Head Over Heels

chapter one

Mimidoo stepped down from the car, as she waved Kimberly goodbye.
Kim had insisted on dropping her off, she was glad she did, it was going to be her first day at work and noticing some traces of nervousness Kim had followed her so as to give her the moral support she needed. All through out the ride Kim had read out some "first day at a new organisation tips " for her even though she thought it was not really necessary, after all this wasn't her first ever job.

"Lols... She love this girl so much" she thought as she smiled at her own little way of showing her support.

She stared at the massive building in front of her before making her way into it. She stood before the elevator pondering if she should make use of it or take the stairs, she did the latter, being in a confine space scares her alot especially when  alone.

After about ten minutes she finally got to the seventh floor where her office is located. She would   be working in the ICT department in the state secretariat and honestly that was a dream come through, she is starting as a level eight, step three civil servant.

When she had gotten to Benin-city, she had   worked  in a microfinance Bank and even when Kim offered that her dad could help her secure a spot in the  ICT department in the state civil service commission she had refused, she had always been an independent girl even at a tender age, she believes in achieving her purpose and dreams all by herself rather than cutting corners, for her those are the major steps in developing oneself.

She want to be able to beat her chest one day and say proudly to anyone who cares to listen that she did it all by  herself.

She finally agreed to accept help from Kim's dad when she could no longer bear the sexual pressure that came with the job, and worst still, her boss had always  wanted to use her as a bait to get wealthy male customer and when she refuses to their advances it was hell for her, her boss would humiliate her and called her a failure at times she goes home with half pay at the end of the month. When she quitted  her job she had cried herself to stupor.

Kim had took  her to their  pastor's wife Dr favour, when the situation was getting out of hand. Dr favour had  adviced and counseled her, and also told  her there was nothing wrong in accepting  help, she opened her understanding using scriptural references that at times divine help were sent by God to make things easier for his children, and that was how she finally got to accept the job offer.

When she saw the numerous benefits and incentives that came with working in the government sector she had chided herself for being stupid all these while, the freedom and peace of mind that comes with it was something else.

"Good morning Mimi" Tina greeted happily as soon as Mimi stepped in.

"Morning Tina, hope you slept well" she replied, Tina had been friendly with her right from her three weeks training program when she learnt they were going to be working together.

"Yeah I did"

She went to her own cubicle and sat on her chair making herself comfortable. She hasn't been assigned any duties yet and her other two colleagues haven't arrived yet. The office was  large  and spacious, she was sharing the office with three others and in her own honest opinion this was a total waste of space because the office could accommodate four more desk without being chocked up.

"Mimi please can you help me create a template for these so I can enter in theses figures, I totally forgot about it last week and they needs it latest 1PM, I'm sorry to bother you please but I have to run off fifty copies of a document for the next meeting and I'm not even done with proofreading and editing it" she explained as  looked  at Mimi expectantly.

"That not a problem, let me have them"

Tina passed the handwritten format to her and soon she got busy with work.