First lesson

The next day I woke up restless, but somehow, I naively felt needed, and that became my main motivation to face my doubts and fears. I went down, the car was already there waiting for me. It was the first time I went to TK alone… Well, the driver took me there, but he didn't count.

My hands and knees were shaking, my hearted pounded like I was about to have a heart attack, and I was unable to take a deeper breath. Hiro gave me a precise instruction how to enter the company on my own, but I still hoped there would be someone familiar to help me get there. I looked around with pleading eyes. There were few people inside the reception, and few going to the elevators, but none of them seemed to be going down… below floor level 0.

Hiro told me to take the first elevator on the left, and that I would better wait, so that I would go there alone. I passed that elevator two times pretending that I was waiting for someone. That felt pathetic.

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