Amber walked briskly out of the hospital, though she as always been a goody two shoe but sometimes she wishes she could also be indifferent to some things and turn a blind eye but she couldn’t, she had to spend almost all her saving for Ann's treatment and there was a high possibility Ann would go back to her gambling as soon as she gets out of the hospital, why couldn’t her foolish sister put make something out of her life and most importantly why was she making her own life more difficult by always bringing debt to her, if only she could say no to her sister but she knows she is the only family member Ann has and she couldn’t say no to her, her phone rang and she picked up, “Hello, Amber Curt speaking” she said and listened while the person on the other side of the phone talked” Amber beamed, her bright smile made her blue eyes lit up as she said “thank you" and hung up, she twirled around and laughed hysterically like a man person, some people passing by almost mistook her one but she quickly said “sorry" and walked away, she walked to the nearest bus stop and decided to call Jen, Jen has been a great support to her since they met in college, Amber would always do part time job and miss some of her class, Jen always covers up for her and even lends her money when she could afford it, Jen picked the call and Amber shouted “I got to job Jen" people standing at the bus turned to look at her as she shouted for joy and some smiled while some looks pissed at the pitch of her voice. She said “excuse me” Then she continue her call in a more calm voice “Jen thank you so much, I couldn’t have done it without you”
Stanley White walked into the grocery store and asked to speak with the manager, the sale rep asked what he needed and offered to assist but Stanley insisted on seeing the manager, the sale rep asked him to wait and went into the mangers office at the far end of the store, he came back out am ushered Stanley into the office, a bulky man sat behind the desk, his rimmed glasses sat silly on his big nose as he looked up at the man before him “sit down Mr” he said and Stanley responded “Stanley, Stanley White” he sat on the chair at the bulky man's gesture for him to sit, “now, I was told you insisted on seeing me" The bulky man said in his thick voice and Stanley shook his head affirming the statement then he said “am a PI, working on a case currently and need a footage from your CCTV” a knot appeared in between the bulky man's face as he asked “what footage will that be Mr Stanley” “it’s the footage of your back camera from two years ago” Stanley said, the man raised a brow and asked “what month, we exactly cause the camera was installed two years ago after we were robbed and we discovered the robber had come in through the back door but that place was a blind spot and we couldn’t see anything, so I need specific to know if we might be of help" Stanley nodded his head and said “2nd of March 2018” the man shook his head and said “am sorry but this camera was installed on the 5th of March 2018” Stanley Rose to his feet and stretched out his hand for a handshake as he said “thank you for your time, I appreciate your willingness to help" the man said “you’re welcome” and Stanley walked out of the office and out the store, he looked around, wondering if there was any camera left around that area that he as not Checked yet, seeing nothing he decided to come back another day when he was refreshed to check.It was the first day of her new job, Amber stood in front of the mirror looking at herself, her jet black hair fall straight on her shoulders and she smoothen it with her hand, she appreciated herself more in the mirror and said to herself “well, Amber, this is as good as it gets, make the most of it" she walked out of her one bedroom apartment and prayed her sister will not cause her any trouble for a while so she can get some savings from her new job and buy new clothes so she could appear more presentable, most of her clothes were second hand clothes she picked from thrift stores, her wages as a waitress and house cleaner didn’t quite buy her fancy wears so she had to make do plus her sister was always getting her into trouble so she didn’t have much for herself at the end of the day.Amber arrived at the office at 7:00am and went straight to the HR department to learn more about her work duties, she was assigned an office not too far from the CEO, she was to provided him coffee in the morning, get him lunch, attend meeting with him to take note, learn about his work and sit in on some of the meetings he may not be able to attend, she was also to do any other task assigned by the chairman, she rushed to her newly assigned office, dropped her bag and rushed to get coffee, she went to the company’s kitchenette where she met Lauretta, she was a curvy woman but not obese according to the general belief that foodies are always obese, Lauretta was very friendly which makes it easier for Amber to learn of Mr Todd's coffee preference, they chatted for a while and Lauretta told Amber to rush back at 7:25am as Mr Todd will be arriving by 7:30am so Amber grabbed his coffee and rushed back, she was just about going into his office to drop the coffee when Todd stepped out of th
Meeting Petra.At the general Monday meetings, the next week Amber resumed, there was a lady in attendant who Amber had not met before, she was a contract staff and only comes when needed, she handles the painting and some other finishes job for the company, while the chief technical officer gave a run down of the progress of work and the next phase target, Petra who is the strange person to Amber raised her hand to say something, she asked when the screeding on the block of flats will be completed and when the painting can commence, the technical officer answered her and the meeting continued, Amber leaned toward Jen who was sitting beside and asked quietly, “Jen, who is the lady there" she asked as she pointed towards Petra in a concealed way, Jen leaned in and said to her “that’s Petra, I’ll give you full detail after the meeting" Amber nodded and sat upright, after the meeting Petra went into the CEO’s office, though she was a contract staff she was also one of the shareholders. A
