Beautifully Broken

01

"Jordyn, when will you be back?" Naomi asks.

"I don't know, Naomi. Are you okay?" I mutter toying with the tassel of my bag.

"I miss you. Grandma wants you here for Thanksgiving." She sighs.

"I'm not sure I can make it, Naomi. I don't have the money to fly from New York to Illinois." I whisper.

"You promised you'd be here for Thanksgiving, Jordyn." She voices out.

"I know, I'm sorry. I promise I'll be there for your birthday." I promise.

"That's what you always say. You're just like dad." She snaps and ends the call and my chest tightens, making it really hard to breathe and I count one to ten slowly and eventually I'm breathing properly and my vision clears eventually.

I'm sorry, Naomi.

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"Good morning, I'm... Jordyn Smith." I stutter slightly.

"Good morning. Can I help you?" The bubbly receptionist asks.

"I'm... I'm here... Here for the interview." I stutter and embarrassment floods to my cheeks making them red.

"Oh! You're quite early." She says and I don't know if that's a bad or good thing so I bend my head to avoid her gaze and apologize.

"I'm sorry."

Hearing that, she shakes her head. "That's actually a good thing. Clemonte Industries appreciates punctuality. Speaking of which, so that you're not late, the interview is on the fortieth floor. You'll meet another receptionist there, she's Dahlia. Tell her I said hi. And I hope you ace it." She finishes.

That was a lot.

"Thank you." I squeak and walk away as fast as I can.

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"Hello... I'm... I'm here for the interview." I mutter.

"You must be Jordyn. Alice called to inform me that you would be here. You can have a seat. You're the first to arrive and the interview starts in literally ten minutes. Mr Clemonte is going to blow a fuse. He hates it when people are late." Dahlia chatters.

"Talking about me, Dahlia?" Mr Clemonte - I guess - says.

"Hi, Mr Clemonte. This is Jordyn Smith, she's here for the interview." Dahlia introduces and I mutter a good morning.

"Good morning, Miss Smith. Come with me please, and Dahlia when Fawn arrives, tell her I'd like a word." He informs.

"Actually, I'm right on time today, Mr Clemonte." Fawn rushes towards us.

"I told you to stay home. You were really sick this morning." He mumbles, rubbing her cheek.

I guess they're together and he's responsible for the baby?

"I hate staying home. It makes me feel useless. I'll be fine." She assures him and he kisses her and she moans and I duck my head down, feeling awkward.

"Tyler can you not do that where everybody can see. It's quite irritating." A new voice says and I look up to see the most handsome guy I've ever set eyes on. His bottle green eyes, with a luring look to them and his brown hair, probably soft and I bend my head before he could notice me gawking at him.

"Bro, you need to get some. What is it with you and being a virgin Mary." Tyler says.

"So I can be like you and Fawn, huh? Mom and dad aren't supportive of this and you know it." The guy says and Fawn runs away crying.

"Good, you made her cry. Knowing you that's what you do best, making people cry." Tyler snaps and goes after Fawn.

"Fucking asshole." He curses and I flinch, goosebumps covering my skin.

"Jordyn, please go sit down. The board will be down soon. I don't think Fawn or Tyler will be coming back anytime soon." Dahlia instructs.

"Yeah, because they'll be going at it like rabbits." The guy says and I get confused at that, not knowing I had said rabbits out loud.

Shaking his head with a smirk, he says. "Aren't you a naive little thing." and that increases my confusion.

I'm not naive, right?

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