"I want security in my office now," a loud manly voice boomed over the phone at the front desk of Eric technology inc.
"Please sir, it will never happen again please spare me," a little brunette woman could be seen begging at the feet of a man.
'That's what they always say but when they are doing it, they never think of the consequences,' Eric thought.
"What's taking them this long,"
Eric Adams asked over the telephone again, he was already very irritated and pissed at listening to the bitches plea.
'What does she take me for, if I hadn't caught her and taken countermeasures I would have lost a big contract,' he thought angrily.
What he hated most in his life were cheaters and backstabbers.
"Sir, you called for us," security immediately rushed into the office.
"Take this thing out of my office, and if you see her anywhere close to my building, disable her legs," Eric backed out the order.
And without wasting as much as a minute the secretary was dragged out of his office and thrown out of the firm.
Going to the little cabinet in his office Eric picked up a bottle of whiskey and pulled it into a glass, and gulped it in a go to calm down his nerves before he was disturbed by the vibration of his phone, displaying the headteacher's name.
"Hmmm," Eric signed.
***A Few Hours Ago***
Seated in a large conference hall, different businessmen and women were waiting for the final part of their bidding which was contract evaluation and award.
Seated across Eric Adams was his biggest competitor, David Anderson.
Plastered on his face was a taunting smile which Eric paid no interest to.
Everyone was busy discussing one or two with their partners, preparing themselves before the conference began.
"How are you doing Eric, my friend?" Anderson suddenly asked out of the blue, his voice laced with sarcasm.
"Feeling all high and mighty," he continued when he was ignored by Eric.
He was about to say something else when the investors arrived, and he could only click his tongue in annoyance.
'Wait and see after I bag this contract if he will still have the cheek to be this arrogant,' Anderson thought to himself
And the presentations began with everyone briefing and explaining their proposals.
And it was finally Anderson's turn to present.
Standing up proudly he began his presentation and not to Eric surprise everything he presented was exactly what Eric had earlier prepared for today.
"We have modernized the model of the game where users send in their thoughts about what they feel about and also we have beaten down the budget to 50 million dollars. I hope you sign the contract with us." David Anderson briefed confidently
While he was done presenting, he turned to look at Eric to see his facial expression but was shocked to see him still seated calmly.
Why was he not moved? He had paid his secretary a nice sum of money for her to get him a copy of the contract Eric had drafted for today, Anderson thought of getting back to his seat.
"Mr. Eric Adams it's your turn?" The investor said and to Anderson's dismay, Eric's presentation was different from what he had been given.
It was way better and by the looks on the investor's faces, they were very pleased with it.
Seated back down he looked at his opponent David Anderson who sat down quietly on his seat looking confused but trying to cover it up.
"Thank you all for your efforts and contributions but after much consideration and evaluation of all your proposals, I and my fellow investors have concluded that Eric technology inc. meets our demands and we decided to sign the contract with them," the investor declared and the meeting was adjourned.
Turning to look at Anderson, Eric loved the look of shock and confusion on his face. "How was it, Daniel Anderson?" Eric asked, his voice full of mockery.
Anderson was speechless; he didn't know what to say.
Seeing the man at a loss, Eric left him alone. Before coming to the meeting he had caught his secretary making secretive phone calls.
Unknown to her, he has been keeping a close tab on everyone after he noticed someone had gone through his files.
And boom he caught them before they could jeopardize his months of hard work.
Moving out of the hall along with the investors, Eric didn't wait even a minute to share any pleasantries with anyone, he has to deal with that leach which he calls a secretary.
Punching the table was the only thing Anderson could do. He had everything well planned but how did things turn out like this?
Everyone in the hall looked at him as if he had gone mad.
***
" Auntie Amanda!" One of the students shouted.
Amanda recognized the voice immediately, she quickly looked in the direction of the voice.
"Morning Nina, how was your night?" Amanda asked the Little girl who was walking by her mum's side.
"I'm good, Auntie Amanda," the little girl replied cheerfully, showing her teeth.
Good morning Amanda," Mrs. Robinson said, smiling brightly.
" Morning ma'am, how was your weekend," Amanda said, walking towards Nina's class with her in her hand.
"It was fine, thanks.
" I'm late for work, I need to start going now." Mrs. Robinson giggled.
"Alright ma'am, see you in the afternoon" Bridget replied.
Mrs. Robinson quickly blows Nina a kiss while she walks away from the school.
"Morning Miss. Amanda" Another voice said.
"Good morning Mrs. Anderson" Amanda replied, with a smile on her face.
Many parents kept greeting her as she walked Nina to her class. They loved the way she smiled and how calm she was around their kids.
Amanda continues walking until she gets into Nina's class. She dropped her on her seat and bent down to her size.
" Nina, I have to go now, I will check on you later," Amanda said, smiling at Nina.
