The Opener

Part 4

Marie

My butt is so ichy.

The way-too-big leather seat I was seated on made it hard for me to sit still and quiet. I couldn't help but squirm and move from time to time, causing the lady at the information desk to give me frequent glares.

It had just been about 1 hour and thirty minutes since I was called into Mr. Kane's office from my relaxing siesta. I gotta tell you, I thought I was gonna get fired or something. Maybe he found out about the incident that happened not-so-long ago. Yes, I know. I can be a worry wart but hey, don't blame me. I needed to keep my job. For my family.

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"I'll be assigning you to a new project," Mr. Kane said. "You'll be researching on the Opah fish, a very special species. And don't worry, you won't work alone, Marie. Though, I'm sure you would do just as well alone, I want you to work with someone. Someone that I think needs your help."

"Sir? What do you mean?"

Who could this possibly be? What does he mean by "help"?

"You see, this person is very close to me and well, he's been having some attitude issues and I think you're just the person to help me fix that. "

Close to his heart, attitude issues? Hmm..... Wait. Could it be?

"You'll be working with my son, Cornelius or Nathan. Whatever you know him as."

Once again, my stomach was right. Oh well.

This is gonna be awkward......

"Oh, Marie, one more thing."

"Yes, sir?"

"You'll be traveling to Hawaii for this project. Is that ok?"

What. Hawaii?? With Nathan? Oi....

"I guess so, sir."

"I knew I could count on you. Dont worry, all expenses on this project will be taken care of and if you do this well, I might promote you to be my second-in-command's assistant."

Second-in-command's assistant?! The second-in-command is no other than Marie Kane! One of my role models in life!! Perfect hair, perfect clothes, intelligent, kind, responsible..... Oh thank you, Lord!! I promise I will work my butt off.

My face lit up with a smile.

"Consider the job done, sir!"

"Thank you, Marie. You leave tomorrow morning. Oh, and there's one last thing I want to tell you."

"What's that sir?"

"Keep an eye on my son would you? Make sure he doesn't slack of. If he does, contact me right away."

"Copy that, sir."

"Thank you-"

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"Um, excuse me, Ms. Wayne? Are you still on earth?" The lady interrupted my flashback.

"Huh? What? Oh, sorry, ma'am. What were you saying?"

"Mr. Kane is calling you to his office now." She rolls her eyes.

"Oh ok. Thank you."