Bygones

Anne

“Did you fire that lady,“ I asked Vincent in incredulity.

He didn’t respond. He just stared at my head.

“Why would you do that?”

I had passed the reception area on my way to Andrew’s room when I noticed a different face behind the counter. At first, I had thought they had shifts or something like that but when I saw Jack, the security man flirtatiously introducing himself to the lady, I knew instantly that she was new.

I was sad. It’s likely the lady got fired or left cause of me. I didn’t like that idea at all. I was going to confront Vincent whenever I saw him. Fortunately, as I came out of the elevator, I saw him stepping out of Andrew’s room.

Yea, I was pretty nervous but I wasn’t going to let that stop me.

“Do you enjoy being treated like crap?” was his response to my question.

“Excuse me?”

“Well do you?”

“No,” I answered.

“Good,” he said calmly then moved past me.

“That doesn’t explain why she was fired. She was only following orders,” I said after his retreating