I can say that it's hard to find someone luckier than me, as soon as I got home on Saturday morning Giovanna wasn't waiting for me and there weren't any missed calls from her either.
Something I find strange, very strange.
Well, the weekend passed very quickly, and I took the opportunity to do my walks and yoga exercises.
It was Monday, and I arrived early at the music producer, I had taken 30 days of vacation and then today I preferred to arrive earlier than usual. I greet Belinda, my secretary and one of the few employees who speak to me.
Upon entering the room I was surprised by a blonde hurricane that practically flew toward me
"Hi to you too, Giovanna," I told her as I placed my bag on the hanger.
— There's no hi, where were you Friday? Why disappear like that?
"My mother went away and left you in her place? Because you look like her " - I sat in the chair and turned on the computer
" You know very well that I don't like you leaving without warning Mary, how am I supposed to know if you're all right? "" You should know by now that if anything happens or if I feel sick, you're my emergency contact and you should also know that on Fridays I like to have fun "" Okay, I was just worried" - She sat down in the chair in front of me - "But did you meet someone cool ?""If he was nice I wouldn't know how to answer you why I don't pay attention to it, but he was handsome and good in bed, okay?"
"And what's his name? Did you write down the number?""And do I happen to write the name and number of who I go out with, Giovanna? Please! - Looking at some papers - "You know I don't keep in touch with the men I date"" Mary, why are you like this? need to change "
" And you need to do your job, we're here to work, aren't we? "" These are the results I brought " - Pointing to the folder she was holding - "they will be presented at the meeting this afternoon, but I don't know if you'll like them" - I saw her cross her legs“Okay, save the bad news for the meeting. Tell me, what did you do on Friday that didn't go to my house after me, let alone call me like crazy?"
" I also met a guy on Friday and we went out to a motel " - She said, already sitting on the chair
" That's how I like it, seeing my friend enjoying life ""Wow, he's so handsome and he said he's new in town," she sighed, leaning back in her chair."For God's sake, have you fallen in love?"
" No, but we agreed to see each other more often, he came from Mexico and he's new here in town. He wants me to introduce him to the city ""Careful, that's all I can tell you!"
" That I have and a lot. "I turned my attention to the computer, there were some emails to be answered that were pending.
Giovanna went to her office and Belinda came in carrying coffee and cookies, while I looked at music trends and also the company's shares on the stock market.
I heard the door slam, it was Belinda again" Miss Mary, don't forget the meeting will start in 15 minutes"
“You don't have to remind me, I have a watch and a diary."I'm just doing my job, excuse me."I got up, straightened my skirt and hair, and went towards the meeting room, where everyone was already waiting for me.
" Good afternoon Dona Mary, how was your vacation?" - Asked one of the producers
"No talking, let's get down to business." - I sat at the table and looked at Giovanna
" Well, these days when Mary was on vacation she asked me to do a survey of the company in the last 6 months "
" And what was the result?" - asked another producer" Lately, the company has not been sought out by artists to record their albums and with that, the profit has dropped by 20% from 6 months to now "He turned on the overhead projector and put it on so we could see the numbers
“This is not good,” I muttered. “And our producers aren't doing anything? Don't they bring in new talent?
" We bring them" - replied Ricardo, one of the producers, getting up - but some don't pass the tests we do and others are not successful, and then we have a lot of expenses" We need to do something to return to profit or else we could go bankrupt in less than 1 year - explained Giovanna
" I was away for a few days and you do this with the company?" - I said sharply
“Miss Mary, may I remind you that you have only been gone 30 days and these results are from 6 months ago. "
" The results are from the last 6 months, but in the last 3 weeks they dropped almost twice "- said Giovanna" I LEAVE THE COMPANY FOR A FEW DAYS AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS?" - I shouted slamming my hands on the table - "I PAY YOU SALARY FOR WHAT?"
Everyone was silent and thoughtful until one got up.
"If you'll excuse me, I have an idea!"
"Say... What's your name ?" - I questioned
" Robert"I have a serious problem with names, I never remember any
" Tell me, Robert "
“I would say maybe it's time we partnered with some other company in the same field.
“Are you guys going crazy? Where do these ideas come from? None of that, let's do marketing, go hunting, and bring in more musicians. Or maybe I'll fire our producers and hire better ones. "
“I don't think you understand that we don't have the money for that. If we do it, it might not work, it's a very high risk " – said Giovanna moving her pen
“She's right, Miss Mary. I even know a company that could help us.... " - said one of the producers, tapping his pen on the table
" Which? ""Taylor's Music"Everyone started talking at once when he said that.
