Meeting Petra.
At the general Monday meetings, the next week Amber resumed, there was a lady in attendant who Amber had not met before, she was a contract staff and only comes when needed, she handles the painting and some other finishes job for the company, while the chief technical officer gave a run down of the progress of work and the next phase target, Petra who is the strange person to Amber raised her hand to say something, she asked when the screeding on the block of flats will be completed and when the painting can commence, the technical officer answered her and the meeting continued, Amber leaned toward Jen who was sitting beside and asked quietly, “Jen, who is the lady there" she asked as she pointed towards Petra in a concealed way, Jen leaned in and said to her “that’s Petra, I’ll give you full detail after the meeting" Amber nodded and sat upright, after the meeting Petra went into the CEO’s office, though she was a contract staff she was also one of the shareholders. Amber watched her body movement and language, though she was a clumsy person and a goody two shoe, she was quick at picking up on a person true nature, she felt a slight discomfort when she saw the manner in which Petra walked around, Amber rushed into Jen’s office asking for the full details of Petra, Jen smiled in a coy manner and asked “are you also in love with Mr Todd now" Amber raised her head sharply and said “what" Jen laughed at her expression and said “don’t worry, you won’t be the first or the last one to fall for his charm" “am not falling for" Amber was saying when Jen raised her hand to cut her off “all am saying is, alot of ladies has fallen for his charm and some are bold enough to say it while others like Petra hides under the umbrella of business to act like the new mistress of the company, though since Todd lost his wife two years ago, I don’t think he has dated any other woman but am sure Petra is got her claws ready to devour him if given the chance” “what, wait can you say this in a way I’ll understand" Amber asked am Jen shook her head saying “you’re way too innocent to know all the gimmicks ladies use this days, anyway all am saying is, Petra is obsessed with Todd but she acts like all she cares about is the business meanwhile when Todd is not watching she likes to exercise rights and privileges that belongs to Todd’s woman, no one as challenged her so far because most staff feels since she is also a shareholder they should try and get along with her" Jen said and shrugged her shoulder, Amber closed her mouth that she opened while listening to Jen and said “so, she wants Todd but she doesn’t deserve him right" “right” Jen said.“What is this” shouted Petra throwing the cup of coffee on Amber, “you swine, how could you give me that and call it coffee" Amber opened her mouth wide in shock she had never imagined that Petra would react this way, she had inquired from Lauretta at the kitchenette before bring the sweeten coffee to Petra and now she was throwing a fit, “but but Lauretta said you like your coffee sweeten, she even made sure I put the same number of sugar they use for you before I arrived, so how did I get it wrong" Amber cried out, outside the CEO’s office Jen and some other staffs gathered close to the office trying to eavesdrop on the conversation, everyone had an encounter with Petra as a new staff and when you happen to be a lady yours will be the worse, Todd had been silent for a while but suddenly he said “stop" sharply enough that it caught all their attention, “Amber wait outside” he said and turned to Petra, everyone outside the office ran away as soon as they heard the approaching footstep, soon afterward Petra came out looking somewhat displeased, she walked briskly out of the office and went straight for the lift, Jen went into Todd’s office cause she was summoned, she was asked to get a change of clothes for Amber, she was given a card to quickly get her something to wear and Jen rushed to a new by boutique, she came back an hour later and met Amber in a office, tissues littered the floor around her, Her head was on the table as if she was sleeping but her face was visible which showed her eyes were widely opened, she raised her head to look at Jen who stretched the bag in her hands to Amber, a confused Amber collected the bag and opened it, she was shocked to see a new pair of clothing “How” she asked and Jen smiled and said “Todd, but! Have never seen him do that before, I mean we’ve all gone through an encounter with Petra and he had never helped any of us before, usually he walks away like its not his business but for some reason, he actually interfered, hmm" she heaved a sigh and purse her lip in thought, her eyes popped widely as she said “he likes you" Amber laughed nervously and exclaimed “what!!!, that is the most ridiculous thing have heard lately" she chuckled and said to herself “like me, like, no way”Todd walked into his apartment later than his usual time, it was a tough Monday, having to attend meeting, make adjustments to plans and dealing with Petra's shenanigans, he knew she had a bad temper but didn’t bother much since she doesn’t go overboard most times and the work she does is good, he figured since they only work together sometimes, they could do so amicably but when she threw her coffee on Amber today he felt so angry but couldn’t show it for fear that his staffs might think he’s giving preferential treatment, though he had seen her misbehaving before but never in this manner, he walk into the house and the house was quiet, he wonder if Carrie had gone to bed and he had missed saying goodnight to her, he walked towards her room and heard Donna’s soft voice as she concludes her night story “Peter and Kate had a lovely day, and bade farewell to their friends as they all headed to their various houses, the end" Todd opened the door slightly and peeped in, he heard Carrie’s
“do you think it’s possible to dream about someone long before you ever met the person" Todd asked Carl as they both sat relaxing in Todd’s living room, Saturday evening “well, I guess you must have met the person without knowing or perhaps you saw the face in passing other than that I can’t say man, I mean I don’t think it’s possible" Carl said casually but one look at Todd’s serious expression and sat up quickly “did that happen to you man, I mean did you meet someone you like, because if you did that would be a great news, I mean it’s been what, like 2years now and you haven’t even look at any lady twice, now you’ve pique my interest, where did you meet her, where can I find her" Todd had to raise his hand to stop him from ranting “Dude, I only asked you a question, where did you get all these ideas from” “am not buying this crap, I know somethings up, are you going to tell me or not" Carl said not backing down, Todd heaved a sigh and smack his head with his right hand palm “why d
