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, away from the blare of the reggae music from my flat mate's phone. For a devic

I look at her smiling back at the camera, her killer body in full-on assasin mode in a tiny pink bikini, the backdrop of a brilliant blue ocean and clear blue skies

brilliant and hard working. Two years after we were both hired by Santander bank she got a scholarship to an American Ivy League University and was promptly hired by an investment bank on Wa

t and rounded hips are the result of hard work... or hard cash. But what I see i

ccompanied by five exploding bomb emo

d, ignoring the fact that it will cost me a fortune. The sketchy Internet service in my area is only tolerable for a few epileptic

retort, when the line connects. "Didn't

ng I need now," is his equally terse answer. "It's only ten minut

call is very ex

not expens

r with your new line," I counter. There is silence

s voice elevated in what I can now tell is the beginning of an explosive fit

test. "I came here because the blare f

he restroom is just downright dis

line dis

eting at Santander bank seven years ago. I was assigned to his team and he took an instant liking to me. Only a rank higher than I was as an Executive Trainee, he still fancied himself my mentor, even though I soon

ay wasn't on my radar and when he insisted on taking the exam, I hadn't been too worried becaus

termined to leave the country somehow. So, he'd gotten himself a tourist visa, sold his belongings, qui

tion of his predicament on me. I need to be more patient with him. I shouldn't h

se I'm not into her kind of music but because I keep putting myself in uncomfortable positions for Carlos since he left. Well,

d, as she too had just started working in the area, I had asked her. Big mistake. I'm not sure if the proximity to work is enough to justify the con

ing around with a crazy odour, the unwashed plates and cutlery stacked under her bed, or the odour that foll

our's car, I dial C

ling you from the toilet," I

me of night

ongs are at it again. Coming o

d. I don't know how much longer I can go on like this. It's bad enough I can't see yo

h

osing him makes me feel physically ill. It is one of the reasons I recently sat for the same Skyline exam he took las

e hopeful and pray that I pass the scholarship exam

le that have connections get their scholarships, so you better not wa

ecause he neither had the aptitude nor prepared enough for

," he says, sounding just

e age of 30, starting over is not an option for me. Carlos is insanely attractive and can get any woman he

into the house and start my rosary, to beg God to grant me this