Chapter 55: The Pressure Is Getting Worst

[katalina]

I’ve never felt so alive. But not in a good way.

I sat on my bed and swallowed a lump in my throat.

I have no reports or updates to tell him.

Fuck!

But I have no choice but to answer this phone call.

Heaving a sigh before I speak. “Sir,” it was the only word that I could spit out from my mouth.

I braced myself for the upcoming rage that I could feel from my boss.

“Any updates?”

I fell silent.

I lost ways of how to cover up my incompetency.

In short, I ran out of white lies to cover my ass.

Glancing at the ceiling, hoping a complete sentence would fall out.

But that would be impossible.

Instead of punishing myself for thinking of ways to lie, this time, I decided to speak for the truth.

Even if it means that I’ll receive yells and insults from Jerry.

Because somehow, I deserve it.

And I needed also it.

Because I know to myself that I’m lost in the track.

I already forgot what matters most. And I let my heart to lead over my brain.

“I’m sorry, Sir. But I haven’t written a sin