Carl could see the pain in his friend’s eyes and he tried to console him and take his mind of that topic “you know, one day, your wishes are going to come through but will revenge or hurting the person who did this lessen your pain, fir the sake of your daughter move on" there was a long pause before Carl said “now, how about you tell me all about that woman of your dreams" “oh, come on, is that what we’re calling her now, her name is Amber and she is my PA.Monday morning.At 9:00am Carl strolled into Jen’s office and asked without any pre-amble “Jen, who is Amber" Jen paused from surprise at first but said “boss's PA” “yes I know, I mean, where is she, I’ll like to meet her" he said sounding impatient, “follow me” Jen said as she led him straight to Amber’s office, Amber was arranging the shelve placed at one side of her office when the door opened, she squirmed and all the paper in her hands fell to the floor, she apologised and was bending to pack up the paper but Carl shouted “St
When Todd was sober, he asked Carl “see what you’ve caused, this is my office Carl, why would you bring a gossip topic to my office" “I couldn’t resist the temptation, I had to see for myself" Carl said shrugging his shoulder, “well, thanks now leave" Todd said and Carl opened his mouth in shock, he didn’t expect his friend to send him out of his office over this issue but Todd looked serious like a business man heading to seal a deal, Carl shook his head and said “I need to get to work anyway, I’ll deal with you later" he walked out of the office and Todd called Amber to come in, when she got in, he ask her to seat, she sat in the chair Carl had just vacated. Todd raised his brow slightly to show Amber how serious he his with what he was about to say. Todd raised his brow slightly making him look more serious than he does usually just to show Amber how serious he was with what he was about to say “everything Carl, that’s the man you saw in my office, now whatever he might have said,
Amber got home the next day and met Ann standing by her door way, “hello sis” Amber knew something was up, the moment she saw Ann “what is it this time" Amber asked without any preamble “won’t you even let me in first" Ann asked faking offence “why should I let you in, so you could sell all the little things I own for money” Ann looked down as if she was feeling remorseful “I deserve that but please just let me in, it’s a matter of life and death" Amber hesitated for a while but finally opened the door, once inside Amber said “now, what’s with the matter of life and death” Ann started to talk but was stammering “it it OK let me explain, it it" “it what" Amber asked feeling strange, she had a feeling whatever Ann wanted to say would be a game changer “I kind off went gambling again, before you lecture me, I know I mess up and am sorry but I owe someone two thousand dollar and it so happened that person is Jack Ray" Ann said and looked up to see Amber’s reaction, Amber’s eyes widen as s
Friday evening Todd went home early, he has been feeling kind off guilty lately for entertaining any form of likeness to any lady, he decide to visit Sarah’s tomb to tell her all that was in his heart, but he didn’t want to go alone so he went home to pick up Carrie, he knows that no matter how good Donna was with Carrie, one day she will need a motherly love and that day was coming soon. He got Donna to dress Carrie in a warm fluffy coat cause the weather was a bit chilly outside, then he strap her in her car seat and ensure she was secured before entering the driver’s seat and driving off.“Hi honey, it’s been a while since I came here last, Carrie say hi to mummy" he said to Carrie “Hi to mummy” the little girl responded and Todd smiled at her response then he continued “you see how big she is now, and she looks just like you, she has you big brown eye and curly hair and she is a foodie just like you” he paused a little and smiled a he recall how Sarah was with food especially when
Monday morning, Petra came for the meeting, where they discussed the progress of work, after the meeting she was on her way to Todd’s office when she passed by the admin office and overheard them talking about Carl checking out Amber and saying stuffs like Todd liking Amber, she paused and thought for a while, could the clumsy Amber really catch the attention of a man she has been trying so hard to catch for years, she made up her mind to be extra mean to Amber, she was wearing a black jumpsuit with bold make up that makes her stand out as usual, she walked into Todd’s office without knocking “Hi, Mr Anderson” she was saying but Todd raised one 9f his eyes, looked at her and said “you didn’t knock" “oh sorry I kind off forgot” she said and was about sitting down when Todd said “you can kind off get back out and knock" she was shocked, Todd had not spoken to her in that tone before, could he still be mad at her for treating Amber like she did the last time, perhaps what she heard was t
She was in her office going through a file Todd had told her to make corrections on when the land line rang, it was the boss, she picked “come into my office now" he sounded pissed, she ran into his office, knocked lightly and stepped in when he said “come in “she walked in lightly afraid of making him more angry “what’s this” Todd said dropping the document she had brought in earlier on the table “I can’t make head or tails of this, it’s all scattered, is this how you assist me" Todd asked an already scared Amber, he looked up at her and saw how terrified she was so he lower his voice and spoke more calmly “go rearrange those" he said and dismissed her, Amber’s voice was barely audible as she said “okay boss” she walked back to her office blaming herself for not checking again to be sure it was well arranged. Amber gave back the file to Todd when she was done rearranging it, she didn’t think much about what had happened earlier with Burke saying Jen was asking about her and Jen not b