Mira woke up the following morning as she stretched her arms.
Another day and another round of cleaning but this time, she was happy because she woke up 9am on the dot.
She had started her cleaning when Valentina, Andrew and Dwayne walked in.
"Good morning" she greeted them with a smile.
"Oh, Mira. You are in a bubbly mood this morning. Did something good happen?" Valentina teased.
"No. Just woke up on the right side of the desk today"
Andrew stiffled his laugher but Dwayne caught on.
"Hey, just laugh". Andrew immediately straightened his face.
"I'm not laughing"
Mira resumed her cleaning while humming to a lullaby her mother used to sing to her and her sister when she was still alive.
"Good morning, boss" Valentina, Andrew and Dwayne greeted as Kyle walked in but he was to busy reading over a file in his hand that he just waved at them.
Nothing could steal his attention from the file because it was urgent and needed his attention immediately but he came to an halt as he heard Mira humming.
That song. It reminded him of his childhood again.
It was a song Mirabel's sister sang for him on that rainy day.
"Hey, are you going to wait for my sister under the rain!?" 10 years old Mira shouted.
"Yes, I will!" Kyle had replied.
Mira went into the house. "Mirabel, aren't you going to answer Kyle?"
"No"Mirabel had replied while taking selfies on her phone. "That fat pig needs to know how to handle a rejection. Even though he waits for me under the rain, I won't meet him!"
Mira went into her room and took out an umbrella. She ran outside and put the umbrella over Kyle's head.
"I wish I wasn't fat" Kyle said in tears. "I wish as I was here, the rain would just wash away every insults I've ever heard."
Mira had brushed Kyle's tears with her other hand. "Do you know what can actually brush away those insults?"
"What can?"
"Music. And not just any music but good music.Listen to this" Mira said as she started humming a song to him.
Back to the present, Kyle tightened his fits. Why was she humming that same song? Was she trying to remind him of his painful past?
"Stop humming that song" he said with a strong voice.
Mira turned around in shock. She hadn't realized he was behind her. "Good morn-"
"Don't ever sing that song again, is that clear?" Kyle didn't even wait for her response before heading into his office.
Mira felt rage boil within her. She could accept anything he wanted to do to her.
But who was he to tell her that she couldn't sing the one song that reminded her of her late mother? .
"That's it! I've had enough" she muttered under her breath before barging into his office.
"Are you insane?!" Kyle shouted at her sudden entrance.
"Yes, I'm insane but you are the worst! Who are you to decide what I can and cannot sing, huh?"
" I could put up with the way you treated me and all that but I have to say, I'm disappointed to see that you have grown up this way"
Kyle rushed towards her and grabbed her angrily "And whose fault is that, huh? Don't act like you don't know Mirabel. You think just because come back 10 years later with new hair and new name, I'll forget about the past? Don't be delusional"
Mirabel? Mira thought. Wait, all these while did he think she was her sister?.
"Let go off me!" Mira said removing his hand from her as she submitted a paper on his desk. "Enough is enough"
She turned around as she walked out of his office. Kyle moved towards his desk to see what she had left there and lo and behold, it was her resignation letter.
Their screaming and shouting at eachother had drawn the attention of some of the coworkers so as Mira had come out of his office, it was no shocker that eyes followed her.
No sooner had she gone than three minutes later, rain started to fall.
"It's raining"Valentina said. "Oh, my poor Mira. I hope she doesn't get caught up in the rain"
Kyle had clenched his fist hoping that Valentina's words wouldn't get to him but it did. He found himself rushing out of his office with an umbrella in his hand.
When he got to the lobby, he searched around for Mira but he didn't seem to find her.
"Did she go out in the rain already?" He muttered.
"Sis!" A voice cried out. A familiar voice.
He looked for the voice and saw that it was Mira. He was about to approach her but stopped frozen in place.
The person she was hugging looked exactly like her. "Sis" she had said.
