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Melanie got down from the taxi and patted down any creases in her navy blue chiffon top and black palazzo bottoms as Leila paid for the ride. As they opened the door and walked in, Melanie was surprised to see the employees running around and doing their various work with twice the speed and efficiency. Leila chuckled. “It seems the CEO called earlier about coming in today. That’s why they’re being so diligent”.Melanie turned to her. “The CEO? That’s Mr. Sinclair’s father?”.“Yeah. He comes once in a while to check up on things. He refused to hand everything over to Calvin since he isn’t dead yet. Sometimes he gives a warning of his coming or he comes unannounced. I think today is one of the days where he decided to inform beforehand”.“Then I should probably go up and stay working. Who knows when he’ll get here”. With that, Melanie bid Leila goodbye with a kiss on the cheek and hurried to the elevator.Hours passed by and she was busy reading and replying to emails and redirec
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Luminous rays of sunlight streamed into the room though the unusually open window beside the bright peach vanity table announcing the arrival of a brand new summer day.Melanie Campbell blinked and turned in the fine solid oaken twin bed and shielded my date from the sunlight with a mauve pillow that matched the silk bedding.Her stomach growled noisily as she sat up drowsy, yawning and stretching. She swung her legs off the bed and began a zombie like trudge to the en-suite bathroom. She relaxed onto the toilet seat and relieved herself of the unnecessary fluids while running her eyes vigorously.She was washing her hands when she heard her cellphone ring. She turned off the faucet and rushed into the room to answer it and pushing the green button, she said, “Hello?”.“Morning, baby”, Her best friend, Erin Manchester yelled in a sing-song voice. “Are you ready to head out?”.“Do you have to shout into my ear? And what are you talking about? It’s still too early to go anywhere”.
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“There you are!”, Erin exclaimed, waving frantically. Melanie rolled her eyes with a smile as she drove her battered car over to the curb where she stood.“I still have some minutes till it’s nine so I’m early”, Melanie told her friend as she got in and slammed the door.“Not exactly. It’s a right ten minute drive to our destination so we should hurry, we don’t want you to be late”, Erin said. She had bee the one to convince her best friend to apply for a job there because she had a friend who currently worked there who could at least lend Melanie a helping hand when she needed one and even give her a better opinion on her colleagues and superiors.“I can’t believe I woke up so late. It’s so unlike me”.“You were probably too excited to go to bed last night. You look nice though”, Erin told her, giving her a once-over.Her lips lifted into a small smile. “You look great too”, She told her, admiring her short raven hair and lavender dress.“Thanks. It’s too bad I can’t go in wit
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Calvin frowned deeply, perplexed, rubbing his chin lightly as he stood in the elevator that took him up to the floor where he worked. Getting in, he pulled out his phone as he plopped down onto the upholstered sofa in the room and dialed a number.“This is quite surprising. You never call unless it’s something really important”, Came the silky smooth voice from the other end.“Where are you? I thought you were spending a couple of weeks in Milan for a magazine shoot”.“That’s where I currently still am. Aww, are you seriously worrying about me right now? Or are you just asking to be sure that I’m not cheating on you with someone else”.Calvin scoffed. “We both know I couldn’t care any less about who you roll in the sheets and have hot, steamy nights with, Linda. Just as long as you do the responsible thing, keep it out of the press, don’t make headlines with your escapades and embarrass both our families”.Calvin had know Linda Thorne ever since he was old enough to realize how
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“Miss Campbell?”, Asked the young lanky man who stood at the edge of the hallway, close to the elevator, where the chairs were arranged.Melanie nervously nodded and her motioned for her to take a seat. She glanced at the other men and women that sat there waiting and she could feel her anxiety worsening. They all looked so prepared and we’ll dressed with their ramrod straight backs and polite smiles. She took a seat beside the last person and whispered to her, “Hi. Good morning”.The girl turned towards her with a finely arched eyebrow raised as she gave her a cool, superior look. “You’re not Linda Thorne”, She stated with a deliberately sardonic expression.“No, I’m not. My name is Melanie…”, She paused when she saw the lady turn away from like there was nothing more to see. She shut up immediately and glanced nervously at the others that minded their own business as they were each called into a room to get interviewed.Almost an hour later, the mean girl before her came out of th
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CHAPTER 5Melanie felt incredibly depressed when she walked into the restaurant she had worked in for almost a year which was filled with the tantalizing and mouth watering aroma of food and baked goods. She walked into the locker room after forcing herself to appear cheery as she exchanged light polite greetings with the kind, pudgy cook and swiping the small bottle of orange juice that sat beside her.Just as she was done putting on the restaurant’s uniform that was mandatory for all their servers, she heard footsteps coming into the room behind her and once she heard the noisy smacking of chewing gum, she could already identify who had walked in behind her. “Look at you coming in to work at whatever time suits you”, Tara Mills, the mean only other waitress in the restaurant said.“Good morning to you too, Tara. I told Paul a few days ago that I would be coming in a little late today because I had something important to attend to and he didn’t seem to have a problem with it. I tho
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Melanie jolted out of her musings when she heard someone call out to her.“Hmm? Yeah, what is it?” , She asked, clearing her throat and pausing slightly when she caught sight of the person speaking to her. “I’m sorry I startled you”, The guy said with a wide smile. She gawked at the young man that stood beside her in a grey turtleneck sweater and faded blue jeans. He was really handsome with his tanned skin, bright hazel eyes, golden hair that seemed to shine in the sunlight, toned athletic build and cute boyish grin that could make any girl swoon.“You really do know how to compliment someone, don’t you?”, He commented, flashing her a beautiful smile that exposed a set of pearly white teeth.Melanie looked at him in surprise, “What? What are you talking about?”.“You’ve been staring at me for quite some time now. It must be because of my good looks, right?”.Melanie rolled her eyes at him and gave him an unimpressed look.He laughed, taking a seat in one of the chairs behind
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“…She have such a weird smile, it seemed like she had it in the bag already. Maybe she knows one of the interviewers? What if she said something to them about me? We barely spoke but she didn’t seem to like me very much”, Melanie was saying, taking a large bite of the croissant she had gotten from the bakery a few blocks way from her apartment.“That would be quite stupid of her if she did that. And unprofessional too. I don’t think anyone would look kindly on anyone that tried to sabotage others”, Erin said ,tucking a strand of her hair behind her neck.“That would only make sender if she really doesn’t know anyone there. Besides. I don’t think they would hire me anyway. I heard a couple of them whispering about college degrees. I don’t think I stand a chance”.“I don’t think it works that way, hun. It’ll be fine. I already contacted someone else to see if they had an open spot in the place they worked in. I’ll let you know when they get back to me. It shouldn’t be too hard to fi
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