CHAPTER 2

Tomorrow morning, Traizle took Layzen and Lyndon to their school. Lyndon's school is a few minutes' walk to Layzen's kindergarten school.

"We are here." Traizle said when they got to Layzen's school.

"Who will fetch me later after school?" Layzen asked.

Traizle matched her brother's height and fixed Layzen's hair. "Your brother will fetch you later after school." Traizle answered.

His younger brother pouted. "He is fetching me too late, I always told him to fetch me as early as possible." Layzen said throwing a tantrum.

"You must understand him. Your class ended a little earlier than his. He has to run to go here," she explained. "But don't worry, I will try to tell him to run faster. Is it okay?" She asked.

"Alright." Layzen answered.

"Study hard. See you later." Traizle said then kissed Layzen's forehead.

He waved his hands. "Take care on your work. I will be a good boy, so don't worry about me." Layzen said before entering his school's gate.

Traizle watched her younger brother until she cannot see him anymore. She looked at her watch that made her run as fast as she could. She is late with her work, and she might get scolded by her manager.

Upon entering the restaurant, she is working. Her co-workers can not be found inside the kitchen. She quickly fixes herself and wears the things she needs to wear, before going out to the dining area. She could hear some noises from the outside, so she quickly went out to see what was happening.

"Traizle!" Linda, one of her co-worker exclaimed.

"Why?" She asked, confused. "Is something happening?" She added.

"There really is! Help our manager over there!" Linda answered, frightened at the mess happening.

"What happened first?" Traizle asked. "Calm down and tell me everything quickly." she added.

Linda calmed herself down. "Do you remember the man who is hitting on Kim recently?" she started sharing. "He went here again today to eat his breakfast, he even told that he wants Kim to deliver his order and that is what we did a while ago." she added.

"So, what is the problem about that?" Traizle asked because she could not see the problem with her story.

"While Kim was placing his orders, he kept on asking Kim and then a girl suddenly walked in furiously. She even hit Kim, saying she is a gold digger and more." Linda continued.

Traizle did not listen to Linda; she immediately went to where it was happening.

"You poor flirt!"

"Ma'am, can we talk about this thing privately? We are disturbing our other customers." Their manager said, trying to calm down the girl.

"I don't care! That bitch is trying to flirt with my boyfriend in front of my eyes? How dare she is!" She answered, fuming in madness.

"Excuse me," Traizle butted in. "Ma'am, you are crossing the line already." she added.

"Crossing what line? You do not know what happened here and you are implying that I am the wrong here?" The girl asked.

She nodded. "Yes, you are. I am watching you from our CCTV room, you went in furiously and started to attack one of our staff," Traizle answered, arching her right eyebrow. "You are the one who does not know what happened and here you are disturbing our customers." she added.

"Where the hell am I wrong? Why are you siding with your flirty staff when she is the one wrong here! I am a customer! I am always right!" The girl exclaimed.

"Your asshole boyfriend tried to hit on her a few days ago. He even asked for Kim's number, but Kim is not interested to him at all. He went here a few times already, we also know that he is secretly showing some signs to Kim like asking the waiter to deliver his food by Kim,

We can file a lawsuit for hurting our staff, if she is innocent. You can talk to her in a nice way, but you embarrassed her in front of many people, in our other customers. We can show you our CCTV room and watch your boyfriend's action.

Remember, you are not here as our customer. You did not order anything, you are only here as our customer's boyfriend. Every customer has the right to complain if it is right and in just, we would not say anything. But this is too much for us already, don't you think?" She added, making the girl behave beside her boyfriend.

Few seconds passed, and the girl walked out of the restaurant leaving her boyfriend alone. The man was about to stand up as well, but Traizle stopped him.

"We are still not done here, Sir," Traizle said that makes the man sit again on his chair. "You made this mess, so do not go out without saying sorry to Kim. Your girlfriend hit her." she added while raising her sleeves before stretching her neck clockwise.

The man gulped, shivering from his seat.

"Do not let me see you outside, you are not my customer outside. Finish your food before going out, do not waste food. Enjoy your breakfast, Sir," Traizle said, emphasizing the word Sir. "Sorry for the inconvenience Ma'am and Sir!" She added, bowing to the other customers they disturbed.

Other staff went back to their work. Traizle and the others went inside the kitchen. "Are you okay?" Traizle asked Kim. "Yes, thank you for helping me." Kim said while holding Traizle's hand.

"No problem, it is good that you are fine. I was wondering why is the kitchen's so quiet a while ago, seeing you guys outside I know that there is something wrong," Traizle said and faced their manager. "Ma'am, sorry I am late." she said then bowed a little.

"Apology accepted, since you helped me fix the mess outside. If you were not here, maybe we are still there, trying to calm the girl's nerves." Their manager said that makes them laugh.

"Raising your sleeves was the best part." her co-worker added resulting to a big laugh.

"You are our girl bouncer indeed." Linda added while giving a two thumbs up.

They went back to their work after the small talk.

"Traizle," the Chef called her. "Table fifteen." the Chef added.

"Okay Chef!" Traizle answered before getting the tray with food. Traizle went out of the kitchen and walk to table fifteen. "Excuse me, Sirs. Here is your order, grilled cheese, French toast and cappuccino. Where can I put these? Should I get another table for your papers?" Traizle said.

"Yes, that is much better. Thank you." a man answered while collecting the papers on the table.

Traizle put their orders on the table after they collected the papers. She gets another table for them to put their papers there without getting dirt from their food. "Enjoy your breakfast, Sirs. Have a blessed morning ahead." Traizle said before leaving.

"Should we add desserts? I want some sweets." Traizle heard them talking. She cannot believe a business minded person likes sweets. He even said it out loud without getting shy.

"How is your works?" Linda asked about her work and other sidelines.

"They are okay, I can still provide my brothers needs." Traizle responded.

Every weekdays, in the morning, she is a waiter at the restaurant and a food courier in the evening. Every weekends, she is working giving out some flyers or promoting some products and working in a convenience store at night.

Before their break time, she asked their manager to go out for a while. She needs to go to Lyndon's school, handing the money to buy the other four books. She even borrowed the money from her co-workers, just to buy the books.

"Did you bought the first four books already?" Traizle asked after handing him the money.

"Yes, luckily I don't have to write anymore," Lyndon answered. "You are still with your uniform?" He asked.

"It is our break time, I asked our manager to went out for a while to hand you the money. I have to go back after and work overtime to recuperate the time I used here." Traizle answered.

*****

Traizle is now entering the snack bar, finished with her third customer's order.

"Ten sets of set A and ten coke. What is your name, Sir?" The owner of the snack bar said while talking with someone on the phone. "Zarsuelo—"

"Boss, can you ask where does he want to deliver it?" Traizle butted in.

The owner asked what Traizle had said, the owner looked at her while pointing to herself and to her after gesturing a number one. "Give me the phone," Traizle said and got the phone from the owner. "Zarsuelo, deliver to the fox street, right?" She added.

"Yes, you got it right." the man answered back on the other line.

"Stop pranking us, please do not waste our food with your prank." Traizle said before ending the call. "He still has the guts to call us again? he is taking us like a fool." she added after giving back the phone to the owner.

"Good thing you heard me, we will get prank by him again if that happens." the owner said in relief.

After a few minutes, a man went in looking angry.

"I am Zarsuelo, the man who tried to order but get dumped by someone." A man named Zarsuelo said when he approached the counter.

"I am the someone you are talking to." Traizle said.