A few weeks ago (pre-face) a woman in the building stopped Alex to ask how old she was. The woman was holding a baby and Alex told her she's in seventh grade to seem older in case the talk took a babysitting turn. Smart move because it was. So Alex babysat a few days ago for three and a half hours. She was supposed to get $20. When the woman came home she only had $5 so she told Alex to come back Tuesday to get the rest of her money.
When Alex went back the woman said she had to spend it on diapers for the baby and she should come back today. I had a bad feeling the woman was going to screw Alex over and not pay her. Today after work I went with Al to the woman's door and nobody answered. We waited a couple of minutes, then walked down the hall to the stairs.
When we were like 30 feet away, we heard a baby cry from that apartment. Alex ran back and banged on the door. We listened to the baby cry and scream but still nobody came to the door. Alex is hurt and furious. Aunt Elaine told her people here are not the kind of people she should try to work for, that the woman probably spent the money on getting high.
I feel bad for Alex - she wanted to earn money to buy Danielle a present for getting through her first year at her special school.
1 comment:
that's just shitty, sorry for Al and it was very good of you to go with her the second time.
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