"Rose, just leave." Daniel told the receptionist glaring daggers at her.
"I am sorry." She mouthed before hurrying away.
"What are you doing here?" He turned to face the woman he detested the most at the moment.
Red raised her head and withdrew her fingers from the weird looking sword shaped plant she was touching.
"Nice plant you have here." She said, "Although weird." She told him referring to the shape, "And the edges are way too sharp."
"It's a very expensive sword plant and get away from it." Daniel tried to control his temper, "What are you doing here?"
"I came for the interview." She stated.
"What interview?" He asked thinking she couldn't possibly be referring to the PA job offer.
"The interview for the position of a personal assistant."
"You came for an interview like this?" He asked appraising her with a raised hand.
<Daniel wasn't mad this time around. He was disappointed and he wondered if he could mete out instructions to any of his staff and they carry them out well without his intervention.He closed his laptop and looked up at his receptionist.She was standing before him with her hands folded in front of her and head hung low."What did you say you did Rose?" He asked her again even while knowing the words she would spew as answers would make him more disgruntled."I sent the mail to the wrong person sir." She said, "I am sorry.""Why did you do that?" He asked."I...I...I thought it was the person we chose." She replied.Daniel sighed and leant back in his chair. He began tapping his fingers on the table an action he did to control his anger."I didn't close from work yesterday." He began speaking, "After you keyed in the emails and I sent you home. I stayed up all night going
"What are you doing in my Boss's chair?" Red was the first to speak as she advanced towards Daniel waving her shoes as she walked."What are you doing here?" He retorted irritated by her rudeness still not clearing the air that he was the CEO.She put her wet heels on the table aggressively making a loud thud and they began to make a little pool of water as the wetness dripped from them."I am the CEO's new PA." She answered proudly with her hands at akimbo."And who told you that?" He chuckled."I received an email of appointment and an advance pay." She patiently answered his questions."So...""I won the bet Mr stingy." Red told him, "You owe me a 100 dollars, an apology and a nice cup of coffee. You also need to get up from my boss's seat."Daniel just stared at her."As his PA, it is my job to make sure that there are no pests like you in his office.""Pest? Oh please." He rolled his eyes, "You wouldn't
"What happened Red?" Sarah stood up asking while she wiped the dirt off her chin, "Why do you look so sad?"She watched Red walked uncomfortably, wobbling in her heels as she walked into the bakery."Damn this place is hot." Red exclaimed ignoring Sarah's question,"Shouldn't there be ACs in here or something?""Shut up." Sarah rolled her eyes, "This is a local and old fashioned bakery. Not your pristine heavenly office." She said, "It's not as if you are used to ACs yourself."Red playfully smacked her letting out a hearty laugh."So what happened earlier?" She asked, "Why did you have that look on your face when you walked in?"Red glanced around and saw that several workers were already paying little attention to them wanting to get a little gossip."Let's discuss outside." She dragged Sarah out and towards the back of the bakery. It was a bit noisy there with
She was once again attracting stares as she walked through the company's lobbies.Not because of her weirdly dyed hair or obnoxiously all red outfit but because of the terrible aroma coming from the cup cakes she held.Every one knew she was holding burnt cakes.The stares didn't stop her from greeting every individual she walked passed with a cheerful smile and a mini introduction that went thus; "Hi I am Red, Mr Daniel's new personal assistant."Some stared at her quizzically with hundreds of questions running through their minds while the others simply smiled back and wished her a good day."You can't go in Red." Rose told her for the umpteenth time while tapping rapidly on the keyboard placed on her table."Why?" Red asked again for whatever time, Rose had lost count.She shifted her gaze from the monitor's screen to Red's face, "He doesn't want you in
Daniel was walking leisurely towards his office but broke into a run immediately he saw people dressed in blue overalls coming and going in and out of his office."What in the flying falcons is going on here?" He asked Rose as soon as he got to her table."It's Red sir." Rose replied timidly afraid that his sharp gaze could actually release daggers at her.He didn't say anything further but rather he marched into the office only to meet with a sight that sent him into bewilderment. Red was standing in the centre of his now large red and green colored office with was formerly immaculate white.She was wearing some cargo shorts and a white T-shirt.Her hands moving around directing the workers in overalls as she stood there.He looked around and the office was a mess, he saw his old furniture cast aside with the workers moving som
On a typical day Rose wouldn't be worried if her boss didn't return from lunch early but in this case she had to be bothered.Very bothered as Red was with him."Where did you say they went again?" She asked one of the workers."I do not know." The man shrugged, "I just saw her dragging him out while he was grunting.""Oh." Rose pursed her lips, "Is that so?""Maybe they went for lunch." He said, "Cause I saw them leave at lunch time.""Thank you Todd." She said to the man before walking into Daniel's office.Her eyes hurt at the appalling sight she saw.The colours were horrifying and all of Mr Daniel's nice furniture was gone.They were replaced with garish ugly furniture and she was sure when he set his eyes on them she was very sure he would push Red of a cliff. She
The key made shackling noises as it was being twisted in the key hole and the rest of the bunch hit the iron bars."Out you go." The man in uniform said to Red, "Hurry up." He hit the baton on the bars.Red stood up and sluggishly dragged herself towards the entrance of the cell.She got there and stretched out her hands for the police officer to place the cuffs on her hands.He did that, got her out, closed the cell before leading her to the front desk. She was devastated that Daniel actually did that to her. It dawned on her after some hours of waiting that he purposely didn't bail her out and what Rose had told her was a lie.He did it to punish her on purpose.She wasn't angry, she was hurt.Maybe she was a little mad at him but the hurt filled in the anger."She dropped this for
Kim didn't know if to laugh at her brother or feel sorry for him as she watched him narrate his trials with Red as he had called it.She listened attentively to his complains while giving him pitiful nods and stifling her laughter at the same time.And when she heard Red had purchased an apartment for herself she couldn't hold the chuckles in anymore.She erupted into loud giggles."What's funny?" Daniel frowned, "Are you laughing at my plight?" He reached down to pick a nacho from the plate on the centre table.Kim watched him as she laughed chewing the piece in his mouth. They were in his apartment where he was safe from Red as he thought."I can't wait to meet this Red." She said, "She sounds like someone I would like.""She's a thief Kim.""A repentant thief who manages to g