ndful of paperwork left and was making quick wo

sistant do it. It was either she had a really big announcement, one the entire company was just receiving from the board

eryone took it to mean four hundreds. The woman was perpetually stuck in time, she had not changed a sing

be able to move. Pearls hung from her ears and neck seemingly taunting anyone who gazed at them to guess just how much they c

replica, he certainly acted like it. His hair was held

r with as much authority and promise of something bad as an anno

re doing and gave her all ear

f that the board give us the

CEO of the co

out, Rita caught some snips o

, he was here

ed healt

think happe

ne got the d

g out, cutting clea

od man. Kind and quite frankly my nieces would not be alive to

ast week. The company will be in mourning for this week and

just decide to sell. That is as of right now is not k

them as easily as she called an

Everyone went back to their work, some trying to proce

ly looked like Saint Nicholas every day of the year with all the stark w

uld hardly get the sixth sense feeling that your boss was watching you. Remarkabl

sake. He made sure the complaints we had were fixed or presented with an alternative. He was the reason Marlene was less cr

ho knows what is going to happen to them. Even Marlene seems slightly worried. Ri

***

e. The whole staff got the news around the same t

lost a golden opportunity, if they had known he would kick the bucket thi

he tasking work she had polished through that morning her reserves were low but she could not bring herself to take

thony had any soul crushing work for her to take home Monday night. The floor was prac

r the elevator. Marlene had left early like

Neither one of them had had the guts to apologize for

it, you became the official scapegoat for everything they d

loved to wear the tightest and skimpiest set of clothes to

hen she actually got the job, the pranks became worse. Nothing she could not handle but more hands joined in. She still ma

ically sabotage. They would purposely do things they were not supposed to do and blame it on her. Marlene would follow th

tasks today. She could not think of anything better than just taking a bath and some good food, guaranteed she would have to ma

For what? Rita did not know but it definitely was not to apologize. She tried s