Beep, beep, beep!! Helma's alarm buzzed. She hurriedly left her bed and said a short prayer. She ignored the uneasiness in her belly and focused on coming back home an employed lady. She freshened up, spent time heat pressing her hair. She woke up early enough to do so. She rolled her hair from regular straight to spiral curls.
She wore her outfit, heels and her light make-up to match. She looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't be more proud of her parents for creating such a beauty in nothing less than an Hr. She placed her printed reference letter in her purse, did a 360 for the mirror, took her phone and headed for D. B. C TECH GROUPS.
All through her time in the taxi, she kept repeating to herself "Helma, you are intelligent, you will get the job. You are beautiful, bold and blessed". "We are here ma" from the taxi driver brought her back to reality. She paid him with half the money she had left. She inhaled sharply "when I get the job, I will earn more". She stood in front of the company and adored the majestic building in front of her.
"Get out of the way, you are drolling like a pig!!" a rude voice came behind her. Helma turned around and saw a tall blonde model, wearing a mini flare skirt,a crop top, and a boot. "I am sorry ma, I didn't see you" Helma Said with a half smile. She gave room for Clara to make her way to the company.
Helma met the receptionist and greeted her politely. "I am here for the interview slated for 10:20am, here is my reference letter. The receptionist Jane collected the letter from her,smiled at her and complimented " you look amazing ma. Your smile is contagious" Helma blushed, Clara hissed and sat down.
Helma sat down opposite Clara, waiting for the CEO to be done with a meeting with his board members. Clara kept chewing her gum loudly, and would occasionally scold any staff smiling and complimenting Helma. Helma, could not understand why she was bittered and who she was to dress inappropriately to a firm.
Jane called out to Helma "You can go in now. 4th floor, last office by your right". Immediately, Clara stood up and rushed to the elevator. Helma and Jane locked eyes and sighed. Helma stood in front of the elevator waiting. "Hi" a masculine voice said . Helma smiled back at him. All she wanted was to get over with her Interview and fix her troubling stomach. "I am James, but you can call me jay" he said smiling more. Helma offered her hands to the handsome blonde, "Helma".
Immediately the elevator was open, they both entered and observed two minutes silence. "I work as a tech engineer here, seems you are new?" James said fixing his tie. " I am ......I mean I came for an interview" Helma said indifferently. Before James could say another word, Helma said her goodbye and stepped out of the elevator. She took her right turn, and headed to the last office. Helma stoped to catch her breathe and remind herself that she is well able.
She got to the last office and knocked. She knocked twice but no response. She was about giving up when Clara opened the door. She could see the fire in Clara's eyes. "I came for the......." She shuttered. Clara hissed and yelled "I pray you don't employ her Donald". She looked at Helma in disgust and walked out. Helma could not understand what she has done wrong to the young later. Her thoughts were distracted by the familiar voice she heard "The interview started 14 seconds ago miss".
Helma entered the office careful enough to not make any noise with he heels. She admired the office that looked like a king size bedroom. It had a nice interior design that had green paintings that matched up with the furniture. She bit her lips in thoughts. Why would anyone put a full sitting room furniture in their office?. "Miss, your interview started 1:4 seconds ago" The voice echoed again. Helma became conscious and saw a familiar figure sipping coffee looking outside the window. "I am sorry sir" she said adjusting her blazzer. Immediately he turned, Her jaw dropped!.
Helma's face turned pale. She froze. Her stomach giggled. She could not believe her eyes. Was today working against her? She thought. Random thoughts were buzzing in her mind. "Sit down miss" He said sipping coffee walking to take his seat. "You are here for the job interview, I would appreciate if you close your mouth, you are almost drolling" Her said looking at her for the first time. Helma nodded nervously. She couldn't be herself anymore. He acted as though he haven't met her before. Helma trued to compose herself. "Introduce yourself miss" He said writing on a paper. Helma eyes were on her nails " my name is Helma Robertson, I am a graduate of business administration and I applied for the position of a sales rep in your company sir" she said playing with her nails nervously. "Do you have any working experience miss?" He said without looking out of his paper. Helma's confidence failed her. This was her first job and it seemed she would go back home broke and unemployed. "Thi
Helma walked out of the office with doubts. She wondered if she has made the right decision. Working and living with her one night stand. She was glad she was going to be paid , at least she could settle part of her debts. She thought about her rent in the elevator, she wouldn't be renewing since she was moving in with Mr proud. At the reception, Helma gave Jane a bright smile. Jane called to her "congratulations ma'am, you were asked to drop your payment details here". Helma filled the form and handed it over to Jane. Jane looked at Helma with pity "I am sorry ma, but you should be careful. Boss secretaries don't last a month on the pay roll" she said whispering. Helma's turned cold. What has she gotten herself into. Why is Mr proud trying to get rid of her? Was he disappointed or disgusted by her? Offering her a job that nobody has occupied for a month?.Helma smiled weakly "thank you miss Jane, I will be more careful". She picked her purse and walked out. She got a taxi and headed
