Meet Angel Cortez, a guy who hasn't had much of an easy life. His father left when he was 11 after he found out his mother was suffering from leukemia, and he was molested by two of his uncles when he was 13, and. Having to fend for his mother, his...
I entered Mr. Carter's office, nervously. This was my first day on the job and I didn't want to ruin it.
"Good morning, Mr. Carter." I said as I stood in front of him.
"Good morning." He picked up his briefcase and tightened his tie, "There's been a slight change of plans. I have a meeting to go to so Mr. Haynes will be showing you the ropes until I get back."
He pressed a button on his desk.
"Blaine send up Mr. Haynes, please."
There was an awkward silence as he sat on the edge of his desk, waiting for Mr. Haynes.
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"Thank you for paying for my mother's chemotherapy. You didn't have to." I toyed with my fingers, something I did when I was nervous.
"I did have to after the way I accused you of lying. I felt so guilty when Mr. McKinley called and explained your situation to me."
"It's fine, ho-"
"You wanted to see me, Vince?" I turned around and saw Clark, the guy from the elevator.
"Yes. I'll be gone for about two hours so I need you to show Angel what he's supposed to do until I get back." He headed for the door, "That's fine with you?"
Clark looked at me with a smile, "It would be my pleasure."
...
"So I basically just do computer work and run errands?" I asked Clark as he stood behind me while I filed things into the computer like he showed me.
"Yep, and by the looks of things, you'll be speeding things up around here the way you're catching on."
I smiled and minimized the screen when I put the last file in.
"Thanks, Mr. Haynes."
"Just call me Clark, handsome." I looked up at him as he patted my shoulder.
Flirting off the charts.
I looked at the watch on my wrist to check the time, it was lunchtime, meaning my fat ass was about to put some food in my system.
"It's time for lunch. I'm about to head out." I stood up and we were almost face to face. I took a few steps back.
"Why don't we go together? Maybe we can get to know each other more." He hit me with that charming smile and I couldn't resist.
