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My Secret Life: Chapter One
Date: 2/15/2016, Categories: Taboo, Author: torisunshine, Rating: 28, Source: LushStories
comfortable with. I just didn’t think it would be this. “I don’t want to see you giving up on your dream and moving back home,” she said. “I know you didn’t come out here to do this. But it’s a means to an end to help you accomplish what you came out here to accomplish.” “I’ll think about it,” I said. Not much was said after that. I picked at my food and didn’t eat much of it. Thirty minutes later she picked up the check. We said our goodbyes and I headed home. On my way there I got a call from The Cheesecake Factory manager. He said he could only use me two days a week to start, but felt that he could probably bump that to 4 days within two months. After I told him I’d think about it, I pulled into a U.S. Bank parking lot and started crying. I thought I was the world’s biggest failure. I thought if I went home everyone would think I couldn’t cut it out here. I didn’t want anyone to think that. So I slid open my phone, and pressed Maureen’s number. Within three rings she answered and I told her I was in. When I got home Jackson was sitting on the couch looking pissed. He turned to me and yelled, “What the fuck were you thinking? I went out of my way to get you in there and you fucking tell my manager you’ll think about it. Do you know how many fucking applications he gets a week? Lots. Tomorrow you’re going to go in there and tell him you’ll work one fucking day a week to get your foot in the door.” “No,” I said. “Why the fuck not?” he yelled. “I didn’t come out here to be a ...