5. You're Fired

Violetta opens her mouth to say something to Sa'eed as he walks away but refrains and smirks at the back of the head of a frowning Halima. She takes the phone which belongs to Sa'eed and slides it into the drawer where documents are kept in the reception. 

As Halima walks away Violetta places the phone on "total silence" mode which blocks all sounds and vibrations including from alarms, music, games and videos. Phone calls can still be made though. 

She starts to go through his pictures, videos and other media just as the manager calls for her. She enters his white and baby pink office. 

"ah, Miss Violetta, please have a seat." a smiling dark handsome young man with brown hair, whose name is Aaron says signaling with his hands to the chairs in front of his desk. It's the manager's son. 

She smiles but instead of sitting where she has been asked to sit, she goes over to his side of the table and tries to sit herself down on Aaron's laps. He looks at her and pushes her off his laps then stands up. 

"look Letta, i know we had a thing in the past but that was before my father trusted me with his business. You know very well more than anyone that i have never and will never mix business with pleasure. Don't make me...." 

Aaron is cut off by his father, Arthur who walked in a few minutes ago but both the shameless receptionist and the principled young man didn't notice.

"Miss Violetta, the only reason I haven't given you your resignation letter to sign is because I've seen with my two eyes how you struggle to make ends meet back at home and pay for your mother's treatment. Don't make me regret my decision to help you."

"I'm sorry Sir. I'll take my leave now." and then Violetta leaves the office. On reaching the reception she recieves a call saying that she should announce that Sa'eed should get to his room. 

"Mr Sa'eed Abba your attention is needed in your room. Mr Sa'eed Abba your attention is needed immediately in your room." 

After doing her job, Violetta picks up Sa'eed's phone and sees four missed calls from a contact saved as "heartthrob" with a beating heart emoji and a kiss emoji. She removes the notification from the notification bar, puts the phone on airplane mode and continues to go through his media deleting any picture with even a glimpse of Halima in it. 

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Halima tries to go back to the bed but slumps down on the ground and tears start to cascade like a waterfall down her cheeks. Feeling the darkness trying to engulf her she finally gives in and lay there almost lifeless in front of the bedside drawer that has the intercom on it. 

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Sa'eed rushes to his room immediately he hears the announcement. What could be so important that Halima had to ask them to announce that he should get to his room? Why couldn't she call him on his phone? 

In the elevator he checks for his phone but doesn't find it. Maybe it's in the suite. Maybe that's why she demands my presence. After a series of maybes the elevator dings signaling that he has arrived at the floor he is needed at. 

On reaching the room he enters the suite they always use but doesn't see Halima there, he checks the bathroom and ensuite she's not there. Almost at the verge of tears as he loves his wife so much he remembers that there is another room in the suite. 

On reaching there he meets an almost lifeless Halima on the ground slipping in and out of consciousness. He quickly picks her up and places her on the bed.

"sweetheart I'm sorry, please wake up. I love you wallahi {i swear by Allah} i can't live without you. Please no, please, i can't see my life without you. Roohie {my soul}, hayatee {my life}. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Saeed says already crying. 

Sa'eed loves his wife too much. He has loved her since their early age and he still does. Seeing that he's just wasting time with all the talking he enters the bathroom and takes a bowl then fetches water and dashes out. After sprinkling water all over Halima's face she finally slowly regains her consciousness. 

He smiles and hugs her then says "please Halima never think of leaving me, ever. I love you." Halima albeit in pain grins as though she has just won a trophy. Starting to feel dizzy again Halima asks for water under her breath. Sa'eed immediately scampers to the other bedside drawer where a dispenser is and fetches hot water in a cup and gives Halima. 

After drinking the water. She shyly tells him what's wrong and he uses the intercom to ask for room service. The same woman who massaged Halima's lower back comes in and smiles warmly at the couple. Sa'eed requests that she please gets them gauva leaves from a guava tree he had seen at the back of the hotel. 

The woman who is a widow named Angela picks some gauva leaves and boils them in the kitchen then pours the water into a flask and takes it with a ceramic cup to Halima. Halima gulps down three cups of the guava leaves and already feels relieved. 

After Halima is finally feeling okay, Angela gives her a plastic bottle filled with hot water and Halima places it on her lower abdomen and ties it there. After they reach downstairs Sa'eed sights his phone in Violetta's hands as she grins from ear to ear. The way she's grinning one would think she has been promised a life time supply of chocolate. 

On reaching there Halina ons the microphone and places it where the whole conversation will resonate. "Miss Violetta, why is my phone in your hands?" Sa'eed politely asks even though he's flaring like a red bull ready to charge. 

He snatches his phone from Violetta's hold and looks at it "and why is your ugly face my wallpaper?" before Sa'eed can finish talking Aaron and Arthur come to the reception scurrying through the small group of people who have gathered around the reception. 

"Miss Violetta, it seems like you want to leave here. Don't worry, let me make everything easy for you, you're fired, come with me to my office to collect your month's salary and dismissal letter." Arthur says turning to go. 

Everyone is expecting Violetta to fall on her knees and apologize but being a shameless idiot that she is she smirks at Halima and uses her well manicured fingers to caress Sa'eed's face and says "catch you later handsome. I don't even know your name but I'll find out with time."