When Sanem gets to the office, she pauses on the bridge while Leyla heads on. Yila was busy putting something on the tree of ribbons and small notes she's passed so many times before.
"Good morning Yila."
"Good morning Sanem."
"This is the Wish Tree right? I don't think I've ever seen anything like it."
"Yes it is. You can try your luck if you want."
Maybe if I put my wish up there, it will come true... "Maybe I will," Sanem shrugs and then she takes a piece of paper and a pen from Yila's desk. "I'll just borrow this for a minute." Yila nods and leaves her to it. She walks to the side and then looks around quickly. "Hello, what's new with you?" she asks the skeleton with her name still hung around it's neck. One of the other employees pass her and he stops, looking at her oddly. "Good morning."
"Morning," he says hesitantly then continues walking.
Why is it always me? She groans silently. "What is your problem?" she asks after a second of looking at 'Sanem'. "I'm going to write down my deepest desire, you embarrassed about that? You can't even look at me. Coward." She looks at the piece of paper. "And yes," she looks at 'Sanem' again, "that tree is merely decorative, but desire is desire, and that's what it represents. Nothing wrong with making a wish." She writes down her wish - nothing but a capital 'C' and then folds it, giving the paper a kiss and then sliding it into a small pink envelope. "Stop looking at me like that!" She pushes the hat on the skeleton over its face. "You have a very important job here, do it, remind the people who I am." She takes the stationery back and then looks for the best spot on the tree.
Can arrives at that moment, putting his keys and phone away, as Sanem is hooking the envelope to the tree, her eyes closed and a smile on her face.
When she opens them and he is standing right there, about to greet her, her eyes widen and she shakes the tree roughly.
Can frowns. Whatever she was doing it wasn't working because he could still see the envelope she just put in.
"I'm checking the...uh...sturdiness of everything in the office," Sanem says sternly. "You never know when it might be needed information."
"Of course, you never know," Can clears his throat and lifts his brow.
"Have a good day Mr Can." Sanem turns then and hurries away from him.
He looks after her, and slowly steps up to the tree, taking the envelope between his fingers, his eyes on her retreating form before he pulls it out and puts it in his pocket.
*
"We will make everything the way you want," Guliz nods, on the phone with the film crew's manager for the shoot. "Yes, exactly!"
JJ ignores her, hearing her talking but having more important things to worry about. His arm is pulled and Guliz stops him in his tracks.
"JJ, write this down."
"Okay."
"Nine vegan dishes."
"Nine vegan."
"Seven vegatarian, two pescatarian..."
"Pesca - what?" JJ looks at her. "What's that? I can't write down something I don't know. Ask them what that is."
"It means there's only one kind of meat."
"What kind of meat though? Fish, chicken, turkey? What? This is so stupid!"
"Shh JJ!"
"No, I won't 'shh'," he mocks. "What kind of people are these? No one makes all of tha - "
YOU ARE READING
Early Bird (Erkençi Kus)(Part 1)
Fanfiction* (A Turkish Series Translation) A young woman named Sanem Aydin lives with her overbearing but loving parents, who have certain ideas of how she should be living - and it doesn't involve her working at her family store full time. They thinks she s...