Helma walked to the bathroom and her mouth went open in awe. She has never seen this kind of bathrooms before only in movies. She picked a towel neatly folded and soaked herself in the bathtub. She stepped out of the shower, applied lotion on her skin, and picked a free outfit to wear. She walked out of her room, and meant Donald at the hallway.She walked behind him like a lamb. Dinner was served. Matched potatoes, chicken and broccoli salad. Helma's mouth watered at the sight of matched potatoes. Mary served dinner. Clara sat far from Donald and Helma. She has a frown on her face throughout dinner. After dinner, Clara went up to her room and slammed the door loudly. Donald watched her childishness and smirked. Mary noticed how disturbed Helma was with Clara's behavior. "Help me clear these plates baby" Mary pleaded with Helma Helma nodded smiling and helped Mary with the dishes. "I enjoyed dinner ma, this is the tastiest meal I have had in a while" Helma complimented smiling. Mary
Helma walked downstairs all dressed up for her first day. She wore a navy blue straight skirt and a patterned white sleeve. She walked downstairs with her hair tied up as pony tail. She smiled back immediately Mary held up her hands to her jaw and gushed at her. Donald and Clara turned to Helma's direction from the dinning table. Helma, walked shyly to the sitting room. Donald couldn't take his eyes off .Helma Clara noticed her brother's divided attention. She frowned her face "Hey!! You are drolling over nothing" clara yelled. Donald had an apple and left with Helma for work. Mr peter smiled at Helma as he helped her get into the car. Helma smiled weakly as soon as she entered the car with Donald. She opened her mails and saw the schedules of Mr Donald. She set a 10mins reminder to each schedule. His first meeting was with the resource management team 8am. The twenty minutes drive to the office was occupied with silence. Helma prayed silently for her first day, she kept repeatin
Helma closed the window blind, shut the system, switched off the lights and walked out of her office. It has been nine hours already. She stood outside Donald's office and waited for Donald come out. She waited for 5 minutes and went inside his office. Donald sat on his couch and stared at Helma. "I have been waiting outside your office for ages sir, we have closed for the day" Helma said with a frown.Donald chuckled at Helma's protest. He watched her grumble and said a thousand words under her breathe. "Come sir" he commanded making room for her in the coach. Helma sat down without looking at Donald. Donald noticed the perfume she wore. He has been perceiving it all day. "If you keep smelling like this, I wouldn't be able to control myself" he whispered leaning towards her neck. Helma looked at him surprised."Is something wrong with my choice of perfume sir" Helma asked controlling her breathe. She couldn't understand why this young man was always putting her on edge. "Vanilla and
Donald returned to his room smiling widely. He laid on his bed feeling fulfilled and happy. He has never enjoyed the company of any woman since his mother's death. Donald tossed on his bed thinking about Helma. He smiled at the thought of her silliness. Helma smelled like his mom and loved green just like his mom. Donald's thoughts were Interrupted by a buzz from his phone. It was from work.Clara laid on her bed in pink pj's and a sleep mask. She got up from bed at the buzz of her phone. She yawned while picking up her phone. "Hello" the voice sounded so familiar. Clara pupped eyes widened at the sound of voice. "Jay? Jay? Is that you?" She stutters. Jay and Clara talked for almost ten minutes. Clara giggled like a love struck teen. She played with her hair and would smile at anything he says. Clara floated in space. She had butterflies. At dawn, Helma woke up to join Mary fix breakfast. She wasn't as nervous as she was the day before. Mary and Helma fixed fried potatoes, eggs and c
Donald woke up at 3am and went to the library. He sat down and went through the company's record, growth, stocks and previous trade partners. He went through the list of employees, hired and sacked. He smiled when he came across a familiar name. Christopher. Christopher was his first personal assistant and secretary. He was more than an employee, he was a brother. Unfortunately, Christopher decided to emback on monastery. He became a monk. He went through other files and found the names of other hired secretaries. None of them lasted a three months. The male secretaries would inflate figures to earn extra and the females would always try to get to Donald's bed. Donald would eventually get them to his bed but will get rid of them the next morning. In his words "such behavior are not healthy for business". He went through the list and smiled again at Helma's name. His beautiful one night stand.Donald sat on couch in the study and went through the stock files. His attention was div
Saturday morning, Helma supervised the janitors. She instructed and kept an eye on them. She made breakfast and asked Peter to call the siblings for breakfast. Clara came downstairs and looked at Helma with contempt. Clara hated her guts each day, she went to meet up with her friends to device a way to kick Helma out of her brother's life. Donald came down for breakfast and smiled warmly at Helma. During breakfast, Helma reminded Donald of their dinner by 9pm and the mail sent in by Franco groups. " Sir, you are 10mins late for gym, we are attending Paul walker's dinner party by 9pm. Franco groups also sent a mail. They are scheduling a meeting with you on Monday morning 10am. She reminded. Donald Nodded and continued his meal. Helma freshened up and went to the salon to get her hair and nails ready for the party. She didn't want to embarrass Donald looking like a bag of potato at an influencial meeting like this. Immediately Helma walked to the salon, she met Clara and h