An hour and half later ellie felt her phone buzz
"excuse me-"She looked to Daniel he nodded and she got up to take the call
"hey im in a meeting ill call you back sweetie. What? Slow down" her brothers voice was frantic and angry as he explained the situation
she looked at dan then went out the door as dan continued to talk with him, calling a break for everyone else. When the door shut she continued talking
"hey hey let me talk to mom i can calm her down.....Hey mom."
"Oh thank god ellliee" her mother slurred out the words and Ellie could smell the liquor through the phone "theeeese brats....they just..they don listengennn"
"mhm guess what? I got you a spa day!" Ellie felt awful. The last thing her mother deserved was a spa day but Ellie couldn't bear the thought of her being there and drunk with the kids. If her brother hadn't intervened half of them would have broken noses by the time she got back
"Isnnnt that sweet of youuu. Your the only one that loves...me.." Ellie's mother let out a pathetic guttural sob then a grunt and the crack of a belt and someone crying.
Charlie.
Of course your going to beat the damn baby
Monster
Tears rampaging she distracted her mother"MOM! you should go get ready ok? ok you should go get ready and.. ill send Mrs.young over....dont worry its covered...ok bye...love you"
Ellie let out a shaky breath and then texted Daniel to book a spa day with travel and everything included for her mom.
She walked back in and she saw Hemingway stop talking and a guilty looking Daniel.
"Is there something you'd like to say Mr. Hemingway?"
He scoffed at her and she looked at Daniel
"Daniel i believe you have something to take care of?" he nodded and left the room
"Mr. Hemingway, if there is something you would like to say, I'd prefer you don't burden my employees."
"women like you make. me. sick."
"beg pardon?"
"you don't do any of the work. Plain and simple. You hire all these people to do it, and then you sit back and slap your name on everything. You sit in a meeting playing word games then leave halfway through. That gella girl was just telling me how she had never seen you before! I refuse to work with someone who doesn't even work with the company, and who gets payed for having a pretty face."
Ellie laughed "do you even know who I am?"
He looked at her dumbly. He didn't. And she laughed. Tears sprung to her eyes from how much she laughed.
"My my arnt we big and bad" she said wiping her eyes "hold on i got makeup all over me" she went to the back of the room to wash her face he was incredulous
"why are you laughing?!you've never worked here a day in your life" he said it so sure and smug, Ellie smiled and shook her head
"mr. hemingway, you are a guest here. I have an idea of who you are, but i would like to say i dont give a single shit."
He looked stunned at this but she continued,
" I have worked for this company around 3000 hours."
"And if I don't believe You?"
"check."
she walked over to her brief case and pulled out a large packet of paper stapled together and flipped to a specific page handing it to him
"as you can see on section 34 subsection 9, that is verbatim what i said to miss gella. And as you can see im not simply making things up." She flipped through her papers, turning one towards him " I was here when the architect drew up designs for the building, so surely I was here and participating in the making rules and agreements of my own branch of the company."
he opened his mouth to speak but Ellie cut him off with a hum,
"let me finishhh i do so love an argument im going to win. "
She gave a devilish smile as she pulled out an additional stack of papers rifling through it
"here we are, look at the deed to this building? You see that there?" she said pointing to her own name "whatss it say?"
he frowned not answering
"what does it say? I have all day honey your little surprise stunt cleared me."
He grumbled out an " Elizabeth Saunders" so she smiled
"oh and lets see here, this is my favorite part, this here says that this particular project was an investment of my own, meaning?"
she asked him and he sighed
"meaning that this operation is yours in ownership."
she smiles again "thats right honey you cant touch me. But," she continued sighing " you knew that, so why"
he looked shocked nad he cleared his throught "I wanted to see what you can handle" he said simply the he cleared his throat and continued "Which isnt very much, honestly you got so ruffled." Ellie smiled at him again she was a very smiley person
"Bullshit."
Ellie's smile fell and she walked closer
"don't think I didn't see your fucking tattoos, now what the hell do you want!"
He stood, leaning down. Ellie tensed. She wasn't intimidated before, but the tattoo shook her. The tattoo of a playing card surrounded by thorns. The Ace of diamonds.
He half whispered in her ear, a whisper that felt like gravel against her skin
" I think I'll take that tour."
"come with me ill leave you with customer service" he furrowed his brow and she answered his unasked question.
"They handle tours as well as complaints. And remember you have no power here, so dont make my workers bend over backwards for you." she gathered her things
" won't they need to make me happy at least until I sign?"
Her blonde hair flew with her movements
"you will sign. That damn little gang of yours likes these games too much."
"Don't you mean of ours?"
She walked past him he stayed in place watching her.
Turning the lights out on her way gave her a small measure of satisfaction
No more looking for you sir
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What y'all thinkin bout?(Idk why but that last few lines is just so satisfying, like imagine some dude just staring at y'all's ass er sum the ur just like lol nah ion think sooooo and u turn off the light and just peace out.)
Anywho-
How tall is your dream crush?
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The Diary of Elizabeth Saunders
General Fiction"don't think I didn't see your fucking tattoos, now what the hell do you want!" He stood, leaning down. Ellie tensed. She wasn't intimidated before, but the tattoo shook her. The tattoo of a playing card surrounded by thorns. The Ace of diamonds. ...