" Pinky promise? Nina said, raising her small thumb to meet up with Amanda. They always do this every morning.
Amanda quickly brings out her thumb to stick it with Nina. "Pinky promise," Amanda replied.
Amanda stood up and swung her body walking out of Nina's class.
After being sent away from home she picked her up here in California, which was teaching.
Seeing the kids all cheerful, happy, and bubbly was more than enough to make her heart full of joy.
She made her way to the staff room where the other teachers were. She walked toward her desk, dropped her bag on the table, and quickly moved to the center of the room to sign on the register placed on the table.
She greeted all the teachers one after the other, and after 5 minutes of exchanging greetings, she finally settled on her desk.
She brought her lesson note to see the classes she's taking today.
Zion height is a small school located a few distances from Amanda's apartment. The school is short staffed which makes Amanda take up to four classes in school.
Amanda started glancing through her jotted note before she was disturbed by the ringing of the intercom on her desk.
She quickly picks up the call and responds politely.
" Good morning, Amanda Smith speaking," She said, still skimming through her jotting note.
"Morning Miss. Smith,
" I would like to see you in my office…" the voice trailed off.
" Okay ma'am," Amanda said, smiling.
" Finally," Amanda thought to herself.
Amanda quickly drops her jotting note and stands up, rubbing her hand together in anticipation of renewing her contract as a full-time teacher.
She walked quickly outside the office and walked toward the Head teacher's office.
" Knock knock knock,
" Please come in," The head teacher answered.
" You asked me to see you ma," Amanda said, smiling.
" Yes, please take your seat." the chubby-looking woman with Harry Potter glasses on said.
Amanda takes her seat across from the head teacher, leaning towards her.
"Thank you," Amanda said, making herself comfortable on the chair.
"You must be aware of the present state of the school?" the headmistress asked, and Amanda nodded in affirmation.
"We had a meeting about it where the school budget was readjusted, and to this, I'm sorry Miss. Smith, the school can no longer renew your contract." The woman said, avoiding eye contact with Amanda.
" What happened, did I do something wrong?
" Please I will readjust, just give me more time to prove myself_," Amanda said, looking at the headteacher with her eyes wide open.
" No Amanda, you are a great teacher, you've done well within these two years, and you are one of the best teachers, but the school is on the edge of bankruptcy.
"We need to do away with a few teachers, for now, we won't be able to pay you if you are here" The headteacher explained.
Amanda bowed her head, she couldn't process what she just heard.
" But I don't even know what to…" Amanda trailed off.
" Am sorry Amanda,
" Once the school gets back on its feet, I will contact you, and please if you need any recommendations for any job, I am ready to do it. The kids will miss you" The headteacher said, holding her tears.
" Thank you ma," Amanda stood up, she dragged her feet towards the door.
She walked back to the office, said goodbye to her students, and decided to go back home early.
Amanda's breathing quickened as she walked towards the apartment.
" Why am I so unlucky? I thought I had found my long-lost peace. Why must I face difficulty again?" Amanda kept asking herself several questions as she walked home.
She keeps remembering all that she faced in Texas at the hand of her stepmother before she finally sent her out of the house without a single explanation. She was invited to California by her best friend, Juliet.
She met Juliet at college. The two have been best friends and they live together.
"Mr. Adams, we are sorry but we have no choice but to put your son on probation for the next two weeks to caution his behavior," "Thank you, we will be taking our leave now," Dragging James from the corner, Eric walked out with his son. He had been in his office celebrating his recent contract when he received a call from his son's school that his presence was needed. It has now become a frequent occurrence where he will be summoned to his son's school, James, for misbehaving. On reaching the school, he was ushered to the headteacher's office where he met his son standing quietly by the wall. If you don't look closely, you won't notice the figure standing there, he had a little bandage on his nose. He could only glare hard at the young lad, who equally glared back at him though not menacing as his father's, "Welcome, Mr. Adams," the principal greeted, gesturing for him to have a seat. "What's the problem?" Eric asked straight to the point not wanting to waste too much time. "Yo
Entering her room she collapsed on the bed, all the tears she had been holding in all this while finally letting them loose. Crying her heart out was the only thing she could do. She loved and cherished her job at the school. She had considered it her haven, but now it's gone. "Why am I even crying? It's for the best that they are out of my life," Amanda thought out loud wiping away her tears. First things first, picking up her laptop she searched through the available apartment, she could no longer stay in the same house with this cheater. Setting the laptop aside after seeing a nice place, she went to her closet and packed up her things. Dragging her box downstairs, she met an already-dressed Juliet, in the sitting room watching the TV leisurely; Ignoring her, Amanda dragged her box to the door. "Please stay away from Kevin, we love each other, I don't need a bitch seducing him for me," Juliet warned shamelessly. Moving closer to her, Amanda gave her a resounding slap on the
