ONCE AGAIN

Part 4

It is Monday morning. The day we'll hold the last stage of the interview. I parked my car at the parking lot and started walking to the building. A girl immediately ran past me. She must be in a hurry or maybe one of the candidates. But I wonder why she'd be this late to an interview when infact we specified no late coming.

We stretched the time for the interview because in FSC corporation, no lateness is permitted. She mistakenly dropped something. That seems like a key holder. Oh there's a key on it. I picked it up while trying to call her back but she didn't hear me and ran to the building. I looked back at the key holder and rolled my eyes.

"What a baby" I muttered and headed to the elevator.

"Is everything ready?" I asked my secretary. She said yes. And started reading my schedules for the day.

"Alright. Get my coffee. Bring their files to me while coming. And tell them to get ready we'll be starting soon." I said. She nodded and left.

I have attended to about 15 of them and I must confess it's tiring. We still have 7 candidates left before we took a break. I just finished eating my snacks when my phone rang and it was Heng calling.

"Hey bratty, how is the interview going?" Heng asked

"It's going well. I tried calling you in the morning but you didn't take the call"

"Sorry I missed it. I was busy with work. And I just finished now. Is there any problem?"

"No problem at all. Hey can you give me a ride to somewhere later in the evening?" I asked

"Of course. I don't have any plans tonight."

"Alright thank you very much. Come pick me up at home by 7pm".

"Freen, I hope all is well, you don't sound good. Have you taken your snacks yet? Is the interview so stressful?" He asked worriedly

"No Heng. Not that. We will talk when you get here. I have 5 minutes left before the break is over. So see you later."

"Okay. Take it easy. See you soon". He said and ended the call.

After some minutes. My secretary came to inform me that the next candidate would be coming in. I just nodded.
I was glued to my phone when a lovely voice greeted me.

"Good afternoon ma'am" she greeted while still standing.

I raised my head to face the girl infront of me. Oh that outfit looks familiar. She's the one I saw at the parking lot. It's the same outfit and height. I asked her to take a seat which she did and we began. After about 30 minutes we finished and she left the room.

I finished by 2pm in the afternoon. I called my secretary and handed her the list of the new employees. She knows what to do after that. She just left the office and I parked my things and went home.

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"Oh Becky I'm so proud of you. You made us proud" Irene can't stop congratulating me.

She kept hugging me. My grandma is also here with us. Smiling from ear to ear. We are all happy. I placed a call on my family in England and they all congratulated me.

"So tell us Becky, how did it happen" Richie asked joyfully. He indeed needed every details.

"I went to the interview 10 minutes late. When I got there the receptionist said I was lucky because lady boss hadn't checked in yet if not she would have walked me out .."

"Oh that seems like a strict boss to me" Richie cut in.

"Yeah she is. Her secretary explained some rules and that definitely confirmed that lady boss is really strict"