"SHUT UP!" - I screamed
" I've been reading that Taylor's Music is going from bad to worse, and I think it's worse than us, the new owner is going to have a lot of problems" - said Giovanna
" I don't care about another company "
"But what if we propose a partnership with them? it would be better for us. If we analyze Taylor's Music, it goes from bad to worse, but this is due to the mismanagement of the former owner since the last albums released nationally and internationally successfully were recorded and released by them "- Said Roberto " But if you want my opinion as a friend and also a financial manager of the company, at least try to arrange a conversation with them ""Okay, you win! Get in touch with them, go over the proposal, and try to set up a meeting. I hope it works out or I fire you all "
I got up and left, going to my room, I was very irritated with what I had just heard and I hope that nobody comes to irritate me even more, but it seems that my dear friend decided to follow me
" I know how much it upsets you because you give your life for this company but you need to accept that this may be the time to make changes "
" The company has history and is renowned in the music industry, how did we let it get to this point? "
"The country is going through a crisis and unfortunately we have been affected"“I will do what I can to save this company "
“did you make an appointment with Dr. Leonardo? "
" No, and I won't, I thought I had already explained that to you.""But Mary..."
" This conversation is over and I've pissed myself off enough for today, I'm leaving ""And I'm going to my office to work, then I'm going to go out with the brunette from Friday "" Bye Giovanna! "I grabbed my bag and left, said goodbye to Belinda, and told her I didn't want anyone to call me.
As I walked to the elevator, I noticed that people had their backs to me and it didn't bother me.
"They should thank me for employing them," I whispered to myself.
I took the elevator and went down to the parking lot, bumping into Mariazinha, a beggar child who was always there.
I don't know why, but something about her reminded me of my sister who passed away a few years ago." Good afternoon Dona Mary, can you help me with a donation please?""Okay, go eat something."I opened my purse and gave her a $5 bill.
"Thank you, Miss "I got in my car and drove home listening to The Beatles on the radio.
As soon as I arrived, I noticed that there was a moving truck parked in front of the house, which until then was going to be rented.
I saw a shirtless man, he had his back to me, with a very striking body by the way.
As soon as he turned around I saw it was the man who I had sex with on Friday, Taylor or something like that was his last name
"Miss No-Name over here, you over here!" - he said approaching.
Impossible not to notice that defined body again
" I live here, but I won't even stay here talking to you, I have other things to do ""Okay Miss, no one is asking you to stay" He winked "But can you at least say your name?" Now we'll be neighbors and I'll have to ask you for sugar
" You still won't know my name and if you need sugar ask other neighbors "
“But what if it's sugar and a request to repeat our Friday night?
He moved closer to me, holding my waist and whispering in my ear."Sorry, but there won't be another night.""Not even if the man is me?"
“You're hot, but not all that.
Before he said anything I left there and went to my house, I hope they don't bother me.
I went in and saw that the maid had already prepared my afternoon coffee, I was stressed so before that I went to take a shower and relax, that was all I needed
"Yes, it might work and it might be good," someone else replied
Philipe Taylor My arrival in New York City I can say was a bit hectic, my first weekend was filled with lots of ballads and women. And of course, I didn't miss going to visit my grandfather's grave, to whom I was very attached and unfortunately didn't have time to come to his funeral. My grandfather was a happy and upbeat guy and always helped me a lot, not only financially but also with advice, unlike my father, who is a serious guy. I already knew New York, I had already come here to do some work and attend some parties, but now I came to live here because my grandfather passed away and left the record company to my care. Because his death was very sudden, as he died of a heart attack a week ago, I had to come at the last minute and did not have time to look for a place to live. I spent the weekend in a hotel together with Leandro, my friend. But Carlos, a childhood friend introduced us to a house that was for sale, and so I bought In exchange for this, he asked us to give him
Mary Parker I looked across the meeting room until I saw him there, the man with whom I had sex, the Philipe Taylor guy, who I see is very well dressed in his business suit and curly hair, the same way he was when we met that night and had sex, by the way, what was he doing there? " Now we can start the meeting." I sat down on the chair I always use in meetings. I pointed to him and another woman who was there" I'm Maite Jones, one of the commercial representatives of Taylor's Music"" I'm..."" Mary, this is Philipe Taylor, the new owner of Taylor's Music" - Giovanna explained, interrupting - O" So you're the famous Mary, nice to meet you. "I can tell that her gaze traveled up and down my body" Mary Candty Parker," I crossed my legs, "But we are not here to talk, let's get to the point, show me the ideas you have so I can see if this partnership will be interesting or not. " Correcting Mrs. Mary Parker, show us Your ideas, and let's see the pros and cons of this society before
Mary ParkerI entered the cemetery holding a bouquet of White Roses and carnations and knelt down in front of Claudia's grave as soon as I found it, was as I left the last time I came to visit a few days ago, the flowers were on top of the grave just as I left them the years before, beside our family pictures, trips, we were always smiling and having fun" You don't know how much I miss you my sister."This was the only sentence I managed to say before the tears started to fall down my face. I leaned against her grave and continued to cry." Mrs. Mary, are you all right?" - questioned the gravedigger" There's no way to be all right when you visit the deceased."" Do you want me to help you with something?"" I want you to leave and leave me alone. "" Ok "At this moment I got up, walked to the other side of the tomb and took one of our pictures, it was the picture of our first international trip, we went to Italy and Claudia took this picture of us in front of the Coliseum in Rome.