Does that mean? Kyle staggered backwards in disbelief as the umbrella fell from his hand.
All these while it was Mira that was right Infront of him and not Mirabel. It was the same Mira who had showed up and comforted him while he was younger but he couldn't recognize her.
He'd blindly given into his rage for Mirabel that he couldn't stop to tell them apart even though all the clues he needed were there. Right before his very eyes.
Her hair, That song, her name...
He reached out for his phone and called her. "Please, pick up". Her phone rang once , twice before he was being forwarded to voicemail.
He rushed back to his office where he brought out the paper she'd filled that day the got the job.
He scanned for her house address, took a picture of it before heading out into his car and headed for her house.
By the time he got to the road leading to her street, he saw that the rain had blocked it off and it won't be clear till tomorrow.
He banged on his wheels in frustration. He'll just have to wait here all night till tomorrow then.
***
The following morning, the loud banging on the door could bee heard but none of the sisters were ready to get up yet. "I'm unemployed and this is the best sleep I've gotten in years. No way in hell am I getting up" Mira muttered turning around in her bed and placing a pillow over her head. Mirabel descended down from her room upstairs and walked into Mira's room slowly tapping her. "Mira""Get lost" Mira grumbled sleepily. "Go and answer the door"Mira removed the pillow from her head. "Are you kidding me? You came all the way downstairs from your room, why couldn't you do it instead?""I have a date soon"Mira grumbled before standing up from her bed and walking towards the door. She turned on the knob. "Who is-"She gasped as she slammed the door close. "What is this? Why is Kyle outside my door?" She pinched herself to confirm if she was dreaming but she wasn't. Mira tugged at her hair. " I can't believe I opened the door looking like this". Kyle knocked on the door once more.
Mira walked over to the coffee machine when Andrew showed up beside her. "I'm sorry for the way I hugged you. It was sudden. You must have been shocked"he said shyly. Mira smiled"It's okay. Teammates can do that much for one another, right?""You're right. Anyways, I and some others would be throwing you a welcome party since you didn't get one before. Make sure to show up, okay?"Mira nodded her head with a smile."Okay"Valentina walked in on them as Andrew turned and left. Valentina grabbed a cup as she fixed some coffee for herself. "Why did you come back suddenly though? Did boss come to meet you that day?" Valentina askedMira furrowed her brows in confusion "What day?""The day it rained. He ran out so I thought he was going to apologize to you. Didn't he?"Mira shook her head."No, he didn't""Anyways, I'm glad you are back. I would like us to be close being the only two girls on the team"Mira laughed. "Me too". As they left the coffee machine and headed back to their desk
The following morning as Mira makes her way to leave for work, Mirabel reminds her to come home early as she'll be bringing her boyfriend home to introduce her to him. "We need to make a rule in this house that you mention your 'boyfriend' once a week because I think you are going to make my ears bleed soon" Mira teases. "Oh, don't be jelly, Mira" Mirabel sticks out her tongue. "It's not my fault I'm hot" "I see" Mira moves to the kitchen where she fixes herself a toast and warm milk. "Cheers to you being hot" "Seriously, don't you want to date either. You've just been about work, work. At this rate, you might die single" "I told you I already have someone I like, Mirabel" "Then tell this person!" Mirabel grumbles. "He would never know how you feel unless you lay out your cards first" Mira sips from her glass of milk. "That would be nice but he'd never noticed me before" "Then that's perfect" Mirabel clicks her fingers. "Why don't you try seducing him? I can help you out" Mir
