favorite dish of all. Ground with quail eggs.

"Isn't that where you study at Esteban University, Juliet?"

I nodded to Mang Rey who was wiping the table left by the customer who had just left. Aling Rose's husband is Mang Rey, who are both good to me, so because of their good manners, I never eat at other restaurants because I want what I pay to go to them.

"Yes."

I put my hands together and prayed for a moment before starting to eat the food placed in front of me.

"Edi you see the heir of the Esteban Empire?" asked Mang Rey out of curiosity.

"No.." I replied even though my mouth was still full of what I was eating.

"Huh?"

I can see the surprise on their faces and even Aling Rose has gotten attention just because of Esteban's heir.

"It's because I'm not at the same level as that high school. That's why they have their own building compared to a low standard student like me."

"Wow! The Estebans are really rich."

"You said it!" I agreed and took one bite of the rice mixed with the dish until my mouth was full.

I don't care about the likes of the Estebans. With the amount of problems I have, will I still think about people like them? I know that many people know them because they are famous throughout the country and even abroad. Poor people like me are afraid of rich people like them. So who am I to care and think like them? imagine that even the rice production of the scraping farmers is in their hands. So what I'm eating is Esteban brand. So who among those like me will not be treated like them? I'm afraid of being hungry, so I'm grateful for being the wind at school. yes, I'm just like the air that high profile students in Esteban pass through. There is nothing as remarkable, someone like me is beautiful. the only thing I'm proud of is my high score so that somehow I'm not a poor student at Esteban University.

"Goodbye, Aling Rose, Mang Rey!"

They waved at me and smiled so I smiled and turned and left their cafeteria. I held my stomach because of fullness. My stomach is very upset, so I will only focus on cleaning my body and studying when I get home. because the next day I have to go back to the school that will only lift me up from the state I'm in now.

"Sister Juliet!"

I stopped walking when I was greeted by young fog. young dew because of their young age they scratch even at night, to sell tulips, candy, and other products that are sold to them by their employer.

"Oh, are you leaving?"

I became friends with Tolits, Chichay, Potpot, and Kring-kring who are like my friends here in the squatter area where I also belong. These children are only seven and eight years old, so even if I wanted to help them, I couldn't because we are in the same state.

"Yes! You?" said Chichay who was still dirty and didn't seem to have bathed in a day. what he is wearing today is the same as what he was wearing yesterday. Be them Tolits, Kring-Kring, and Potpot.

"I'm going home and studying. You guys, you should be careful on the road and when there are bad people, call the police immediately so you don't get hurt."

They nodded and smiled before they hugged me at the same time so I smiled and ruffled their hair.

"Go ahead, Sister Juliet!"

They ran so I watched them until they disappeared from my sight. if the lord of god gives me a lot of money i will use it first for all the people here. I consider them all family even though they are not related to me by blood. They are the only ones I can call because I don't have any family to call.

I looked at my parents' picture after I showered and finished studying. I caressed their picture. They died because of a car accident. No one wants that and maybe that is what is destined when the almighty god will take them.

"Pa, Ma, guide me again tomorrow. And I hope you ask that I graduate quickly so that I can teach and earn a lot."