Miss Secretary takes charge

Chapter 40

  Recap  

     Ms Jones had read out his schedules for the day, he gave her some notes and other files to finish before he attends the meeting. Lee and Ben walked in with some files.

     Ms Jones asked, "Sir, there was a resignation from an employee without notice, should we file charges?"
Henry scrunched his eyebrows and asked "Who's that?"

"Ms Juliet Rozana"

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     Ben and Lee froze in their spot. Henry could not believe it, so he got the papers to re-check, his mind went blank.
"What the hell is happening?"
Henry lost his cool,
"I just want to know WHYYY?" He screamed pushing away all the files from his table.
"Call Mr Smith immediately"
Mr Smith came in next few minutes. Henry's table was a mess, it's so unusual thought Mr Smith.
Henry gave the resignation paper to Smith.
"First I want to know, did she get drunk in the party?"
"Yes, Mr Kingston. I noticed when she was walking unsteadily so I have asked Mason to inform you and drop her"
"Call Mason" Henry said in a stern voice.

     When Mason came in, "What happened when you dropped her that night?" Henry's voice was very angry.
Mason looked at Ben in confusion and mouthed 'who'.
He whispered 'Julie'.
"She answered a phone call from a person named Chels that she was going back home and will call tomorrow"
"Chels?" Henry asked.
"Chelsea, her colleagues here" Mr Smith clarified.
Henry looked at Mason to continue.
"She asked me how long have I been working for you and I said more than a decade, she asked whether I like working for you, I said yes, and in turn I asked about her job, she said she love this job and it's an honour to be an employee here and when she said this, her face turned sad"
Henry was intently listening to every detail, he said.
"Seems like she did not like quitting this job" Ben stated.
"Exactly" Henry said.
Lee quickly checked his phone.
Ben asked, "what's up?"
"I think I have seen Ms Rozana's name on visitors registry in Kingston's Manor on Saturday, I'll have to confirm with the footage" Lee said.
"Bring it up" Henry motioned him to give the phone. He clicked the entrance camera footage and gave it to Henry.
By noon, it was Julie who entered the mansion like a feared rabbit, in next 30 minutes, she dejectedly came out and exited the mansion.
"So it was Him after all? Wasn't He?" Henry said the obvious, so the others stood there silently.
Henry's anger knew no bounds, he lifted the heavy vase and thrown it on his glass table which had broken into million pieces and shattered all around.
Mr Smith wanted to pacify him, but did not know how. They all know that he was hurt and felt betrayed yet they were all helpless. He pushed the files cabinet to the floor, got into his personal room and locked it.

     It was almost noon, when Ben called Smith, "he did not come out yet, shall we call Ryan to talk to him?"
"I was worried all morning, we shall not wait anymore, I will call him now"
In next one hour, Ryan came to the office, he knocked on his door, no response.
"Henry, Ryan here, open the door" the door lock clicked open.
Ryan was surprised, he entered his room. Ben was relieved that Henry was physically not hurt.

     "Henry, You are in bad shape, what's up?"
He told him all that happened from the party till her resignation.
"Why did she do this to me?" Henry broke into tears. Ryan let him express his anguish and vent out all his emotions.
"What is Sr Kingston's motive behind this? why did he want her out?" Ryan asked.
"What so ever, I don't care about anything at all, all I need to know is why didn't she come to me when she had a problem?
Why didn't she feel safe with me?
Am I not worthy of her trust?
Did I not give her the comfort of sharing?
Did she think I am not capable of solving her issues?
Have I ever let her down?
Did I fail to protect her?" Henry was broken. He took some time, he cannot control his anger, he roared, "why did she run away from me? Did she have no faith in me?
"Henry, listen, we may not know the reasons until we hear her side of the story" he sighed.