Stunned by their sudden closeness, Mira backs away; putting some space between her and Kyle. She peeps out of the wardrobe and clarifying that Mirabel was not in the bedroom, she turned to face Kyle. "You need to go out through the window" "W-Why?" Kyle questioned confused. "Just because" Mira says stepping out of the wardrobe with Kyle as she directed him towards the window. "Off you go" Kyle stares at Mira, dumbfounded. "There's no way I'm going to fit through" "There is. You are obviously fit enough" "But still..."Kyle was cut off as Mira pushes him out through the window, falling on his face. "I'm sorry" Mira apologizes through the window before locking it shut. Turning around, she straightened her cloth as she tiptoes out of her bedroom to the bathroom; she wanted to make it look like she was coming out of the bathroom so she couldn't hear Mirabel when she called for her. Just as Mira was about to turn on the bathroom door knob, she hears a muffled voice inside the ba
The next day Mira woke up to the sound of her ringing tone. Grumbling, she reaches out for her phone on the top of her desk. Without checking the caller ID, she picked up. "Hello?" "Mira, are you still asleep?" On hearing Andrew's voice, Mira's eyes jolted wide opened. "Andrew? How did you get my number?" She shakes her head. "Anyways, why did you call? It's Saturday" Andrew chuckled. "You didn't forget about our 'stakeout' today, now, did you?" "Stakeout?" Mira rubbed her forehead as she suddenly remembered. "That's right, it's today. I nearly overslept. Thanks for calling" "It's not a problem. By the way, are you alright? You sound quite unlike your usual self" Brandon was still on Mira's mind like a leech but she was determined to brush him off, even if it was just for today. She had to focus on work. "It's probably because I'm just waking up" "I understand. We decided to go in teams, remember? Let me know when to pick you up" "That's not necessary, Andrew. We can just m
"But sir, we have so much to do today. A field trip is a bit..." Valentina starts. "I know work is a bit tough on everyone, that why I'm suggesting this" Kyle says with his hands in his pockets. "So everyone round up with you are doing and get ready" When Kyle was out of sight, Mira walked up to Valentina. "This field trip might just be exactly what you need to calm down. You've been edgy these days, V" Valentina heaved a heavy sigh. "I know that but how can I calm down? The company is fairing badly because of us. We should be working harder than before not playing around" "Don't you see why boss is suggesting this field trip?" Dwayne questions Valentina. "He can see just how much pressure we're under" "That's right" Andrew countered. "Just use this trip to blow off some steam. Who knows we might be able to think better when we're all relaxed?" Kyle rejoins the team. "Is everyone ready?" Mira assures Valentina with a smile before turning to face Kyle. "Yes, boss" "Then, let's
The next day when Mira wakes up, she stretches with a smile on her face; glad to have come on this field trip as aged forgotten about all her problems. But then suddenly, her mind drifts off to Andrew's drunken confession last night as the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. "What do I do? I can't act as if it never happened. That might hurt Andrew's feelings" She mumbles. Grumbling, she pulls out her hair. "I don't know, honestly" Deciding not to dwell on it too much, Mira climbs down from her bed as she moves to the bathroom to shower. When she was all freshened up, Mira left her room as she headed to the dining; where she was sure the others were gathered and she was right. Each and every one of the them looked like they'd just been hit by a bus; Mira stiffles a laughter over this as she joined them by the dinning table. "Can you still laugh this morning?" Valentina questioned Mira, jealous that she didn't feel like hell. Mira smiles. "Yes, I can. Wait here while
The following day as Mira walks into the company, she mutters her usual words of encouragement."Everything is going to be alright, Mira. Let's focus on work; that's what truly matters. Let's forget about Andrew or Brand---" She swallows her words as she sees Brandon flirting with other ladies from the company. Mira rubs her eyes; wanting to believe that her eyes were playing tricks on her but there Brandon was in the flesh, his hands trailing the skin of that red haired lady she knew not. "That pr***!" Mira cussed as she makes her way towards him; her anger obviously taking the best of her. She poundered on what she should do to him; grab his hair? Kick his person or slap him as hard as she could. When she just a stone throw away from him, Mira decided to be 'humane' for the sake that she was at work. Crossing her arms, she stared at Brandon; who suddenly noticed her, long and hard."What are you doing here?" Mira questioned through clenched teeths. "Mira, right?" Brandon ques