Philip TaylorI was startled and surprised by Mary's reaction when she kissed me and pushed me on her bed, I was excited to feel her rolling on top of me, I was dying to have sex with her again but as soon as I regained a bit of awareness of what I was doing I remembered that Mary was drunk and possibly not well, so I don't want to take advantage of the situation and I don't want to be accused of harassment and rape, because I don't know if she would actually want to have sex with me if she were fully lucid, so I quickly pushed her to the side, making her get off me and fall back onto the bed."What was that? Why did you push me?" she said, trying again to climb on top of me."I pushed you because you are drunk and possibly don't know what you are doing.""I know very well what I'm doing, didn't you want a thank you? Well then, I was thanking you " Trying once again to climb on top of me and I pushed her again"I will not accept this thanks, you are very beautiful and I have the desir
"Are you going crazy? Let me go or I'll scream."That's right, scream and in a few minutes you're sure to be on the cover of gossip sites, newspapers and magazines for screaming your in a restaurant.""What do you want? I have to get back to the company.""Why do you act like this?" - I let go of her arm."Like what?""You are angry and bossy with everyone, you refuse to have lunch with a child who is having a birthday and who seems to like you but you give her money to buy her presents, showing that you do care about her, and when you come back to your house, you yell, cry and throw drinks at the wall, why are you like that?""Why do you pay attention to what I do?"Don't answer my question with another question, please."Look here, I have to go, you've already taken all my time."Why don't you answer?""Maybe because I don't want to, maybe because it's my life" - he snorted - "now let me go, before I tell everyone that you impotent man and didin't have sex with me. They'll make fu
Mary ParkerIrritated, regretful and repulsive was how I felt, as I looked through one of the glass walls of my living room at the movement of cars and people in Times Square on Wednesday. The clock was 4:00 pm and if it were possible I would be home, but I have an appointment at the company and I don't want any more reasons for people to say that I don't fulfill with my responsibilities, especially Philip Taylor, my new asshole partner.I felt this way because I had broken one of my main rules: not get involved and not get involved and not to make out a man more than once. I did not want to do this and I could not do this. I didn't accept that. I heard the phone ring a few times while I was lost in thought, but I didn't answer.I began to tighten and claw myself, in order to discount everything I felt, my nails were long and sharp, they would surely help me. In fact, they always helped me." Mary Parker, what are you doing?" - Giovanna asked, walking into my living room"I’ve always
Philip connected his cell phone to the Bluetooth of the overhead projector in the room and then accessed Carlos' social networks, where the videos were postingEach video had about 5 million views and the likes were always around 1 million to 1.5 million."He really has a lot of views, but I still think it's too high."For God's sake!" - complained Philippe"Well, I understand that you don't want to close the contract, so let it go, I'm leaving."Wait! - We haven't finished the meeting yet, nobody leaves until it's over."You don't want me here, you say you like my voice but you don't want to hire me, which is your right since the company is also yours, so I'm leaving because I have a presentation in a bar to do tonight and I can't be late."I have an idea and I demand that you stay to hear it."Okay" - He sat down again"Here in the contract it says that if the contract is broken we will have to pay a fine of $ 500,000.00, I want to change that, I want this fine to be removed. - I pu
Philipe Taylor I had just gotten home, went to say hello to Leandro and his new girlfriend whom I was sure I knew from somewhere, but couldn't remember where, when I saw two men breaking into my house. They were well dressed, with clothes of well-known brands. As soon as they entered, they ransacked the gun and pointed it at us "THIS IS A ROBBERY! DON'T MOVE OR I'LL KILL YOU"- announced one of the bandits. "Take whatever you want, but please don't kill us," said Leandro, getting up from the couch in despair. "You can take whatever you want. "We don't want objects, we want money ... WHERE IS THE MONEY? " - shouted one of them "I have no money here, only in the bank" - I shuddered, swallowing dryly "I DON'T WANT TO DIE" Now it was Leandro's new girlfriend who screamed, her eyes wide with despair. I saw Leandro grab his girlfriend by the arm and run upstairs, returning seconds later without her and with his wallet in hand "Look, I have this money here, you can take it" - Handin