“Hello, I’m Marie, your new waitress,” she said politely.
“Good. You start today,” the owner replied. “Serve the customers well and everything will go fine.”
Marie nodded and got to work.
The customers were not always kind.
A woman came in with her children and looked Marie up and down with a frown.
“Hey, you, the new one—do you even know what you’re doing?” the woman asked mockingly.
“Yes, ma’am,” Marie answered calmly.
While she was taking their order, the children whispered to each other.
“Look how strange she is.”
“Yes, maybe she’s rich, but she doesn’t look like a real waitress.”
Marie smiled faintly and kept working. She did not let the mockery get to her.
Some men came to the restaurant with their friends. They looked at her sometimes, but none of them seemed truly interested in her. They were just joking around.
“You’re new here, right?” one of them said.
“You look like you don’t know how to serve.”
“Don’t worry,” Marie answered calmly. “I’ll take good care of you.”
They shrugged and continued their conversation.
No one paid special attention to her.
That was exactly what she wanted—to be just an ordinary person.
Every day, Marie got up early, ate a simple breakfast, and went to work. She learned to take orders quickly, serve customers, and clean tables. It was hard work for her at first, but she liked the simplicity of it.
She no longer wore the mask of wealth.
She was just Marie.
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