Author's pov:
Agnes woke up feeling refreshed. She went to take her bath in the small toilet in her apartment. It had a water closet,a tap,bucket and drainage. Even though it was looking shaby,she was still grateful to find a place to stay. She was going to look for a job today and start a new life.
After taking her bath, she wore the best dress she has even though the colour of the dress was beginning to fade.That was still the only dress that does not have a patch.
Her father didn't buy clothes for her. When ever the neighbours asked why was she dressed in rags, he would claim that he was a pastor and had no money. That was a lie, he was an hypocrite. He will go to the pulpit to preach to others what he can not do.
Humans are not to be trusted. The blind neighbours will believe him and give Agnes their old clothes.
Were they blind to see the scars on her body ? Or were they foolish to believe the excuses Agnes father gave for her scars.
He would say today she fell down,tomorrow it was dark so she fell again.
Then he started beating her in places that was not visible if she wore her clothes. How can he be that wicked? She was not responsible for the things that happened to her mother.
After Agnes wore her cloth, she went out to look for a job. She brought breakfast at the previous stall, then went street by street to look for a job.
On her way she bumped into a man, as if he was a prophet asked if she was looking for a job. She replied" yes sir, but I don't know so how can I trust you and go a place you speak of. I am not stupid" and she left there went back to her house.
If she had looked carefully she would have noticed that the man was Jon, the person who saved her when she fell down the slope.
Jon dialed the number of his boss to report what has happened since yesterday
" Boss, she came to bacock city. I told gave the landlady money and told her to give her an eighty percent discount."Jon said
" I hope she did not notice" his boss replied
" Yes boss , I tried telling her to go to one of our company since she was looking for a job but she could not listen to the word of a stranger and I could not show her my face" Jon said
" Just keep trailing her and inform all the companies, hostels and industries we own to hire her if she comes to any of their places. We own eighty percent of the industries there, so there's a higher probability of her coming to the place I own" his boss replied
" Okay boss" Jon said and the call ended
He thought" that's the longest I have ever heard the boss speak. Agnes must be really special to him, too bad he found her late"
Agnes on the other saw a sign board out showing a vacancy for a cleaner. It was very close to her apartment.
She thought in her mind " Lord please let me get this job."