The time finally came for the reveal of the hotel. It seems like yesterday when we started it and now it was finished and ready to be shown to my boss's family, close friends and employees. He'll be revealing the hotel to us before launching it to the public.
I wore a formal sleeveless navy blue dress that I paired with my black cardigan and black 2 inches heels. I also wore my black handbag and accessorized with my simple gold jewelry set. The employees were told to look different than usual for this big event.
After getting ready and having breakfast, I caught a cab to work. All the employees who didn't own a vehicle boarded the bus that our boss provided to transport us to the hotel.
At the hotel everyone walked around admiring its splendor and some praised the architect for his or her work. I sat around one of the tables at the back of the room while everyone else looked around. I sat there observing all the wealthy people I saw on tv and now I was seeing them in real life. Most of them looked the same as on tv. These people were rarely seen by the majority as they only interacted with their peers. Even now they walked around together while the employees walked in a different group.
After a while, everyone took their seats one after the other. Shortly after the event began.
The event was filled with speeches from important people and the last speech was given by the Hanks family themselves. In the speech Marlon thanked me for my work and told me to stand up for everyone to appauled me. I stood up shyly and was overjoyed by the praises.
Following the speeches we went to one of the many hotel restaurants where we served ourselves buffet style. The rich ate among themselves and the employees ate together. Only Marlon ate separately with the girl I saw him with at the restaurant.
During the meal my peers congratulated me again and the head architect said the company made the right choice hiring me over the many who applied.
As the meal was over we lingered around for sometime until it was time to return to the office. At the office, the boss kept a big party amongst his employees. We ate cake, ice cream and more food and danced to the music. I haven't felt this free in a long time. It seems I was too burdened with work.
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Bolanle
Cerita PendekThe story of a girl who grows up in a classist and colourist society. In her society the rich light-skins see themselves as superior to the poor black-skins. What will happen when she falls for her opposite and he falls for her?
