Unexpected Love

Chapter 1: Fired?!!

  A thinking young woman sitting behind her desk with her mind lost. A lot on her mind as she couldn't focus on her work. Suddenly, someone taps her making her realize she has a pile of paper work to file and emails to send. As she shifts her gaze to the person, it's no other person than her boss.  She immediately stands up, shaking like a jelly.

      "Miss Anderson, I can no longer have an incompetent person as my personal assistant" he says calmly like I didn't do anything.
     Well did I?
"I'm so sorry, Mr Wilson" I apologize
He gave me a stern look for few seconds then he spoke.
"This shouldn't happen again, or you would be fired"
"Ok-ay than..." He walks away before I could finish.
     "Phew", I gave a sigh of relief as I sat down. I'm so glad he wasn't angry. I decided to leave the paperwork and start typing an email Mr Wilson asked me to send to a company in New York.
Suddenly, I hear my name from the intercom.
"Ugh, what does he want now?" I thought
"Miss Anderson, where's my cup of coffee?" He asks as I knew he would be very angry.

     I forgot, what is wrong with me?
I went to the Cafeteria to get this done.

I can't get fired, I have a son to feed and a life.
      Without wasting time, I carried the cup of coffee to his office. Getting there the door was wide open with no one inside. I walked in, using my eyes to search for Mr Wilson.
     Where could he be?, Now I've made the coffee.

I wanted to walk away when I heard a voice. I wasn't sure if he was close by. As I turned, I hit a hard figure, it felt like a wall, only warm and the coffee spilled on it.
       Oh my God!, Mr Wilson
He looks at himself then shifts his gaze to me, his eyes are dark, filled with anger.
"I'm so sorry" I say running out of his office to get a napkin. On returning, he was still in the same spot, brewing anger. I managed to dry it but the stain was still there. He grit his teeth, looking at me.
    "You're Fired"
  "Fired?!, I can't be fired I have..." I say as he interrupts.
     "I have every reason to fire you, Riele. You come to work late, you waste time carrying out your job, thinking or daydreaming about only God knows what and now spilling Coffee?"
    "I'm so sorry, it wouldn't happen twice"
"Well I'm not sorry cause I don't want you spilling liquids on important people who might come to this establishment"
"Sir, please hear me out, I have a child to..."
"I know and if you really want to take care of him you would be serious with your work or maybe have steady hands. Now get out of my office!" He commanded. I walked out of the office, straight to my desk and took my things. Before i left, I went to see him, well not see. I walked into the office, without knocking, he had already changed his clothes. He was sitting behind his desk.
    "I thought I fired you?"
"Yes you did, and I don't work here any more, just wanted to show you that I have steady hands" I say sticking my middle finger up. Fuck you!.
Then, I walked out of his office and the building. I went to where my car was parked in the parking lot. I kept things behind and sat in the driver's seat. I rested my head on the steering wheel crying. Then I realized something, I can get a new one, although it would be kind of difficult cause I got fired and no company would want a worker who got fired from their previous workplace.
I wiped the tears off my face and drove off.

I got home early-12:24pm. I kept my bag in my room and changed my clothes. I took my phone surfing the Internet when I remembered that I got to call Kyrie's babysitter, Layla to tell her that she got a day off and didn't have to pick him from school cause I would. I immediately dialled her number and she answered.
"Hey, Layla"
"Oh, hi Miss Anderson, How are you?"
"I'm..."
"Fine"
"O-kay"
"So you don't need to pick Kyrie up from school today"
"Um, Why?"
"Cause I'd pick him up and you have a day off"
"Ohk, Thanks"
"Your welcome"
"Bye" she says as she ends the call.
       Layla is a 17 year old girl who babysits kids in the neighborhood cause she's saving money for something personal which she didn't share.
      ....
     As I woke up, I checked the time.
"3pm!" I dashed to the sitting room and took my car keys.
Lessons have been dismissed since 1:30pm.Oh Jeez.

As I got to his school, I parked my car. Walking into the premises, I saw Kyrie from afar running towards me. I opened my arms for the hug.
"Mom!" He says hugging me tightly
"Hey, cup cake" I say smiling as I carried him in my arms
"Where's Aunt Layla?" He asks
"She's not coming today, so I decided to pick you up"
"Okay, but don't you have work? and you're back a bit early"
"Umm, I...how bout we go get ice creams?" I ask trying to avoid his question
"Okay, sure" he says as I walk towards the car.
      Kyrie is a bit smart for his age and very inquisitive. Sometimes, I wonder what I ate during his pregnancy.
     We went to the ice cream shop. He sat down while I went to place our orders. I love chocolate chips and he loves butterscotch. I gave him his ice cream and started licking mine.
I admit, it felt good
       After having our ice creams, we headed home. As we got home, I got a message from my bestie, Aera.

   Aera🥰💖: I'm coming to Chicago tomorrow for that wedding I told you about.
Aera🥰💖: Mind if I stay at your place
Me: sure, I'll send the address later
      
Kyrie went to have his bath as I went through my email cause I usually get job vacancy messages there. Unfortunately, I didn't see any. So I went to prepare dinner.

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