Work start

Today I start working for these people, I have no idea what I am to do but according to this paper right here, it says that I am to start with light work before I get used to other things. There are also a couple of rules that I am to follow, there are a lot of things that I shouldn’t do, I shouldn’t speak unless spoken to, now that’s just rude, I have no idea why these rules even exist, I should walk five steps behind the men around here, I should not make eye contact with my superiors which is the men, I should always do what is asked of me by the men, and I should avoid running into the bosses. I don’t have any issues with all of the rules because these are the same things they teach us at Alice Walter but what I am however worried about is the fact that I’m not going to be protected from these men here, that means they can do anything they want to me and nobody will object, in Alice Walter, I have looked after me and Penny too but here I’m alone, it’s up to me to protect myself now, my hair is to always be up, never down, it is kind of hard for me because I have a lot of hair, I decided to put it in a messy bun, I’ve not mastered the art of a sleek bun ever, that is Penny’s thing, I sigh at that, Penny, I hope she’s alright, I hope she did make it out and saved herself, her and Betty both. I couldn’t sleep last night, the sheets, the room everything felt different, I felt like I was being trapped in a space in my head and I couldn’t get out of the cage, I mean technically speaking, I can’t get out of here, I guess I just got transferred from one cage to another, what happens when I get old here and they have no use for me, will they kill me or they’ll let me go, I hope they let me go even if I’ll be too old to get a life for myself. Just then I hear a knock on my door, I look at it, and I fight the urge to ask who it is since I am dressed and set anyway, there’s no use in sitting around doing nothing. I move towards the door and peep through the hole, but I see nobody, I then open the door, “you’re early, that’s good” an elderly woman says to me, she looks like she’s in her thirties but her all-white hair indicates otherwise, and also the wrinkles at the side of her eyes, “I’m sorry?” I say to her, not entirely sure why me being up is a good thing. “Walk with me,” she says and gives no room for me to reply before she starts moving. After locking the door behind me, I follow closely behind her. “There are a lot of departments here for girls to work around here, for the beginners, there’s the kitchen duty, there’s the laundry duty, there are the main house cleanings and for you, I’d have to take a look at what you’re good at before I assign you to your duty, there are the advance things that they handle and you’ll have to prove your worth if you’re useful here or disposable to them,” she says to me and then turns to make sure that I was still following her which I was, she then smirks a bit and keeps going, we pass a lot of doors and hallways but we keep walking past them, we then get to and elevator, how big is this place again and why does it need and elevator, the whole place is white, the walls are white and it’s like ice cold in here, I guess they like the cold in here, the uniform is a little too short for me and it’s not so thick, so I’m cold Im seconds away from shivering, “is it always cold in here?” I ask her. She then turns to me and her eyes settle on my form, she takes in the goosebumps forming on my arm and how I clench myself together and sighs, “I am afraid so Roseanne” she says to me, it seems to me that everyone here knows my names but I have no idea what theirs is, maybe it’s because I’m the one coming from the outside to their home, but I think it is fair enough since I’m not the one expecting strangers into my residence it’s the other way round plus they are the mafia so they are really careful with this kind of things, strangers around are not really what they look for in their business, it can be tricky or even cost them a lot in this line of work. “Okay so you start with laundry duty, it’s quite easy and simple, for you to do, is it not?” She says to me, “Yes I can do the laundry mistress” I say to her, and she then turns to me, “I am not your mistress, I understand that’s how you address people in Alice Walter but here is ma’am or sir” she says to me, “I’m sorry ma’am” I say to her with my eyes down, I hear her sigh, “call me Carla” she says to me, and then I look up to her face and see a smile, I smile back at the lady and just then the elevator dings and opens, we step out and continue walking around the place again, it takes about fifteen minutes till we get to a big room, I see a lot of machines there, and then there’s a board and other appliances, basically to dry clean clothes, I remember when Penny and I used to be in laundry duty, we had a blast that day, literally, we flooded the whole place with water and we got devil lined for it but the good part was that we were disciplined together so it wasn’t really that much of a hassle, we loved it, I loved it, I love every second that was spent with Penny in there, “I do have a question to ask though” I say to Carla, “whatever may be the matter?” She asks me, “Am I the only person on laundry duty then?” I ask her “No you’re not, we have a few girls that’ll come in and help with the clothes, it is too much for you alone and besides, this whole room is only for laundry, they made it this large for a reason,” she says to me. After checking my surroundings I realized that the place was big, the rooms in Alice Walter were never this big, only the library there. “Mi- sorry Carla, is there a library here?” I ask her. She smiles at that, “ yes there is, but it is out of bounds to the workers except those who clean it” she says to me. “Oh,” I say to her, “and how do you get to clean it” I ask, she then smiles at me, “when did you get promoted from being a beginner” she replies.