"Mum its great I love it." Tommy was so excited to get the toy car he's been asking his mum for.
"Hey young man what do you say after getting a gift?" Melissa asked him.
"Thank you mum." Tommy hugged his mum, took his toy car and continued playing on the carpet. Melissa stood there for a while watching her son play. He was so cute and well mannered. If not for her aunt she didn't know how she would have managed on her own. Dropping from university when her parent's died with no money and later finding herself pregnant was really hard for her to comprehend. When aunt Betty found her in her small apartment, Melissa was on the bed unconscious. She had not eaten for day's and was all alone in the world even her best friend had bailed out on her. Her aunt was the last person she would expected to see.
After losing her husband and son, her aunt had moved to the province and Melissa had no way of contacting her when her parents died. She was at the blink of death, her aunt and neighbors, rushed her to the nearby hospital not eating and taking care of herself almost cost her child's life. After some day's she left the hospital and decided to live for child. Though her parent's were no longer with her, she had the little being growing inside her to take care of. Her aunt took her to her home to the province after she recovered. Though she had not seen her sister's daughter for many years, she loved her and always inquired about her. When she got the news of her sister's death she dropped everything to come get Melissa. Betty had helped take care of Melissa after college, since her sister had to work and couldn't find a reliable babysitter to take care of her child. She lived with her sister for some years so she spend lot of time with Melissa.
To Betty, Melissa was like a daughter she never had and Melissa loved her alot. She was thankful to her aunt for supporting her in raising her son. She never questioned her about Tommy's father but Melissa knew that one day she had to tell them who his father was.
Walking from the kitchen, aunt Betty found her standing there lost in her thoughts and was worried that something might have happened to her.
"Melissa dear what wrong?" Aunt asked her. Shaking her head to clear her mind Melissa turned and gave her aunt a hug.
"It's nothing aunt, am just tired."
"Okay dear, go to your room and freshen up then come for dinner, it will be ready in a few minutes." Aunt Betty tapped her on the back then walked back to the kitchen to check on the food she was cooking. When Melissa come out of her room, she found them sitting at the dining table waiting for her to have dinner.
"Are you exited to join school?" Aunt asked adding food on Tommy's plate.
"Yes Grandma, I heard school is cool and I get to make lots of friends."
"Tommy you don't just go to school to make friends but to study as well." His mother with a smile told him.
"Mum l'll study very hard so that when l grow up I will get lots of money to take care of you and grandma. You won't have to go to work everyday mum and I will look for dad so he can keep you company not to be sad anymore."
"Thank you son, as long as you and your grandma are here I don't have to be sad or lonely, now eat your food okay." After dinner Melissa clean the dishes. Clearing everything in the kitchen and dining table, she went to her sons room. After saying goodnight to her son and aunt who was reading him a story, she went to her room since she had to wake up early for work.
She had to attend a meeting at work early in the morning. When she got at the hall where the meeting was to take place, almost all the employees were present.
"Hey Melissa come I saved a seat for you." Lisa her friend and colleague called out to her.
They started working in the hotel the some time. At first Lisa didn't like Melissa much because their supervisor and manager like her and praised Melissa a lot for her hardwork. Most of the employees speculations were Melissa had a relationship with the manager that why she got all the praise. Melissa helped Lisa with difficult clients and at time's cover up her mistakes and taking most of the blame, Lisa realized what everyone said about her was not true. Melissa got the job because she was qualified and very hardworking. Working for years together, they become best of friends though Melissa was promoted to be a supervisor she did work like everyone else, employee in her department coordinate well with her since she was fare to all of them.
"Morning Lisa, you come very early today." Sitting down next to her Melissa said with a smile Most of the time Lisa come for the meetings late or not attend at all with all sort of excuse but today she was almost an hour early before the meeting start.
"Well today's meeting is very important couldn't afford to be late and didn't want to sit at the back." Lisa said One of the top most wealthy CEO in the country was coming to town and was staying in the hotel. This was the first time such an important person was staying at the hotel. The manager was anxious and needed all the employees to perform well. Making this client comfortable and happy with there services would open many business opportunities in the future.
To serve such a person the hotel had to select a number of personnel to serve him but over all everyone had to play there part perfectly. The management team had to choose the a group of personnel that would handle all the clients needs. As Melissa was the head of housekeeping, she had to personally see that everything was according to the clients order. They had a week to prepare and organize a team that would welcome the CEO and his team in the hotel.
"Melissa, I heard he's the most wealthy and handsome man in the country and he's not married yet." Lisa told her walking out of the hall after the meeting.
"He's just a client Lisa and those rich handsome men have women everywhere they go so don't get carried away."
"Do you say that because of Tommy's dad? Look if one guy breaks your heart it does not mean they all will."
"Let get to work it's not worth to talk about." No one knew that Tommy's dad was a one night stand and she never saw him since. Though she and Lisa were close, she couldn't tell her about Tommy's dad since she didn't know much about him either and felt ashamed for getting herself in that situation.
Soon the week was up and after getting the news that the most awaited guest was on the way from the airport, all the selected staff personnel had to wait at the entrance of the hotel to welcome them. Melissa was very nervous, she had served many important client before and was good at her work but this client was important. His visit would change not only the hotels status but the whole community.
The manager had put so much pressure on her to handle everything and could not get time to spend with her family. For the next five days while the client was around, she had to live at the servant room in the hotels presidential suite. She had to serve round the clock and supervise other employees work in her department. Though the work was too much, she could handle it and get a good bonus at the end of the month and since she needed the money for Tommy's school she had to work hard and impress the big client. After wait for some minutes the big awaited client arrived. Seeing the person she never thought to meet again was shocking. Melissa never thought she would meet him after all this years.
