Chained By Guilt

With the clock ticking away, Sarah sat in Melross's waiting room watching the employees and models as they came and went. The setting was upscale, and everyone was dressed to the digits.She noticed she was underdressed after giving herself a good look. She now understood why the human resources division gave her a weird look and told her to wait in the waiting room.According to HR, she was not being interviewed by them, but by the boss. When she attempted to clarify what they meant by "boss," she was yelled at and told to go and wait in the waiting room. She could not comprehend what they meant by that.As she sat there checking her watch, nearly two hours passed with no call to the interview.She began to suspect that the interview was staged and that someone was trying to make a joke out of her. She looked around then at the watch again in irritation back and forth until she decided to wait another additional hour.As the hour passed like melting snow, she got up and went insid

Outside Melrose, Sarah sat down on the first bench she spotted. Her legs could no longer support her weight or the stress of her recent nightmare. She had always hoped to run into Ezra one day, but the interaction she had just had was nowhere near what she envisioned. She never questioned his dislike for her, but not to the point where he would throw her outside his building like an animal. Her phone beeped, it was Chelsea, her friend. After wiping away her tears, she turned to the message. Her friend was inquiring about her employment status. She placed her phone away and began crying. She was a total failure or was she cursed? She wanted to go back to the day before, the interview was a nightmare that she wanted to wake up from. As she sank into the bench, the phone rang. It was a new number. She decided to ignore it as well but afterward thought it was Ezra who had a change of heart. Wiping away her tears, she picked up the call. "Why aren't you working at your desk?" An icy v

Ezra needed a whole minute to gather himself after her surprising threats. The brazenness with which she threatened him made him speechless. Instead of giving up and developing some self-respect, the useless girl threatened him.He maneuvered his wheelchair but halted moments from the door, gasping."You want to play this way, then, okay?" He said untying his tie. When he opened the door, she was staring at him intently as if she was expecting him to storm out."Pack and leave before I make you!" he warned her."Good morning sir," she replied and began going through her files. "I need to make your schedule; please send me a draft of your timetable," she said instead."Are you stupid or just slow in the brain?" he yelled.Sarah smiled and said, "I will go and organize the desk for you," she kept ignoring him. "Do you still take coffee?" she asked. "Be silent! Shut up!" he shouted, gripping his head. He was about to have a headache. His nerves were starting to fray due to her foolish

Sarah's breath became raged; she could not believe the nerve. She was sure she had cleaned the stupid toilet spotlessly.She walked back to the bathroom and found Ezra barricading the door with his wheelchair."Did I tell you to leave?" he asked.Sarah breathed in and out, her chest pressing up and down."I asked you a question," he insisted."I cleaned the filthy, sir; what more do you want?" she was almost yelling and shading tears.Ezra moved closer to her. "I can smell the stench," he said to her. "Clear the stench, then you can go, or better go, but I need a resignation letter by tomorrow," he ordered and rolled to his desk.Any reasonable person would have insulted him and left; instead, he looked up and watched her enter the bathroom. He had not anticipated that she would go back to cleaning.He gaped in disbelief and began to question if he was dealing with a psychologically unstable individual.He gave up and collapsed into his wheelchair; none of the other secretaries had ma

Liam quickly grabbed her, "The boss ordered you to get out! He yelled at her and began pulling her to the door."No wait!" Sarah tried to push on him."I swear, Sarah, I will call security to show you out of this building, and you will never walk in again!" he threatened.The directors and Ezra watched not sure why Liam was on Ezra's side for the first time. The two brothers were known to disagree on everything.Sarah looked up at him, but the second he let go of her, she ran to Ezra's side of the table and smashed the file really hard on the table, forcing Ezra to move back a bit in shock.She gave him a long look, with tears still rolling down her face, before walking out of the room as everyone watched in disbelief.Liam remained at the door, breathing heavily, his face as red as a peach, ready to burst open.Ezra closed his eyes, his hand rubbing his temple. The meeting was important, he needed to concentrate on that and then deal with her later."I apologize for that. Can we cont