Todd walked into his apartment later than his usual time, it was a tough Monday, having to attend meeting, make adjustments to plans and dealing with Petra's shenanigans, he knew she had a bad temper but didn’t bother much since she doesn’t go overboard most times and the work she does is good, he figured since they only work together sometimes, they could do so amicably but when she threw her coffee on Amber today he felt so angry but couldn’t show it for fear that his staffs might think he’s giving preferential treatment, though he had seen her misbehaving before but never in this manner, he walk into the house and the house was quiet, he wonder if Carrie had gone to bed and he had missed saying goodnight to her, he walked towards her room and heard Donna’s soft voice as she concludes her night story “Peter and Kate had a lovely day, and bade farewell to their friends as they all headed to their various houses, the end" Todd opened the door slightly and peeped in, he heard Carrie’s
“do you think it’s possible to dream about someone long before you ever met the person" Todd asked Carl as they both sat relaxing in Todd’s living room, Saturday evening “well, I guess you must have met the person without knowing or perhaps you saw the face in passing other than that I can’t say man, I mean I don’t think it’s possible" Carl said casually but one look at Todd’s serious expression and sat up quickly “did that happen to you man, I mean did you meet someone you like, because if you did that would be a great news, I mean it’s been what, like 2years now and you haven’t even look at any lady twice, now you’ve pique my interest, where did you meet her, where can I find her" Todd had to raise his hand to stop him from ranting “Dude, I only asked you a question, where did you get all these ideas from” “am not buying this crap, I know somethings up, are you going to tell me or not" Carl said not backing down, Todd heaved a sigh and smack his head with his right hand palm “why d
Carl could see the pain in his friend’s eyes and he tried to console him and take his mind of that topic “you know, one day, your wishes are going to come through but will revenge or hurting the person who did this lessen your pain, fir the sake of your daughter move on" there was a long pause before Carl said “now, how about you tell me all about that woman of your dreams" “oh, come on, is that what we’re calling her now, her name is Amber and she is my PA.Monday morning.At 9:00am Carl strolled into Jen’s office and asked without any pre-amble “Jen, who is Amber" Jen paused from surprise at first but said “boss's PA” “yes I know, I mean, where is she, I’ll like to meet her" he said sounding impatient, “follow me” Jen said as she led him straight to Amber’s office, Amber was arranging the shelve placed at one side of her office when the door opened, she squirmed and all the paper in her hands fell to the floor, she apologised and was bending to pack up the paper but Carl shouted “St
When Todd was sober, he asked Carl “see what you’ve caused, this is my office Carl, why would you bring a gossip topic to my office" “I couldn’t resist the temptation, I had to see for myself" Carl said shrugging his shoulder, “well, thanks now leave" Todd said and Carl opened his mouth in shock, he didn’t expect his friend to send him out of his office over this issue but Todd looked serious like a business man heading to seal a deal, Carl shook his head and said “I need to get to work anyway, I’ll deal with you later" he walked out of the office and Todd called Amber to come in, when she got in, he ask her to seat, she sat in the chair Carl had just vacated. Todd raised his brow slightly to show Amber how serious he his with what he was about to say. Todd raised his brow slightly making him look more serious than he does usually just to show Amber how serious he was with what he was about to say “everything Carl, that’s the man you saw in my office, now whatever he might have said,
Amber got home the next day and met Ann standing by her door way, “hello sis” Amber knew something was up, the moment she saw Ann “what is it this time" Amber asked without any preamble “won’t you even let me in first" Ann asked faking offence “why should I let you in, so you could sell all the little things I own for money” Ann looked down as if she was feeling remorseful “I deserve that but please just let me in, it’s a matter of life and death" Amber hesitated for a while but finally opened the door, once inside Amber said “now, what’s with the matter of life and death” Ann started to talk but was stammering “it it OK let me explain, it it" “it what" Amber asked feeling strange, she had a feeling whatever Ann wanted to say would be a game changer “I kind off went gambling again, before you lecture me, I know I mess up and am sorry but I owe someone two thousand dollar and it so happened that person is Jack Ray" Ann said and looked up to see Amber’s reaction, Amber’s eyes widen as s
Friday evening Todd went home early, he has been feeling kind off guilty lately for entertaining any form of likeness to any lady, he decide to visit Sarah’s tomb to tell her all that was in his heart, but he didn’t want to go alone so he went home to pick up Carrie, he knows that no matter how good Donna was with Carrie, one day she will need a motherly love and that day was coming soon. He got Donna to dress Carrie in a warm fluffy coat cause the weather was a bit chilly outside, then he strap her in her car seat and ensure she was secured before entering the driver’s seat and driving off.“Hi honey, it’s been a while since I came here last, Carrie say hi to mummy" he said to Carrie “Hi to mummy” the little girl responded and Todd smiled at her response then he continued “you see how big she is now, and she looks just like you, she has you big brown eye and curly hair and she is a foodie just like you” he paused a little and smiled a he recall how Sarah was with food especially when