FORTY-SIX

When Mae had fallen asleep after almost crying her eyes out because Mathew had said she was ugly,Mathew placed her properly on the chair as he went to his table ,he checked the time first and saw that it was late in the afternoon and Mae still had not eaten anything,he reached for his phone and called Gary into his office.

"you called?" Gary asked as soon as she entered his office.

Looking around briefly for Mae,Gary noticed her curled up on the sofa,her arms by her side in a wierd way,one hand was almost falling off the chair and it made her look funny so Gary snickered and made a funny comment at Maes sleeping figure as she turned back to face Mathew whose face held a frown ,what Gary did not know was that no matter how tiny or low the sound was he could hear it.

""Is something the matter?" She asked him innocently,she acted like she had not done anything to deserve the stare he was giving,

"That is your last strike Gary!"

He said adjusting his chair properly, Gary knew what he was