Apartment 22

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The weekend came to an end and it was now Monday. Gordon would be here any minute and I felt a lump in my throat- why did he want to talk to me so urgently? I mean I know I have a record of making up worst case scenarios in my head that most probably wouldn't happen...but there was always a chance right?

I was busy overthinking when he came into my office "Kristen Hi, how have you been?" He said not looking like someone who was about to drop a bomb on me. He seemed in a good mood. He was very unpredictable and always had been.

Kristen: "I uh I've been well thanks how about you Gordon?" I said with a slight nervousness in my voice as I sat down behind my dest as i  crossing my legs and intertwining my hands. He then sat down on the chair across from my desk as he straightened up his suit. Always so worried about his appearance (kind of just like me not gonna lie).

Gordon: "I'm doing well thanks to you!" he said with some overwhelming excitement. Wait what? "you're such an asset to the company Kristen and without you I wouldn't -we wouldn't have demolished our competitors this past year. I gave you instructions and you followed them through perfectly" he said impressed with my work. Which made me very happy, it's nice being praised for hard work. Especially when it constantly gives you stress headaches.

Kristen: "You know me, always upholding standards" I said with a satisfied tone. I really did put in a lot of effort to impress Gordon and trust me when I say- it was hard.

Gordon: "so what I wanted to talk to you about" he added. Uh-oh I thought that was what he wanted to talk about...there's more? "I want to give you a promotion. And seeing as you're already the director of HR and can't grow any further within the company, I thought maybe you could tackle our new growing company in Japan for a year or two? You would be such a great asset there there and with your expertise you'd really help get it off the ground and in the right ditection." he finished. Did he just say Japan? As in halfway across the world Japan? Okay there is no other Japan, but wtf Jaaapaan?!?!

I needed to process this. I mean was he serious? What about Danielle? Maybe she'd come with me, or maybe we could do long distance. Did I even want to leave my own country? This is a lot to absorb. I realized I was just sitting there staring at him, so I had to say something...

Kristen: "I-I uh. Gordon, I'm going to need some time to think about this, if that alright with you" I said still in shock and trying to make sense of it all.

Don't get me wrong this could be an amazing opportunity and even though i work my ass off already, this would be even harder work, longer hours and sleepless nights. An opportunity nonetheless. I just could look past the fact that I'd have to leave behind someone who meant a lot to me.

Gordon: "I get it, it's a big decision" he answered. Yeah no shit it was a big decision. "think about it and let me know before the end of the week okay?" the end of the week? That soon? He then greeted me and walked off, leaving me with a head full of words and sentences to process. The biggest word being JAPAN.

I mean like i said it was a great opportunity and I really had reached my plateau at our company, but my heart was with Danielle and Danielle was in New York? So what did this mean for us?...

Luckily I was having dinner with her tonight at my place. So I guess I'll get to break the news. I had no idea how she was going to react, and I didn't want her to think I'd just leave her behind.

Later that day I got home and took a quick shower before Danny got here. I was very anxious to talk to her about the conversation with Gordon and I didn't know how she'd feel about it. I mean I hadn't made a decision, it was still up in the air as to what I was going to do. But I knew that whatever I was going to do, I wanted it to be with the girl of my dreams.