26- I try

-Put on this uniform," exclaimed the man who was going to be her boss for the night, tossing her a tight-fitting gray tube skirt and a white shirt with a tie of the same color as the fake one and with the insignia of the catering company.

-I'm only going to tell you once and I hope I don't have to repeat myself, is that clear? Today we are going to attend to an important couple, I don't want any mistakes of any kind, attend to all their needs with a wide smile, even if you treat them lousy, don't forget that they pay us and if there is any complaint I will not hesitate to throw them out.

"Yes sir" They all answered in unison except Helena, she squeezed the uniform hard making her knuckles turn even whiter, she was tired of the rich and their bad treatment.

"It's just for tonight Helena, then you look for something else."

She put on the uniform in the changing room and looked at her reflection for the first time in a long time. The skirt was so tight that it showed her small buttocks as if she were naked, but she didn't want to ask her boss for one more size, she didn't dare to give her a reason to be fired. Not to mention the shirt, which she could see through, if it hadn't been for her white underwear, which she had had to buy since she had lost her red one. She tried to pull her skirt down as far as she could, feeling uncomfortable about having to expose her body in this way before the eyes of the predators that could be hiding among the guests and attack at any moment. She took a deep breath holding her knees and then stood up straight and ready to start the night's work, praying not to make any mistakes that her boss would not forgive.

She opened the Texan style doors of the kitchen and came out with a metal tray with several glasses of champagne to offer to the guests that were slowly filling the place, she could not help but open her mouth in amazement when she met the beautiful room for the first time, since the redhead had entered from the back door that led to the alley, which was exclusive to employees.

The place had a beautiful black marble floor from which she could see her reflection almost perfectly, she looked up to find pink crystal chandeliers that shone in their own magnificence and matched the baroque style seats of gilded wood with pastel pink cushions. The tables were round and had white tablecloths with pink borders on top and in the center vases with pink roses so perfect and symmetrical that she never thought she would see ones like that, everything had pink details, even the water from the fountain in the garden that she could see through the bay window style door.

"They sure are pink fanatics" He thought to himself imagining how much all that had cost and that he surely couldn't afford in 100 lifetimes of his own.

"Don't get excited either, it's not like you'll ever get married" Her little voice told her that could be cruel, but she was right, she would never get married, better to be alone than to suffer for love, she had already had enough without even asking for it.

She handed out the glasses to the guests who were chatting about stocks and acquisitions unattainable for her, trying not to look them in the eyes and nodding leaning forward completely obedient to their requests.

-That's not ....? No, it can't be...

-Who?" He turned to where his co-worker was looking at him.

-That girl over there, the one with the reddish hair in a bun, could she be...?

-Helena?

-I don't believe it! Is it really her?

-Yes, it's her," one of the women shrieked.

-I can't believe she's impersonating a wench to be at Katlyn's wedding, she's probably trying to stop the wedding!

-Or does she want to be the center of attention, poor thing... Does she really think Sebastian is going to leave his beautiful wife for her?

-She's really desperate

-Come on, take a picture of her!

The employees of Industrias Aller S.A. were about to take a picture of Helena, just when the event's loudspeakers came on and asked everyone to pay attention to the future husband and wife:

-Let's welcome the beautiful couple Sebastian Aller and Katlyn Aller!

Helena almost dropped her tray on the floor when she heard those names. She quickly turned to the golden doors that swung wide open revealing the bride and groom who began to walk on the pink carpet that ran across the room.

There stood Katlyn, with her golden hair in a ponytail and a tiara with million dollar stones, she was wearing a pompous pink dress that made the redhead's eyes ache. Her big, grotesque smile was painted on the blonde's face, but Helena didn't dwell on it for long, she quickly turned her biggest sky blue eyes ever to the one who was about to become her husband.

Sebastian looked beautiful, more than that, he looked like a prince, with a black suit that made his piercing eyes stand out, his hair slicked back and his face clean-shaven and shiny, with a white shirt underneath and a pink tie of the same color as the blonde's dress and as a pin a pink rose with golden details, as if he had taken it from the bouquet of roses that his future wife was carrying in her hands.

Helena swallowed saliva dumbfounded by such beauty, she only had eyes for him, who now looked like a deity with the light hitting his body from behind giving him an aura of God fallen to earth, but when she saw the couple getting closer and closer, gliding in a coordinated way with the music that sounded far away for the redhead, she came back from her reverie and fell into her reality. She made a quick 180-degree turn with which she almost knocked over all the glasses and hid behind a heavy curtain that was falling as a decoration.

The couple passed by and did not notice the intruder at their wedding.

-What are you doing back there? Go get the first course," shouted his boss, almost spitting in his face.

-Yes, excuse me sir," she said and came out of her hiding place, covering her face with the glasses and rushing into the kitchen.

As soon as she entered the kitchen she leaned against the wall and pulled her hair ignoring the puzzled look of her new companions

"This can't be happening to me, out of all the weddings, it just has to be this one!"

After a while she came out with a tray of several plates and tried to spread out in the couple's family area, far far away from the bride and groom and her coworkers. She wasn't sure if they had seen her, but she had to try not to be seen, to be just another employee, not to be seen in their eyes.

But a young man, who today was more handsome than usual, was watching her from his distant table, because his older brother had placed him almost in the shadows on purpose.

Alan thought that attending his brother's wedding with the love of his life would be the worst torture in the world, but now that he found Helena at the party and not as a guest but as an employee the wedding had suddenly become interesting. She caught his attention immediately, the young heir felt a strong curiosity about the woman.

"How many facets did that simple girl have?" He watched her silently, with her mischievous smile, waiting for the moment to face her with his born gifts of seduction and charisma.

He looked at his brother from his table, and concluded that he had not noticed the young girl infiltrating among the waiters, that amused him even more, he would die of jealousy when he realized that he had the upper hand