Early Bird (Erkenci Kus)(Part 2)

108. It belongs to me

"JJ?" Sanem turns to JJ, her heart beating in her stomach nervously.

Can hadn't even looked her way when he left and she was worried. Especially since they've been through this before.

"It's over for real this time. Mr Can suspects me, I know it."

After thinking it over some, she realized their frail friendship was just starting again and the wounds of the past was still healing. She knew she didn't do anything this time, but Can was still working on trusting her.

"He barely looked at me after we left the meeting, and he kept looking over here just now, and then he didn't look at me when he left...he doesn't trust me. Did you see it?"

"You think so?" JJ frowns and she nods, gulping. "Don't panic, that's what you told me. Don't panic, stay calm. You don't know for sure."

"I don't like Mr Emre being here either," Sanem says instead, shaking her head. She didn't trust the peace just yet. "It's like the nightmare is happening all over again," she huffs. "This is all going to be pinned on me, you wait."

JJ eyes her with a confused frown but she has her eyes trained on the other side of the room.

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Can comes back then, and snaps his fingers in front of Deren, who looks up from her phone where she is sitting on the couch. "Deren, can you come please? We have work to do."

"Coming," she nods and gets up, putting away her phone. Can turns back around, not waiting for her.

"Something's happening," JJ whispers and stops dancing.

"Sanem," Deren says as she passes them, "can you bring me the file on my desk to Can's office?"

Sanem stares at her blankly as she walks ahead, her throat dry.

"Hey, stop worrying. She just asked you to bring a file. No big deal. Take it easy." Sanem looks at JJ, her eyes telling him that she was trying but failing. "Take it easy," he assures and touches her shoulder.

She gives him a semblance of a smile and nods, before she turns and walks the other way to go to Deren's office.

On the way, she looks up from the floor and smiling at her co-workers, only to come to a stop.

What's he doing in there? Emre was standing around in Deren's office, and as she watches, he takes the snowglobe Deren removed from Can's office yesterday from the cabinet, only to hold it behind his back while glancing over his shoulder and she narrows her eyes. Oh...of course...not suspicious at all... and he's trying to convince people he changed? Bah, I don't think so...he didn't learn a thing!

Looking over her shoulder quickly, she moves fast to catch him before he could get away. "Mr Emre?" she says as she steps into Deren's office, pretending to be surprised to find him.

"Sanem?"

She looks at his hidden hand behind him and back up. His face revealed nothing and she lifts a brow.

"I'm just waiting for Deren."

Oh, are you now? "I just came to get a file from her desk."

"Probably this top one, huh?" He nods to the Compass Sport file.

"Yes." She picks it up and holds it to her chest, turning away and not saying anything on the snowglobe.

As she leaves, she walks right into Fabri coming down the hallway and stops. "Mr Fabri," she greets him with a curt nod.

"Miss Sanem," he nods as well. "I was just looking for you. Can we talk for a minute?" Fabri looks at Emre when he moves inside the office and then at Sanem, holding up a finger. "One second?"