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C7 Mrs Roberts

Mrs Roberts was at the hair salon with her friends, they were trying to get a makeover.

"You look damn good , girl." Katherine exclaimed excitedly.

"Been a while, you know. You do not seem to get a lot of time these days because of the babies," Angela added.

Mrs Roberts was a bit uncomfortable about having those conversations but she had no choice.

"Yes. It has been a while. Thank God you know that I am very busy. The kids do not allow me to get some breathing space," Mrs Roberts replied, trying to stay composed and unashamed.

"Yeah…right?" They both echoed.

"Yeah," she replied sternly, trying to move away from the conversation. She did not want to last too long on conversations about her daughter's children.

"What does Amanda do now?" Angela asked with curiosity etched on her face.

Mrs Roberts shifted to her seat. She was becoming uncomfortable.

"She works with a big company now," she replied with a whisper, hoping they would not ask her the name of the company because the truth was that Amanda currently had no job.

She was doing too many menial jobs, trying to survive and support herself and her children.

"Oh! That is beautiful," Angel exclaimed. "I am happy for her."

"What is the name of the company?" Katherine further asked, as Mrs Roberts had dreaded. She had the dailies and coincidentally was on the job vacancies advert page. She was racking her head to know the answer to give to them about her daughter's office.

Suddenly, her eyes fell upon an advert for vacancies at the Xi Company hotel for the place of supervisors and cleaners. Her heart leaped with joy. She would tell her daughter to apply as a supervisor.

Then she looked up at her friends with excitement dancing in her eyes.

"She works at Xi Group of Companies hotel as a supervisor," she said with pride and no guilt for misrepresentation of facts.

"Oh wow! That is a great job!" Katherine exclaimed. "I wish my daughter could get one like this."

Mrs Roberts felt pride overtake her. Even though she lied, she felt a satisfying pride in her lie. She closed the vacancy page and slid the diary into her large handbag.

I will show this to Amanda and I am sure she will get a job with them, she thought to herself.

The women continued doing their hair, talking about other things and catching up on old times.

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