Something In The Shadows

ire but the truth and reality slammed me to ground every time I thought I could figure a way out. I had to learn to control myself and my burning passion arou

now! Firstly, I like a guy with whom I got like absolutely no short. Secondly, he is be-a-uti-ful! And lastly he loves dogs?! Like seriously man?! It's like you're not even trying! "Ugh this is gonna be harder than I thought!" I told my inner goddess as I banged my head on the pillow. I kept my phone down and crossed my arms tightly against my chest. I knew this was gonna be really hard but what other choice did I have that to suck up? I took a deep

dogs and other's just wandering down the street hand in hand enjoying their time. It was the first time in ages I felt so alone. It was a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. I always felt a person has two aspects of their lives, professional and personal. When one falls, the other is always there to hold you, keep you up float. But at this moment even when both of these aspects

never left. I could feel someone's eyes on me. I ducked into the next street and increased my pace. I spotted a Starbucks just a few blocks away, I practically ran fo

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rson. It was a pet peeve of mine to come in for morning shifts. But when you work in the hotel industry specially in my country, everything goes out the window. You learn to survive standing for thirty two hours wearing heels, or just running around day in and day out with one or two hours

ista called out. I got up from my

d I smiled. I took my cut and walked back to my

Ana instead of Ani?! Lucifer knows what you would have done with my complete name? I smiled. Then I felt it again, the stinging. I raised my head and looked across the street and

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e marked blue by the map, it didn't seem like a long walk. It felt so good seeing people running around me, hustling hard, and achieving what they set out to achieve. I walked pass dozens of people pushing pass me rushing to catch that nine o'clock subway, the stores also started to pen up putting out their boards and turning the closed sign over. As I continued walking I could hear footsteps behind me, I took a sharp breath and started walking faster. I could still hear the

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und me and gently squeezed my shoulder. He lead me to the locker room. Pulling a cha

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st be really traumatizing" he said, g

u want you can take a day off

d a few minutes to calm dow

lms. Breathing in deeply, trying my best to calm my raci

my eyes and saw Edwards sitting on his knees, his face

used, pulling my

startle you" he replied gett

came to check on you. You okay?" he adde

kay" I h

ng my hand. I could instantly feel a calm over me and I relaxed. For some r

you" I

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I do with a day

d! Hey I ain't judging!" he chuckled and I could see his eyes sparkle.

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knew each other for ages. No matter what, he did ended up