Taste Of Passion
Trouble Comes Knocking (1)
A lone tear roles down my clenched cheek.
It's the first tear I've she'd since she left the world.
I haven't cried in three weeks.
I didn't have the time to cry.
If I cried, I feared I'd live in a perpetual state of agony.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*Stop crying. Stop*
I should have let myself feel this loss earlier.
Not when I have five minutes left in break.
Not when the bank manager already commented on my smudged make-up.
Not when I have to face customers for the next two hours before we close.
Just two more hours and I can go home to an empty house.
Two more hours until I can climb into the bed and cry to my heart's content.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*You can do this, Kai'sa.*
With eyes filled with tears, I look on the photo that lay in my work locker.
My grandmother's smiling face with her signature red lips.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*You were all I had left, nana, why'd you have to leave too?*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*Are you with Mum and Dad right now?*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*How are they?*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*How about grandad?*
My tears spill onto the photo.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*Damn it.*
I wipe it against my thigh, taking a deep stabilizing breath.
The room's door creaks open.
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Trouble Comes Knocking (2)
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
Sh*t. Already?
Sakura, my fifty-year-old manager barks.
Her shrill voice echoing through the sterile empty room.
Miss Sakura
You're break is over.
Miss Sakura
I need you up at the front.
She narrows her judgemental eyes at my chest, her thin lips pursed.
Miss Sakura
And button up your blouse. This is a bank, not a brothel. What would your grandmother say if she saw you walking around like that?
With a tight-lipped smile, I fasten the top button of my standardized white blouse.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
Better?
Uppity arrogance was radiating off her stump body.
Miss Sakura
I know this is your first dat at work but you've had a week of training.
Miss Sakura
If you read our employee manual like you said you did, you'd be well versed in our dress code.
Miss Sakura takes a purposeful step towards me.
Miss Sakura
I gave you this job because your grandmother was a good friend of mine.
Miss Sakura
Don't make me regret it.
I fight the urge to roll my eyes.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
And I'm so thankful for this opportunity, Sakura.
My tone sweet and grateful despite the fact that I want to smack her face.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
You've gone above and beyond to help me.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
Thank you.
Bethany tosses me a smug smile.
Miss Sakura
I am a very kind and generous woman.
Miss Sakura
It's in my nature to help those in need.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
Yes, you are very kind.
People who are kind and generous seldom refer to themselves as such but I'm not interested in starting a confrontation.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
I'll get back to work.
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Trouble Comes Knocking (3)
She says, shooing me out of the room.
Once she closes the door, I immediately unbutton my shirt.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*F*ck you, Sakura.*
If she gave me a uniform in the correct size, we wouldn't have this problem.
As I walked past Ava, my only other coworker, to my computer situated on the far counter of the bank, the street lights flicker on, casting shadows on the trees lining the block.
I groan, resting my elbow on the ashy wooden counter.
My gaze flickered up to the clock hanging next to the sign that reads "National Bank of Japan".
God, it's only 6 P.M. but darkness has enveloped the sky, no hues of colour, no evidence of a sunset, just grey dim clouds.
No one's going to come in.
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*Why didn't I bring my phone out here from the break room?*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*I could've finished watching the crime web series on Neflix.*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*I wanted to watch it with granny.*
Kurosawa Kai'sa (FL)
*But now I'll have to watch it alone.*
I'll have to watch everything alone.
The next fifteen minutes pass in silence.
Her attention was focused on the game of solitaire she's playing on her computer.
I'd play too but it's not fun when you always win.
Computers are intelligent.
A howling suction of win draws my attention to the front door.
My eyes narrowing at the tall, handsome man in a beige trenchcoat entering the bank.
He was followed by two shorter, fatter men in his tow.
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