Siete Parte

The town was in complete chaos after the horrific carnival fire. Kalenna was shocked and somewhat heartbroken that such a tragic event like this had occurred, but at the same time, she also had a feeling of relief that that dumb carnival was gone. She barely got any sleep due to all the chaos and craziness that had happened after the fire the previous night, and oddly was not the slightest bit tired. Despite all the fact that the town was in complete pandemonium and that she had only one hour of sleep the night before, Kalenna could not get the thought of working at Second Chances out of her head and was determined to get a job, even if it was at a place like Second Chances. Before leaving her apartment, she put on her sexiest outfit, a tight striped red dress that hugged all of her curves, and covered her face in make-up. Kalenna could not do much with her short wavy hair, so she kept it simple just brushing it down. She slipped on a pair of black pumps with heels that made her five inches taller. Kalenna took a close look into the mirror and examined the image looking back at her. What she saw was a mature, sexy woman, but she still felt like an insecure girl. Kalenna could not shake that insecure feeling even while walking to Second Chances and receiving many approving glances in her seductive outfit. She began to feel like that emo gothic girl who always seemed so depressed. She always thought the girl was very weird, but maybe the girl was dealing with the same insecurities as Kalenna. But as she came upon the Second Chances doorway, she noticed two dangerous looking thieves attempting to load a gigantic ATM machine into an old truck. Fright and flashbacks came over Kalenna because she did not know how dangerous the thieves were and whether or not they were going to target her next. So she ran into Second Chances for a safe haven, something she never expected to do.

Seis Parte

Before heading home for the night, Kalenna had to make a quick drugstore stop to pick up a new toothbrush and some toothpaste since she was running low. It was a quiet Sunday night in the store with virtually no one in the store, which was how Kalenna liked it. She preferred shopping with no one else around because it made the whole process much quicker and easier. She knew everyone except her was at the smelly carnival that Kalenna hated and was mad that she had wasted her time going to the day before. To go home Kalenna had to walk right by Second Chances, which happened to look like it was closed. She really wanted to go inside and possibly get a job and give it a “second chance”, but since it looked closed Kalenna decided to wait and kept on walking down Maple Ave. to Watershed Heights. Out of nowhere, the smell of smoke crept into her nose, but she thought it was just more nasty smells coming from the carnival. Then the sight of smoke came into Kalenna’s vision, followed by thick flames. Even though she knew it was a bad idea, Kalenna ran towards the fire to get a closer view of what had happened. While she was running toward the carnival, a hoard of people were running away from it in fear, screaming to the top of their lungs. She didn’t know why, but Kalenna was so intrigued by this massive fire, which could be seen in the wide eyed look of astonishment on her face. She was so intrigued that she almost ran over what looked liked a monster sized baby. Kalenna almost went to pick up the baby, but took a closer look and figured something that big couldn’t a real baby. But then at that moment she got back into her right frame of mind and followed the hoards of people running away from the fire.

Cinco Parte

The smell of stale popcorn sneaked into Kalenna's nose as she walked to the carnival that had arrived in the town. The smell thickened as she got closer and closer to the carnival and gave Kalenna the feeling of vomit sneaking up into her throat. It could have been one of the worst things she had smelled in her life. Kalenna walked into the carnival thinking the whole thing had to be a joke; all the rides looked cheap and like they had been used for hundreds of years. Because of that she did not have any interest in getting on any of the rides, but instead she walked over to the animal cages. The dirty smell of he animals soon mixed in with the stale popcorn smell as Kalenna got to the cages, making her feel like the smells could burn the hairs out of her nose. While looking at the animals locked behind the cages, a flashback of the strip club the night before wondered into Kalenna's mind.  She believed the girls employed at Second Chances lived the same lives as the animals in the cages at the carnival, the life of having to be the spectacle of people's entertainment, and exposing themselves in every which way. Kalenna couldn't imagine how those animals and girls could live such a life, but she began to become envious of the attention they received. She did not like to admit it, but Kalenna did love to be the center of a man's attention. She had always been the main girl for the boyfriend she ran away from in Mexico, and she loved that feeling. Kalenna asked herself would it be so bad to work at Second Chances? All that attention from all those men. Didn't sound like such a bad idea.

The next day was Sunday and Kalenna had an urgent need for some inspiration and guidance to figure out what the next move in her life would be. She got up early to go to church to see a popular pastor in the town that she had heard many of the townspeople praising. When Kalenna arrived at the church, Pastor Dan was already preaching, so she took a seat in the back of the church next to a mother and her young child to keep from disrupting the pastor at work. One of the first thoughts that crept into her mind about Pastor Dan was how attractive he was. Forget what he was preaching about. He was probably one of the most attractive men Kalenna had seen here in America. As she began to listen to him, his intelligent words of encouragement made him even more attractive. But who was she kidding? A man like that would never have any interest in a woman like her, Kalenna began to think to herself. So she just sat back and admired him from her far away back row seat, which was the way her admiration should be kept.