Beyonce's POV
May 1, 2000
Miami, Florida
9:04pm
"Onika!" I yelled after her as she turned for the stairs.
"Why don't you just leave me alone!" She yelled. I could tell by her tone she wasn't just angry and also had a set of fresh tears glossing over her cheeks.
I finally caught up to her and gently pulled her arm for her to stop. She turned around with red eyes.
"What?! You want to judge me too?!" She yelled. I shook my head. I was the one sticking up for her.
"That's the last thing I wanted to do to you. I just wanted to tell you that you didn't deserve to get treated like that back there. That was unfair and do trust that I'll be having a few strings pulled dealing with their jobs. I am their bosses." I said. She shrugged her shoulders.
"You don't have too. It's fine. This isn't the first time I've been judged because of my job. I told her this was going to happen, I told her. She wouldn't listen." She sighed wiping away her tears.
"It shouldn't have happened. Matter of fact." I grabbed her hand and walked her back to the same group of people.
"Beyonce why did you go after her? We don't associate ourselves with people of her kind." Fabian said. I glared at everyone except for Jason and Jessica.
"I believe y'all owe Onika an apology-
"Oh my god Beyonce, no. It's fine. I should get goi-
"Ha, I wouldn't apologize to her if I was held at gun point." Demi laughed. I nodded.
"Are y'all sure?" I asked. Onika put her head down and I lifted her chin without saying anything. No one apologized.
"Ok, I see you all made your decision. Becky, Fabian, Sarah, and Demi, you all contracts are terminated and you are fired. Come by the office Monday to collect your things, Onika, would you like a job at the law firm? I know you probably don't know anything but you can always start off as my secretary and learn at your own pace." I said.
"Hold on, did you just fire us and hire trash? What's Shawn going to say about that?" Sarah smiled.
"No Sarah, I fired trash and hired Onika, and he isn't going to say nothing or I'll fire his ass too." I said. They all scuffed with a laugh.
"How can you fire him? He's your boss dahling." Jessica reminded me.
"Not anymore. I received a text message from Jeff saying he demoted Shawn and asked if I wanted to take his place. He said Shawn was a little too easily persuaded and can't be trusted to be in control if a bat of the eyes can influence him. So I accepted the offer and now I'm the boss and I said you're fired and Onika is hired. I want to see you try and talk about her again since you are now in her situation, maybe worse, at least she has a job." I said. Onika tugged my arm and I looked down at her.
"Beyonce please. This doesn't feel right. If I hadn't come in the first place they all would still have their jobs." Nicki sighs.
"It was only a matter of time Onika. End of discussion. Do you accept the offer or not?" I asked. She looked down and played with her fingers.
"I don't know. I mean you barely know me, why would you trust someone like me to enter a sophisticated business place and do well. I'm better off doing what I know best, cleaning pools." She mumbled.
"She's right. She does a heck of a good job cleaning my pool." Jessica beamed. I rolled my eyes.
"You don't belong in that line of work. Onika you have to learn that first impressions are everything. I picked up a lot about you from the time we were introduced till now. I feel that you could be so much more if you apply yourself and the only thing holding you back is money issues. I'm just trying to help. I'm black as well and I know what it feels like to go through hard times, I wasn't born into money, I earned my way to the top and I want to give you a chance to do the same. When you decide you want to join the winning team have Jessica call me." I said and walked away.
"Beyonce you can't just take my pool cleaning lady!" Jessica shouted. I rolled my eyes.
"I take what I want. Bye Jessica." I said and exited her home.
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