Nyla's pov
"I've got to get out of this city", these words rang like a bell in my ears on the ride home.
"Can't this thing go any faster" I yelled at my cab driver wanting to get away from it all as soon as possible.
I stormed into the house in a haste running straight into Leah's guest room where I had stayed the night before.
"How was your interview" her voice called after me excitedly. I didn't have time to trade words with her, at least not right now.
She was just probably going to try to talk me out of it.
My bags were packed in a matter of minutes, not like I had much to pack anyways. I was downstairs, my only suitcase in my hand, I looked around her beautifully furnished New York styled apartment, desperately trying to avoid her gaze.
"What's going on, talk to me sweetie how did the interview go" she called out, worry laced in her tone.
"This… was a very big mistake, I shouldn't have done this, how did I let you talk me into this" I kept on rambling and complaining palms shaking and teary eyed.
"it couldn't have been that bad" she tried to calm me down.
"But it was Leah it was, I saw..."
"I saw Ryan's father" I finally broke the news crying hysterically.
"New York is such a big city Nyla maybe you just saw someone who looked like him, you probably didn't even get a good look at him, it can't be him"
"He conducted my fucking interview Leah of course I got a good look at him"
I broke down in tears once more, my life was a joke, I'd spent less than two days in the city and I had managed to run into the man I had spent five years hiding from.
"Your baby daddy works in Reeds corporation?"
"He owns the damn company Leah"
"oh sweetie I'm really sorry, I didn't know, its all my fault" she called trying to take the blame.
"Neither of us could have known" I replied half lying, I already had the feeling that this was a bad idea but I let myself get talked into it.
"Did he recognize you?"
"Thankfully he didn't, I was probably just another girl out of the multitude, throwing themselves at him.
"I still can't believe you had sex with THE Dorian Reeds. Well, we're just going to have to figure out a way for you to work with him".
"Are you crazy Leah, I can't take the job"
We spent at least an hour arguing on the topic. She went on and on listing the job benefits and reasons why I should take t, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"So you are suggesting I work for a man I had a baby for!!"
"A baby, he doesn't know about or need to know about"
"you're being unreasonable"
"And you are being selfish, risking the chance to give your son a better future just because you're afraid".
I was done with pointless arguments, I picked up my suitcase and headed for the front door.
"Running away isn't going to solve your problems, you've already tried this before, there's nothing reasonable for you back in that crappy town, stop being childish Nyla, at least think this through". Her voice echoed behind me as I slammed the door.
It was already late, too late to catch a subway ride home.
What was I going to do now, go back in and face Leah?
It's not like I had another option, I barely had enough money for the ride back home, a hotel was definitely out if the picture.
I'd wait out for her to go to bed, I knew her door code after all. I sat on the cold floor of the parking lot, made a call to Karen just to see how she and Ryan were holding up.
Time seemed to fly by really slowly and I couldn't stop replaying Leah's words. How dare she call me selfish, I had given up my life in the city to raise my son, I worked my ass of day and night just to ensure we had a roof over our heads.
I wasn't scared of anything and I wasn't running away, I was doing what was best for Ryan.
"You made the right call" I said to myself but hearing it out loud still didn't make me believe it.
Leah couldn't be right, could she?
The cold was starting to get to me and it was probably time for me to go back in, I didn't want to face her but she was my only option.
I slid into the apartment trying not to make a sound, I stepped into the living room to see her, curled up in the sofa with what was probably alcohol disguised in a coffee mug, she did that most times.
I hurried to my room desperate to escape the awkward silence that lingered, the tension in the room was probably thick enough to cut through.
I decided to have a warm shower before slipping into my night gown but it still didn't ease my mind, what was I going to do, I needed this job opportunity, but was it really worth the risk?.
I was sure I had done terribly in the interview so my chances of getting the job were next to nothing. I didn't even need to worry about it, id be on the first ride home tomorrow, id be with my son and I'd figure everything out.
I was already drifting off to sleep when my phone buzzed, I picked it up lazily expecting a silly question from Karen.
But there it was glaring at me, an email from Reeds corporations.