Sitting in front of her laptop after returning from her outing, Amanda immediately sent the resume to the email Mrs. Robinson had given her.She stood up and walked to her small kitchen to prepare her dinner. After eating, she went to her laptop to check if she got a reply yet but to her surprise, the reply had been sent to her email in less than thirty minutes, stating the time and venue of the interview. Sleeping was something Amanda found had to do with knowing she had an Interview the next day. Standing up, she walked to and fro in her room. She had never been a private tutor before and had no idea which kind of question would be asked during the interview."What kind of questions are they going to ask? What if they don't find me suitable?' All sorts of thoughts kept running through her head.Going to her small reading table beside her bed, Amanda opened her laptop and started searching for possible qualifications for a private tutor.She was getting different answers which were
Arriving at the building the next day, Amanda was immediately allowed inside without waiting. "Maybe he had already informed them of my coming." Amanda thought to herself. Immediately Amanda got home yesterday, she made sure to search for Eric Adam online and she was shocked by the results. Eric was a fast-rising billionaire in the tech industry, he started his business from scratch, there was only a little information about his personal life, just news about his success and business. There was no news about his wife and kid. Amanda received the employment contract from the secretary, it had some rules which I found confusing and the salary was freaking generous. Entering the building, Amanda is greeted by Josh, the robot, followed by the maids doing one thing or the other. Amanda was thinking of asking one of them a question when she saw Mrs. Robinson coming inside. " Mrs. Robinson!" Amanda ran toward her and hugged her tightly. " Thanks for recommending me for the job, I got
Picking up a notepad and a marker from the table Amanda and James began drafting out a routine that they would be following."Where did you learn to play video games," James implored Amanda still fascinated by her ability to beat him"Let's focus on your timetable first," Amanda pulled James to sit down beside her.The butler had prepared the lounge for them and had also arranged everything they would be needing"Lunch is ready," a maid said, interrupting them. Looking at the two interacting with each other, the maids were surprised by his enthusiasm toward his new teacher.Everyone in the mansion is aware of his harsh attitude to all his previous teachers, even the maids have to be extra careful around him, or they will be losing their jobs.After the miss had proposed a game, they thought she would face the gate as the others who didn't last a day. But to say the least, everyone was shocked when the young master lost at the last minute.Amanda and James were spending their time tog
Entering her little apartment, Amanda immediately sloped down on her couch all the stress of the day coming down on her.Despite everything beginning on a rough patch, it still went well, just the thought of what had happened between her and Eric played in her mind.His handsome face close to hers, them sharing the same breath, Amanda couldn't help but drool.Releasing what she was doing she quickly slapped her cheeks."How could I think of such a thing, gosh, what the hell is wrong with me!" she thought out loud."I might be going nuts, he is my employer and he is also not in my league," Amanda said, as she stood up from the couch and walked to her room to freshen up.Coming out of the shower Amanda was met with her phone ringing.She quickly walked to her reading table where she had placed her phone. She picked up the phone after she saw who the caller was with a full smile on her face."Hello, Mandy dear," Amanda's Aunt from Texas, Michelle Willow, said immediately after the call
Entering the building Amanda was met with the butler and Mrs. Robinson in the discussion."Morning Mr. Derrick, Morning Mrs. Robinson," "Morning dear, how was your night?" Mrs. Robinson greeted back while the butler only gave a Curt nod"It was fine , and how is my little Nina?""She's good," Mrs. Robinson responded."Is James still asleep?" Amanda inquired,looking at his room's direction."I don't think so, he might be up by now," the Butler Derrick replied."I'm going to him now," and with that Amanda made her way up to James's room.Standing at the door Amanda knocked lightly on it "Are you awake James?""Yes I am," James shouted in response after hearing the voice.Opening the door Amanda made her way inside the room, in front of the TV was James seated on a bean bag playing video games, even though Amanda entered the room he did not remove his eyes from it, all his attention was on it.Beside him was a pen and paper with nothing written on it."It's not nice to play video games
Entering the room James and Amanda began studying. "Why do you always leave your exam answer sheet blank," Amanda asked, going through his school papers."No reason, just feel like doing it," was the only answer James could provide."It's not good to leave your answer sheet blank, your grades are going to be low," Amanda explained, looking in James' direction."I don't want high grades," James said looking down."Why don't you want high grades?" Amanda asked, maintaining eye contact with James."No one will praise me when I have like other kids, so why should I have it," he explained."You don't have to worry about that, when you make good grades this time around, I'm going to buy you a present," Amanda replied with a smile."Really, " James asked feeling skeptical about it"Yes, I will even show you my secret to winning video games," Amanda giggled."Hope you won't go back on your word," James asked, making eye contact with Amanda." I won't, I promise," Amanda said."Now take this