Amelia's POV
"Kelly, you need to be fast unless you want to be late for school" I told my five years old daughter
"Mommy, I can do it myself. Get dressed for work so that you won't be late too" she said in her small voice
"Really? Okay, I will get dressed for work. Food is on the table already so you can eat once you're done. We will go to school together as soon as I come out of my room" I said and went to my room to take my bath
I did everything in a hurry and returned to the sitting room. Fortunately, Kelly was done so I took her to school and left for work afterwards.
My name is Amelia Williams and I'm divorced. I got married to my ex husband, Sean Roger six years ago and thought I was going to live happily with him forever.
Things were going quite well between us until he started seeing a model. He wasn't faithful in our marriage from the start but I always let it slide.
After he started seeing a top model, he felt I wasn't enough for him so he divorced me. I was already pregnant with Kelly then but he didn't know because the pregnancy was just three months.
On the day I was planning to tell him about the baby, he gave me the divorce papers. If I still told him about being pregnant, maybe he wouldn't have let me go but I don't want my child to stay with someone like him.
It hasn't been easy taking care of myself and my daughter for the past five years. When I left Sean's house, he didn't give me a penny and just asked me to leave like that.
I had to work my ass off even though I was pregnant and it has been from one part time job to another in the last five years.
I thought of working in a office too but I feel I won't have enough time for my daughter. She's five years old now so maybe I will consider it again.
I arrived at the place where I work and went in. It was a coffee shop and I'm only going to work for the first three hours because I have another part time job then.
"Good morning sir" I greeted my boss with a smile
"You are late once again and I really don't like it. If you don't want to get fired, then start coming early. There are so many people that want to take your job" he said in a harsh tone
"I'm sorry sir, I will try to come earlier" I smiled again
I've gotten used to his attitude after working here for over six months now and it's like a normal thing to me.
He knows I have a child but he's never lenient with me. I guess that's how to run a business properly so that it won't collapse.
The customers started coming and I attended to them with smiles on my face as usual for the next three hours.
I got my pay after I was done and headed to my next part time job. It was a five star restaurant and it wasn't easy to get a job there but the customers seem to like me and that's why I haven't been fired yet.
I greeted my colleagues and started taking orders immediately. My stomach was rumbling but there were too many customers to attend to so I couldn't think of eating.
There was a short break in the afternoon but instead of eating, I went to pick my daughter from school. The boss here is still quite nice to me since she lets Kelly stay here until it's time for us to go home.
It was after I brought Kelly to the restaurant that I rushed to eat little before resuming my work. After work, I got my pay and also took part of the leftover food to eat with Kelly when we get home.
After showering, Kelly and I were in bed when she suddenly stood up and started massaging me.
"Awwn you're so sweet" I smiled
"Mommy, I think your job is too stressful. It would be better for you to work in a company" Kelly said
"Company work is not as easy as you think and the pay from this job is more than the company work too unless they pay hourly. Anyway, I will think about it" I said
Raymond's POV
I walked gracefully inside the company and was greeted by the employees until I got to my office.
"Where is my secretary?" I asked the manager who was standing next to me
"She isn't here yet but I believe she will be here soon" he stuttered
"She's not here by this time of the day?" I scoffed
"You came earlier than usual today and I'm sure she wasn't expecting it" the manager said
"Am I supposed to inform her before coming to work so that she can also be on her way?" I asked as my eyes turned darker
"No sir!" he said with his head bowed
I went into my office and began to go through the files on my desk that I was unable to finish the previous day.
"Who cleaned this office today?" I screamed when I noticed a speck of dust on the table
"I... it's me sir" a woman came running in
"Weren't you told that I hate even the slightest speck of dust wherever I am?" I asked
"I...I'm so sorry sir. I wasn't feeling too well this morning so I missed it. I will clean the office all over again and I promise to be done within a few minutes" she said
"Well, it's too late. You are fired and I don't want to see you anywhere near this building again" I said sternly
"Please sir, I really don't have anywhere else to go. I promise to work harder and not repeat this mistake" she pleaded and went on her knees
"Do you know what I hate the most? It's someone going down on their knees to apologize to me." I said and picked the landline phone
The security came in no time and dragged her out of my office. I don't know why people can't stick to simple instructions.
Few minutes later, my secretary came in. She was looking stunning as usual and her especially long legs were attractive.
"Good morning sir. I apologize for coming late. There was a traffic jam on the way so it took a while. I'm really sorry" she apologized
"Hmm" I said and kept quiet for a few minutes before standing up
"You know I like you Sophia but it was stated in the rules that I mustn't get to work before you no matter what. No excuse is allowed and I can't make an exception for you. You can submit your resignation letter so it won't seem like I fired you" I concluded and went back to sit
"I'm really sorry, I promise it won't happen again. Please don't fire me" she pleaded
"Unfortunately, I can't listen today because someone already made me angry before you. You are beautiful and smart so I'm sure you will find a decent job soon" I said nonchalantly
"I really don't know why you are like this. You keep firing anyone that makes a mistake like you don't also make mistakes yourself.
I have to resume work before 7am everyday so that you won't arrive before me. I also need to apply makeup, wear heels and look beautiful because it's stated in the terms and conditions but what else do you want me to do?
The time was just 7:06 when I got here and it's the first time I will be getting to work by this time. You couldn't even just take pity on me because of how diligent I've worked for the past few months and you decided to fire me. I'm going to leave but I want to see who will take up this crazy job again" she concluded and left
What? Did she just say all that to me? She was only pretending to be gentle all these time because I'm her boss? Wow!
Since she dared to challenge me that no one will take this job, I'm going to prove her wrong. I took the phone and called my manager.
"I need you to get me a secretary within a week and I don't want someone that is less beautiful compared to Sophia. Make sure you tell her every single condition applied to the job and also increase the salary by ten percent" I said to him
"Alright sir"
I just want to see who will refuse working in the biggest company in America with such great pay.
TBC........
© Tricia
