My Turkish Heart

Chapter 1

The heat of the Summer's morning was felt on her skin as she stood on the train station. Everything in Summer was pleasant for Izzy even taking public transport. Views of the ocean could be seen from the station which made her even more happy that she was traveling.

It had been the first week back to work since Summer holidays and the Monday blues had already started with the announcement of the trains being delayed.Everyone was in panic mode, but Izzy took out her earphones and played her morning playlist.Music always transported her to places that she could only dream of.She tied up her curly hair as the heat of the morning increased.

Mornings on the train station were always interesting for her, as she watched how people interacted with each other. She was always curious about what her future would be like in terms of having her own family or finding Mr Right.

Izzy was very much a free spirit and loved the simple things in life. Her mother said she inherited that carefree nature from her Father. She could act on impulse and sometimes it would end badly, but she led with her heart not her head. When it came to her career she was very passionate about it, but learnt that leading with her head was best for business. The females in Izzy's family believed that women should go after the careers they want and they motivated her to be more business minded. She was the youngest daughter in a family of 3 girls. All of her siblings led their own lives and moved abroad, they would only meet during family holidays. Most of her time was spent with her boss turned best friend Rachel who was older than her and the total opposite of Izzy's simple life. The train arrived and she was pleasantly surprised to get an open seat for the duration of her journey.

As she was getting off the train and grabbing some coffee,Rachel called. Surprised by Rachel calling so early while the whole office was still on holidays, but she knew she would never call unless something urgent happened.

"Hey Izzy, I know you are on holiday, but we just potentially landed a really juicy contract. The only problem is I need you to travel and go check out the location before we go any further. I would go, but I have the kids for the week and the ex husband is out of town"

"Hey Rach, great news! Where is the location?"

She heard Rachel scrambling in her notebook for the details.

"So it's just outside of town, I'll send you the link to the place. They are having some mini launches this weekend as well, so I have booked you into the nearby lodge. I just need you to observe things, report and possibly pitch the last night. The usual mix and mingle, to understand what's happening on the ground."

Izzy never minded the out of office trips, but she always had weird experiences whilst traveling. She felt like her nature was the cause of all these incidents. The memory of the last trip made her cover her eyes with her hand. Due to her usually traveling alone, she met a guy who mistook her kindness for flirting and told the whole resort she was his girlfriend. She had to play hide and seek till her trip was over to not meet up with him.

"Sure thing Rach! When I get home, I will arrange things and get ready for the next few days. Chat later."

Rachel and Izzy's work relationship was really professional and they would rarely mix business and pleasure in front of the other staff.They had a small team made up of just the skills they needed for the company. Some freelancers at times, but a close knit group that worked really well together. The workload was pretty flexible most of the time and they usually just headed into the office for urgent meetings with clients, staff brainstorming or working together on a deadline. Izzy liked her job and sometimes they would work on really cool projects.

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