46. Bus Incidents And Media

The day after that day, I received a phone call around 6am. Wondering who the caller was, I sleepily reached for the phone. A migraine from last night’s drinking hit my head, making me groan out.

“Eleanor,” A raspy and somewhat silent voice called out. My brows wriggled in confusion, the minute I recognized the voice.

“Margaret,” I uttered. My mind drifted to a lot of things as I wondered what exactly was the problem was. She didn’t reply abruptly. And that led to a rapid beat of my heart.

It made me wonder if something was off. It took some seconds for her to actually speak up.

“You need to show up at the office right now.” she said. I was about to say something when she hung up the phone.

That was the one sentence got me worrying a lot...

And, it meant a lot to me.

Because she was my manager and when something was off, this was just how she reacted.

And this was so