George took his last born son to a fancy restaurant that served the best fish in the city. That's what he always did in case he wanted to propose something that would make Lewis uncomfortable and the son always knew what was coming all he hoped for was his father was going to ask something he could do. Although if it was anything he could brag about to his brothers he did it without demur. He didn't have to take him to that restaurant. "So what is it this time dad?" "Nothing am just having lunch with my favorite son...don't tell the others I said that" "I won't""You say that and leak our conversations, I don't want them to hate you when we are all gone"That was his biggest worry, lack of cohesion in his family. As a father he knew all his children and their limits. Steve for one was the rebellious type, always pointing out any injustice against him. But he was better than Joe because at least one could tell what he was thinking. The latter was always quiet a

The main offices of the Woodley Empire were flooded with paparazzi. According to some sources it was said that George Woodley was arriving any time from then with the newest Woodley to join the family business and it was not a secret she was Elsie. With her recent controversies, every paparazzi wanted to get a one on one with the dancing Woodley. But some were there to embarrass her courtesy of George's biggest business nemesis, Robert Keene.It was a plot to attack the rookie Woodley and see her embarrass her family and hopefully give George something else to do apart from making sure the city remained under his iron fist."Breath Elsie, breath" George said when they got at the gate.She inhaled slowly and exhaled sharply."I will be with you, by your side. Just remember what we talked about. You beat this, your record will go straight. Use your tongue well""Okay am ready" psyched up Elsie said the source of her renewed vigor being the fact that George was not

Elsie's first day working for the family came to an end. Generally it was a good one apart from the little hitch she ran through in the name of Frank. She arranged her papers and scribbled something in her diary. They were objectives for the next day something she had learned from her mother who by the way had not done anything to help as she promised and Elsie was so scared to call her for fear of getting scolded again. That evening she gathered enough courage. To sugar coat the whole thing with some good news. She was officially a complete woman because according to her mother such woman had to work and still take care of a family, multitasking was a key skill."Hey mum, how are you?" She asked in the nicest possible way she could."Don't try to act nice with me, fine though""Come on mum what's done is done, get over it besides am still your daughter no matter what. Your words not mine""That was before you embarrassed me and my teachings""So you are not

Thursday morning, Elsie's day two at work and already one of her best since George and Joe were going out of the country for a couple of days. I know you don't see how that makes it best day for her. Relax. That was the purpose of the meeting in the home office, deciding who was going to run things and no surprise here, it was Lewis. That meant the two were going to work in the same office. He or she could have popped in the others office anytime to see how they were doing, if they were breathing fine or they needed a mouth to mouth resuscitation.Tom was driving them in the reserved CEO Rolls Royce. Back left was Lewis in a grey Armani three piece suit, brown monk trap shoes on his feet, on his right was the love of his life in matching grey sheath dress, grey handbag with a pair of black wedge shoes. "This is good" Lewis said."You're kidding this is the best feeling ever babe, going to work with you, being able to see you the entire time an just super excited right n

At tea break, a half past ten Elsie briskly walked out of her office. Tom had already notified her that Bella was waiting in the cafeteria. She used the normal lift and you could sense the respect from her fellow employees or hatred it was hard to tell but they just like stopped talking the moment she go in there and they didn’t say a word to her until the got to the ground floor where they went to their different directions and picked up the conversations that they were withholding. It made her feel like a snitch, the bosses pet. Exactly what Lewis had warned her about. Now she needed the executive lift key card.However one brave girl named Lisa from her name tag approached her. She was wiry with curled hair, black sheath dress with red doll shoes."Good morning mum" she said happily as they marched outside."Morning, please just call me Elsie""We are used to it, referring to Mrs. Woodley when she comes around, anyway my name is Lisa am in the tech department girl