BEYOND THE SHORE......

CHAPTER:-1

Three Hours Earlier....

"Jennade can you come in here for a moment." The sound of my boss's voice echoed around my office through the phone. Letting out a sigh I pushed away from my desk and headed for the door.

On the walk to my sses office down the hall I prayed she didn't suddenly need me for something. There was only an hour left of the work week and I was more than ready to go home and relax. My lower back was killing me from bending over my desk for the past two hours and my eyes were going buggy from staring at my screen for far too long. I'm in dire need of a glass of wine when I get home.

Knocking on my bosses door I popped my head inside. Her short blonde head bent over her desk working on something.

"You needed me?"

"Yes, come in." As I took a seat across from my boss, Linda, I instantly knew my plans of going home a bit early were null and void now. "I just got a last minute request for someone to take pictures of a local football team that made it to some championship game." She started to say, making me groan.

"And you said I would do it." By the sheepish look on her face I knew I was correct. "Why me?" I all but whined. I have already spent the whole week taking pictures of a local charity group planning a huge event in a few weeks, not to mention editing and writing multiple blogs for other events happening too.

"Everyone has already left or is out on other assignments. I know you've already had a full week but they promised it would only take an hour tops." Linda said, leaning forward and sending me a pleading look.

I loved Linda, I do. She's probably the most easy going boss anyone could have and seeing that she was basically one of my best friends, she knew exactly what to give me to make me agree.

"You will also be getting paid overtime if you do it." She added. I went to groan again at her words. She knew I wouldn't pass up getting paid over time. Plus it wasn't like I couldn't do it, I had pretty much finished up my work for the week anyways and it wasn't like I had big plans tonight.

"Fine, I'll do it." I mumbled which made Linda beam.

"You are a lifesaver, jennade." She rattled off details as she typed into her phone. "Just take the pictures and ask the boys how they feel about making it to the championship, talk to the Coach for a second and then you are done. On Monday we can work on the rest."

I nodded while looking at the details she sent me. It was a pretty straight forward meet up and wasn't that far from the office. Definitely should be able to knock it out in an hour if not earlier.

"I better get going but you owe me for this one." I said as I stood up and headed for the door.

"Yeah yeah. Let me know when you are done." I sent her a thumbs up as I opened the door and stepped out. "Let me know if you want to hangout this weekend." She called after me. With a shout over my shoulder I went back to my office to grab my things.

I made quick work of grabbing my purse and camera. The sooner I get there the sooner my plans of going home to relax could come true. After saying a few quick 'see you laters' to the people left in the office, I headed out of the office and towards my car.

Despite the groaning in Linda's office I loved my job. It is the first time I have ever been able to actually say I love what I do. I literally get paid to go around and take pictures of events, people, food, concerts, sports, and write a little piece on it for people to read and see.

I loved every second of it, even if that meant working over time and spending hours staring at my computer screen trying to make everything perfect. It's not everyday someone can say they adore their job like I do.

When I graduated college I for sure thought someone like me with an English and Photography degree wouldn't find anything. I literally spent 3 months after graduation applying to every job there was. Some weren't even in my area of degree.

Because I had to make rent I kept my job at a local pizzeria and worked another job at a retail store. Lets just say neither of those were the greatest jobs. Working retail taught me a lot about people and how much I despised most of them. And the Pizzeria, well that taught me that game days here were great days to work for the tips but not much so for the drunk customers.

I had almost lost hope of finding a career with my degree when LInda reached out. Her company, now my job, Fusion Weekly, was just barely starting out. It is a mix of a magazine and a newspaper all in one. We displayed everything from pictures of local hot spots to alerting people what kind of events were going on in the city.

When Linda described it all to me I barely let her finish before saying yes. Besides the fact that it sounded amazing I was beyond desperate. From the moment I showed up to the brightly lit office I knew it was the place for me. It's been three years since I started and I couldn't see myself working anywhere else.

degree wouldn't find anything. I literally spent 3 months after graduation applying to every job there was. Some weren't even in my area of degree.

Because I had to make rent I kept my job at a local pizzeria and worked another job at a retail store. Lets just say neither of those were the greatest jobs. Working retail taught me a lot about people and how much I despised most of them. And the Pizzeria, well that taught me that game days here were great days to work for the tips but not much so for the drunk customers.

I had almost lost hope of finding a career with my degree when LInda reached out. Her company, now my job, Fusion Weekly, was just barely starting out. It is a mix of a magazine and a newspaper all in one. We displayed everything from pictures of local hot spots to alerting people what kind of events were going on in the city.

When Linda described it all to me I barely let her finish before saying yes. Besides the fact that it sounded amazing I was beyond desperate. From the moment I showed up to the brightly lit office I knew it was the place for me. It's been three years since I started and I couldn't see myself working anywhere else.