A new Blackwood

** ** Omniscient narrator ** **

There was fear in Megan’s eyes as Mr. Blackwood slowly walked towards her, faced down with his hands dug into his pockets. Maybe she hadn’t thought this through, because what if he feels offended with her actions and chooses to fire her?

“Mr. Blackwood, I….” she tried to speak immediately.

“No, Megan…” He cut her short, with one finger up signaling her to hush. “I will go first,” he said calmly.

Megan paused and swallowed hard. That is it! She was losing her job, she realized she had messed up, she should have been in better control of her emotions.

“So… I just wanted to say that I acknowledge my mistakes that led to the unfortunate incident that occurred between us and I apologize for hurting your feelings in that manner, it was never intentional.”

Megan’s eyes widened in disbelief. an apology from Mr. Blackwood? That was almost as difficult as putting a cow through a needle, how was th