Chapter seven

"Really?" I asked Mr Charles. 

"Yes." He replied. 

I can't believe that I, Dave, has already gotten the attention of the boss. 

"Wow. How lucky am i?" I asked rhetorically. 

"Very lucky." He answered anyway. 

We both laughed. 

We reached the office and he dropped me like before and went to park his car. I waited for him and we entered the company together. 

I'm so happy that I have such good people around me.  

Mr Charles went to his desk and I went to mine.  

 It didn't take take long before I was called by Mr Adams.  

Thank goodness I came on time because by the look on his face, he isn't happy at all. Only God knows what he would have done to me if I was a second late. 

"Dave!" He called. 

"Yes sir." I answered as I rushed into his office. 

"Take these papers and burn them outside!" He ordered. 

I quickly collected the papers from him and ran outside to burn them. After I was done I went back to my seat. 

Thank goodness there was a tea stand outside. I don't know where I could have gotten match sticks from. 

"Hey." Mr Charles whispered to me. 

I turned to him and he signalled me to come over. I stood up and went straight to his desk. 

"Try not to offend the boss today. If he tells you to do anything make sure to do it right. He is in a very bad mood and you might get fired at this point." He said. 

"Okay sir." I replied.  

I wanted to go back to my desk but I just felt curious and needed to ask him why the boss is angry. 

"Excuse me sir." I said to him. 

"Yes?" He answered. 

"If I may ask, what happened that made the boss so angry?" I asked. 

"Well. The contract he had been waiting for for some months now isn't what he had expected. You wont understand Dave, it's business stuff." Mr Charles said. 

"Okay sir." I responded. 

"That reminds me. I got this for you and this for your mother." He said and handed me two boxes. 

I opened the boxes immediately after he gave them to me. I was shocked beyond the limit. I can't believe he bought phones for me and my mother. 

"Thank you sir," I said with excess joy written all over my face. 

"You are welcome. It's the least I can do after I abandoned you here yesterday." He replied. 

"You've been so nice to me sir. Right from day one." I said. 

"You deserve it. You are such a good boy." He said. 

I went back to my seat and turned on the phone. To my surprise, he already inserted sim cards for me and my mother. He is just the best. He already put his number in it and my mother's number too. And the same with my mother's phone.  

I wonder whose number I will have next on my phone.  

"That's it. My best friend Hilton has a phone of his own. I'll ask him for his phone number when I get the chance. It's been a very long time since I last saw him. 

Ever since I got this job I don't even have time for him anymore. I miss him a lot. 

I know what to do. I will just tell my mother that if she sees him she should get his number for me. 

"Dave!" The boss yelled again. 

"Yes sir," I said. 

When I e entered the office a book flew right over my head. I ducked on time to dodge it and turned to see the boss's face. 

"Get out! You are fired!" He yelled. 

I was so shocked. I only just came in and I don't know what I must have done to upset him. 

"But sir... What did I do?" I asked. 

"Not you!" He said pointing at me.

"You!" He said as he diverted his finger to a man standing next to me. 

"Call my Secretary." Mr. Adams said to me. 

I went outside and told Mr. Charles that Mr. Adams needs him. 

Mr. Charles stood up and left. I guess Mr. Adams must have been too angry to use the telephone on his desk. Or maybe he was just so angry that he forgot about the telephone. 

Later in the day, I found out that the man Mr. Adams was shouting at is an employee which has squandered a large amount of the company's money on gambling. 

I understand Mr. Adams' reaction. I would be very angry if it was me. 

About two hours after everything was handled, Mr. Adams called me to his office. I went straight to his office and stood in front of him. 

"You called for me sir?" I said. 

"Yes, I did. I would like to apologize to you for what happened earlier. It's just that most times I don't have any control over my anger." He said. 

"It's nothing, sir. I understand. It will surely make me angry if someone wastes something I worked hard for." I replied. 

"No, it's not. I almost took off your head with that book." He replied. 

"Really sir, no problem. I don't have anything against you." I said. 

"You know what?" He asked. 

"What sir?" I answered with a question. 

"Let's go out and eat this evening. We will close early together." I said. 

"But sir... " He said. 

"No buts. I feel like I owe you a lot. And besides, Charles can handle everything while I'm gone." I cut him off. 

"Okay, sir. Since you insist." He replied. 

"Yes, I insist," I said. 

I don't know why but I just seem to have a soft spot for this boy. Maybe because he is well behaved and he seemed decent enough. I just don't know. Perhaps it just came naturally to me. 

Our usual closing time in the company is seven pm. Today I and Dave am leaving by six. I was very busy today and one hour is all I could get out of my time. 

I left Charles in charge and told Dave to follow me to my car. 

We reached where the car was and entered. Soon enough we were on the way to a restaurant. Not the classy type though. I wanted Dave to feel free to laugh and speak up more. So I took him to a slightly local one. A fancy restaurant wouldn't work with what I have planned for us.