My grampy boss

Ch.4

Rosé POV

Thursday, third day of work.

I honestly thought Miss Kim would fire me without any reason just to be right about me not lasting two days. Today I have a meeting with the shareholders. Jennie arrives a few minutes after me, punctual as always.

- Good morning Miss Kim - I say

- Good morning, Roseanne- Speak

- Can you just call me Rosé? - I ask.

- Bring me a coffee, Roseanne - He says and I roll my eyes - A teaspoon of sugar - Reminds me

I quickly make a coffee and take it to his room, placing it on his desk.

— The meeting is at 2:00 p.m. — I say

— Remind me 10 minutes before — He says and I agree leaving the room

The morning was quiet, Jennie asked for another cup of coffee, around nine o'clock, I was glad she didn't complain, it must be good. I answered calls and took messages, as usual. Just like the last two days, I had lunch right here and right after lunch time Lisa came and asked if Jennie had had lunch, I felt bad lying to her, but my job was at stake, so I said yes, but in fact she hadn't had lunch, I didn't understand why these things happened, but I ignored it.

It was already 1:50 pm when I went to tell Jennie about the meeting, she asked me to bring a coffee, honestly I've never seen a person drink so much coffee, I entered the room again 5 minutes later with the blessed coffee and everything would have been fine if I hadn't tripped and spilled coffee right on top of the papers that I printed yesterday, I'm lucky that Jennie was looking at the view of the room, because if she had been sitting down I would have fallen in it too.

— FUCK GIRL, CAN'T YOU DO ANYTHING RIGHT, ROSEANNE? — I'm startled by her scream, she sounds just like my father.

- Sorry

— THERE ARE FIVE MINUTES LEFT UNTIL THE MEETING — She screams stressed, I feel my eyes watering and I just leave the room going to the bathroom, I am thankful that on this floor there are only the two of us and the bathroom is empty

I start to cry, hating myself for being so sensitive, for being so bad at this, for having nowhere to stay, for needing this job, for having practically run away from home. I look at myself in the mirror, check the time, two minutes have passed, but what would be the point of standing there crying? I would only lose my job, if I still have one.

I leave the bathroom and go down the stairs to the fifteenth floor where there are rooms with printers, which clearly don't like me, they are all occupied and there is a huge line, I take an elevator and go down to the entrance, I ask at the reception if there is a place that does printing around there and luckily there is one on the same street. I had to pay but it was less than a dollar, it was already 2:02 pm when I got back to the company.

I was sweating cold, my hands were shaking more than anything, I took the elevator that was going up and almost had a heart attack when I saw that there were about 4 men, they were going to the 18th floor, where Lisa works and where the meeting would probably be, they would probably participate and if they were there then it hadn't started yet, Jennie is probably even more irritated by the delay. I feel like crying again, but I lower my head, take a deep breath and stay strong, strong in quotes because I'm on the verge of a panic attack, my heart is beating very fast, my hands and feet are cold, besides being shaking a lot.

— Hi Jisoo — I say as I almost run to the meeting room, I take a deep breath and open the door, Jennie rolls her eyes when she sees me, but I just go to her, hand over the papers and leave, my eyes were watering again, I go to the bathroom and start crying right there

— Rosé, is everything okay? I saw you running to the bathroom — I hear Jisoo's voice opening the door and I see her concern when she sees me in this state, crying, shaking and short of breath to top it off — What happened? — She asks but I just hug her and start to cry, the last few days have been so difficult and I don't even have anyone to talk to, I'm keeping so much to myself that breaking down in front of a stranger didn't seem that bad.

I tell Jisoo everything, about the kiss at school, about me not being able to leave the house alone after that, even though I was of legal age, about my parents beating me and me running away from home a few days ago and finally about what happened to Jennie and how she spoke just like my father.

— Rosie, you need to breathe — I said, but I could barely speak. I was taking in air, but it didn't seem like enough. — First of all, you won't lose your job. Jennie has to stay with you until next Friday. That's eight days. You can get better in that time, so relax.

Jisoo helped me with a breathing exercise and then we left the bathroom and she made me some tea.

— Thank you — I say while drinking tea.

— It was nothing, it must be difficult to be going through all this and be so young.

— It's a bit, I'm feeling kind of lonely, the only person I talk to daily is Jennie and she's not at all nice — I say

— She really has that reputation, try to hold out for at least a month so you can pay your bills, if you see that she is too unbearable and things don't improve I'll help you get another job — He says and I smile

— Why is she like that?

— Jennie has always been demanding and perfectionist, as well as a little unfriendly, but everything got worse a year ago, when she caught her brother having sex with her girlfriend, she's been much grumpier since then — She says — But that doesn't justify her treating you like that

— I was scared of her

— She's just unloved, and you fixed your mistake, in a way, so don't worry — He says and I agree — Do you feel better?

— Yes, thank you, I'm going back to my floor, there must be a mess on her desk — I say, getting up and Jisoo hugs me

— When you go home, stop by here and we can go together — She says and I smile in agreement.

I cleaned up the mess on the coffee table and then the floor, it was as if nothing had happened, it was good to vent to someone, I feel lighter now, like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

To be continued