Again, Without You

chapter 1

Bright, sunlight day for the beginning of a work week, Marleena was leaving the house dressed in a herringbone skirt suit going to the office, not realizing that she was supposed to be on vacation, which she canceled. As she entered the office her secretary, Cera was retrieving a file from her desk when she heard " Cera, where's that file on the Jubal Incorporation contract that was supposed to be finalized before I left on Friday?". Cera knowing that Marleena was fuming mad at her sister for changing the cost of the financial side of the contract, just by the look on her face. As Cera walked in behind Marleena, she placed the contract file on the desk in front of her, watching Marleena turn the page to the lined out original cost of the project with all of the required safety features for the Nano-micro technology building that Jubal Incor needed for its building. Picking up the paper that had all of those lines and unreadable pen scratches and scribbles she ripped up the paper and opened her computer retrieving the file from the program she had created for them and reprinting it.

"Please call Talley Jubalin and tell him we have the contract fixed and would he be available to come to the office to go over it and make sure that it suits his purpose." Marleena had requested.

Cera nodded "Yes, I will do so right away" and promptly left the office.

While Cera was calling the Jubal Incor. Marleena dialed her sister Maggie's number, "Mag's why did you change the amount of the price for the building of the Nano-micro building on the contract you have really screwed up this time, do you know this"

Maggie answering softly "I will be in your office in two minutes to explain all of this to you and how we can cut down on the cost of this building" within in the minute Maggie walks into Marleena's off ice with a smug smile on her face.

Marleena looking at her sister with a cold unrelenting stare from her grey eyes "Well you better have a good excuse this time. The last time you did this we had to pay for all of the issues that befell the business at hand. Do you want to do that again? If so then I suggest you take over as the CEO here and deal with the contracts and people that come here for our trusted services in the projects we provide for" Seeing Marleena seething and glaring like she could rip someone's head off their shoulder's, Maggie looked down at her feet.

"The contract was to much and they did not like it so Treyce said that it could be cheaper if the areas were not as big and only allowed for just very few people to work in those areas and still remain safe" Maggie realizing that she had brought her husband into the business meeting that she was not to have anyone except her secretary and her to see the contract thru.

"well if that is how you feel about it then you take this and have YOUR HUSBAND draw up the plans and present it to the Jubal Incor. and see if they will sign the contract with him cause I won't do it unless there are safety features that will protect them and their product they make YOU hear me." Marleena stated with hostility in her voice and Maggie had never heard Marleena raise her voice at her before.

Nodding her head Maggie left Marleena's office and immediately called her husband Treyce Polymire.

"Treyce, we did a major faux paux and Marleena is pissed off at me for changing the proposal to the client and him signing the proposal that had the corrections on it. What do we do now and how can we correct this.?" sounding scared Maggie was worried that this time she would really be the CEO of the Conglomerate Sharm Enterprises which she did not want the responsibility for. She really like to get Marleena into trouble when she was able to do so and now her plan is really backfiring on her.

Treyce talking in a calm cool voice "Don't worry about your big sis she will be fine as for what you need to do is stay with the plan. She will figure it out eventually even though she isn't the brightest crayon in the box."

"Than how can I do that when they have already called the Jubal company and want to have him sign the contract again and for the price that she wants to have him sign. Do think that Talley will sign the original contract or will he ask for the the contract that we made the adjustments to?" Maggie swore under her breathe 'damn sister always gets what she wants not this time'

"No need to fear he won't sign again trust me when I say that. We told him that it was her idea to change it if he needs to and he had done it not us. Be patient and see what she will do, okay" Treyce's voice was comforting to Maggie as she hung up the phone. Not seeing Cera behind her when she was talking she looked straight ahead and went to her office. To hear what Marleena was going to do next.

Cera immediately went into Marleena's office with the day and time for her to meet with Talley for She agreed with the time and day as she had nothing better to do on her vacation time.

"I have over heard you sister talking to her husband and it does not sound very good, unless they are talking about what he is needing to do for his job." Cera said with concern in her voice. Marleena reassured her that they would make it through this time and there would be no hinderances to this project as well from now on.

WOW WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE MARLEENA TO BE SO ANGRY? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS AND VOTE AS WELL. I will try to put in three chapters a week and publish on Wednesday. for now just this chapter.