My Life is a Perfect Lie

Episode three

Next morning, I don't go to the site, instead I go straight to my boss, Andy. She calls George and does the talking.

"Listen Candace, I am sorry that you and Teena had to go through all that yesterday.Things happen sometimes.  I am sure he has got some genuine reason to not show up yesterday"

"Yeah. but I am angry. I felt insulted"

"Okay, I guess that's natural. Forget about it focus on your passion and the money. We all need money but how many of us get paid for doing the thing they love to do? "

"Alright, you are right"

"Start fresh, okay"

"Yeah"

"Okay. coffee? "

"No, thanks. I should take your leave now"

"Okay no problem, have a nice day"

I get up and walk towards the door of the cabin. I hold the handle but instead of turning it, I turn myself around. I look in her grey eyes behind those red frames. I open my mouth slightly to say something but don't know how to put it in words. She looks back at me and raises her eyebrows as if to ask, what happen? I shake my head and turn to the door. I walk out and stand there for few seconds.
I look at the screen of my cellphone. Two missed calls from George. I go to my seat and call back.

" Hello"

"Yeah Candace where are you? "

"In the office"

"Come down you guys need to go. Car is here to pick you guys"

"Yeah, coming"

"And you don't have to stay there after six. I talked to Mr. Carter. He is okay with it"

"Okay "

Andy must have ordered George to do that. She is amazing. She is not a mean boss. She takes care of her employees, she knows how to keep them under control as well. She is a powerful woman with a weird sense of fashion. She wears sneakers and flats with blazer. She has short blonde hair, photogenic round face, sharp nose and thin pink lips. She is taller than me, must be around five - ten. She is not exactly fat, but has belly protruding a little.
Everyone in the company respects her.

I go to the basement to change my clothes. I can paint on pencil skirt of course. I put on my overalls and we three hurry up to reach to the gate. Here awaits the Mercedes again. I get inside and find a person sitting there quietly.
Hesitatingly, I sit next to him.
Teena and Kabir get inside too.
When car pulls away I see one more man sitting next to the driver. He turns around and looks straight into my eyes.

"Hello Miss Candace", he says.

"Hello" , I say clearing my throat.

"I would like to introduce you to Mr. Carter"

I turn my eyes to the person sitting next to me  without turning my face, and retract my sight and turn my face to him.

"Hello,  Mr. Carter"

After few seconds of awkwardness I exhale the air I didn't know I was holding.

"Mr. Carter wanted to meet you before you start the work. He would like to know your insights and tell some of his"

"Yeah sure "

"We'll discuss rest of the things upon reaching there"

"Okay"

Awkward silence spreads in the car. I focused my sight on the road in front. But only my heart know how much I wanted to see the complete face of the man sitting next to me. I steal glances at him but he never took his eyes off his tablet, not even when his secretary was introducing me to him.
What was the need of this awkward introduction in the car. He could have met us at the building itself. In the middle of my thoughts I see the car taking a different route than yesterday.
Before I could ask the secretary said,
"The plan is to have breakfast first then we'll go to the site"

(Breakfast? who asked for it?
he could have done it at his home, why take us all there!)

The car pulled in front of the gate of a Hotel. The building rise high from the ground, top of which says Sapphire. I have heard the name. it's one of the finest Hotels of the city. Only business men come here. They come here for meetings.

We get outside the car. As we climb a few steps and recall that I forgot my cell phone in the car.

"You guys go ahead, I'll catch you", I say climbing down the steps.

I go to the parking area and find the driver standing in front of the car. I hurry and walk up to him and tell him my phone is inside. He unlocks the car and gives me my phone.
I walk back to the hotel.
I call Teena to find out where are they.

"Ninth floor" , she says.

"Okay, coming"

I get in the elevator, press the number nine.  It begins and stops. It stops I don't know where. The electricity goes off and I get stuck in the elevator.

" Great! I am stuck inside this stupid elevator all by myself ", I say to myself kicking the door of the elevator. It only worsens the situation the elevator shakes and and make some noise. My heart pumps blood faster.

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