Vanessa nodded before she disappeared behind the corner and smiled some by the thought of what he said. Of course he was right! She should be closing the shop a little earlier and get home before the sun starts to set, she knew that would be smarter but closing the shop earlier would mean less money and she had the responsibility to take care of her employee. Yes, she knew it wasn't her duty to take care of the pregnant young women but Esther had tried so many things, Vanessa knew because before she offered the girl the job, she had watched her from a distance seeing her being rejected because she was a mom and had a son that could get sick every week.

Before closing the door from her apartment, she saw Gabriel disappearing into the alley again or Gabriel? A boy / man that looked like her savior but also could be one of the creeps that had attacked her. Yet.. Somehow, she simply knew it was Gabriel and she smiled again. It was nice to know that she lived in the.. how did they say that again? Territory? Oh well, she didn't care about how they called it.. She was just happy to live near a gang that wasn't really that bad. Of course she didn't know about the others of his group, which she was sure of he had or else he couldn't be a leader. But she kinda believed that if the leader was a nice guy, the rest probably was nice too.

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Vanessa took some leftovers from her fridge and warmed them up in the microwave so she could eat something before heading to bed. Tomorrow she had to go out early because of the flower-market just outside of town. Esther had said she would be there this time but something told Vanessa that she would be alone with the flowers again. She didn't really mind, only that she hated to carry all the flowers to her little van on her own. She would find a way, there were always people around that for a few bucks wanted to help you out.

After her little meal, she washed herself in the bathroom above the sick, cleaned of the make-up from her face and decided that tomorrow would be a make-up less morning. She smiled by that idea and was pretty happy about it, she wasn't really a fan of make-up but had learned from her Aunt that it would help being taken as a serious candidate for new business partners and such. She putted on a old t-shirt and a short and got into bed. Laying down she looked at her ceiling and involuntary she started to think about Gabriel. Where would he be right now and what was he gonna do? Did he had a meal tonight? She shook her head and tried to get some sleep but somehow it didn't work, she set her alarm on 4:30 am and then putted on the radio for a soft background sound and closed her eyes, she doze off this time quickly.