“Ah, glad to see Mara did her job.” His uncle said to Tarrin as walked over to greet him. “Yes, well, I hadn’t planned on such an early arrival, but I will say it had its benefits.” He responded putting on a fake smile. Tarrin was nervous, with what just happened with the scanners and Josey being locked in the security room, he played along to keep things going smoothly. “Good, the meeting will be on the 12th floor, they have better coffee. I will have one of my assistants brief you prior, say around 10?” His uncle asked, knowing full well Tarrin was already aware when and where the meeting was. “10? That should work. I have some paper work to wrap up before the meeting and I will need to stop by HR, so, till then.” Tarrin quickly nodded at his uncle and headed back towards the room where he was hiding Josey. Instead of going to the door she was locked behind, he entered the one right next to it. It was a small room that was made for interrogation observation. He had stuck
The door opened, and in stepped Mara, to Josey’s surprise. “Oh, hello. Can I please go now?” “Uh, I’m not sure. Why are you in here to begin with?” Mara responded, eyeing Josey curiously. “Beats me! Mr. Stormway didn’t believe I was here for my first day of work. He was supposed to check and let me go. Once he finds out I wasn’t lying, he better apologize!” Mara laughed as she shut the door and sat at the table across from Josey. “Tarrin? Apologize? Good luck.” Josey gave her a small smile and shrug. She didn’t want to take what happened out on Mara, if she was nice. They sat there in silence for a few minutes looking around the room uncomfortably before Josey spoke up. “Is he always that pushy?” Mara looked at Josey and grinned, “Yes, always. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he has good intentions, but the manner in which he approaches them, are usually not to someone’s liking. That’s what makes him a good boss.” “Ah, I see.” Silence returned a moment before Mara spoke this t
Mrs. Averret opened the supply closet and stepped in. “Now, everything you should need is in here. Computer paper, pens, envelopes, you name it, it’s in here, somewhere. Oh, and if you have any issues with the computer or the phone, you will have to put a work order in. The easiest way to do that is with a work form and I will show you those.” Josey stepped in and looked at the shelves of paper and supplies in disarray, the place was a mess but she just nodded and continued writing. They stepped out HR lady closed the door behind her before walking over to the copy machine by the office door. “This is the only copier on this floor, so you will need to knock before you enter during business hours when you need to use it. It is actually a multi-function machine, scans, faxes, even staples if need be. He rarely uses it, so it’s good that someone will finally be able to appreciate it.” Josey watched as she explained all the buttons and displays, and wrote the information down.
Tarrin was looking through the paperwork his uncle sent him regarding the capital investment meeting towards the afternoon. However, his focus was interrupted by Josey every few minutes as his mind started to wonder about her. He kept peeking out the glass to see her working on the computer. He didn’t want an assistant, he felt he didn’t even need one because he could just do all the work needed from home. Unless something occurred in the lab there really was no need for him to be there. His cell phone buzzed drawing his attention and it was Mara calling him. “Yes?” “How’s the newbie doing as your assistant?” Tarrin rolled his eyes at her question. “So, were you able to find anything out?” Mara cleared her throat before answering, “Yea, but you're not going to believe it.” Tarrin felt success before even hearing Mara answer, he figured it had to be something bad and maybe it would give him a good reason to push the old lady in HR to reassign or even terminate the contract. “I
Mara was quiet for a moment then responded, “Yes. He’s known since this morning.” Tarrin swore under his breath. It was too late to come up with a decent reason to keep her, he thought, before changing his mind again, feeling maybe it was actually better this way. He heard his uncle say something again before Mara relayed it, “I am to inform you that you are to not let her out of your sight. He wants to meet with Josey at his home sometime this week because she is the only key to what was lost in the warehouse.” Tarrin closed his eyes and took a deep breath and brought his other hand down hard on the desk in frustration. “Are you fucking serious?” Mara said something to his uncle before responding but it was faint and then his uncle got loud enough for Tarrin to hear him before Mara relayed in a gentler way rather than what the older man said. “Your uncle says yes, he is very serious, so serious that instead of the wolf mutation occurring every full moon, he will find a wa
When Tarrin came out of his office and said, “Let’s go.” Josey could only nod. She still felt the embarrassment and sting of his words from earlier and didn’t want to face him. Grabbing her pen and notebook she suddenly heard the grumbling of a stomach, but she wasn’t sure if it was hers or his. Josey had sent Cece an email apologizing for skipping out on their lunch date, but was ultimately regretting it as she realized it was hers making the noise. Josey noticed Tarrin glance back at her as she followed him. Worried her stomach would cause him to scold her again, she silently promised stomach it could have whatever it wanted, if it would just chill out on the noise. They stood by the elevator in silence for a moment. “Umm, what floor are we going to?” She spoke quietly stealing a glance of his side profile. “We aren’t going to any floor. They are coming here. If you would have reviewed my emails better, you would know that. I am only standing here to greet them. As eac
“Exactly that. The point of this meeting was information, information on how each individual present’s themselves, their strengths, weaknesses. I want word for word what everyone said. From the first letter to the last goodbye, if you kept good notes, like an assistant should, then this shouldn’t be an issue.” Tarrin knew what he was asking for, and enjoyed watching her squirm. He remembered every syllable, every hand gesture and even the food particles that fell on their suites. He wasn’t a normal human like everyone knew him to be and uncle Rex acting as his father was only the surface to his secrets. Waiting for her response, he continued to pretend he was looking over the documents on his desk. Minute passed and he finally looked up and seen that she was no longer standing at his desk but had left the office and closed the doors quiet enough he didn’t notice. Looking at her through the window as she furiously typed away at her desk, Tarrin grinned. With his stomach full from th
Josey sat at her desk finally feeling relaxed. She waited 5 minutes before yelling out loud to the emptiness of the office. “Exactly, yes, information. Yes, I need to know. Oh, it’s soo important to know which golf club is the newest and greatest that only the richest can afford.” Josey’s vocal tirade about Tarrin’s request was interrupted by the elevator dinging. Quickly adjusting herself in her chair and sitting straight, she tried to look engrossed in work. She peeked at the elevator, expecting to see Tarrin walk out, but it was Mara. Mara smile and nodded at her and walked up to Tarrin’s office door. “He in?” Josey shook her head no. “He said he has to step out earlier and left me with your number in case of emergency.” Josey slightly shrugged her shoulders. “Ah, okay. How’s things going for you so far?” Josey smiled at Mara with gritted teeth and answered cheerfully. “Just great! He’s already put me to work on a really important task,” she said somewhat sarcastically